LaVern Baker

LaVern Baker

Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee" (1955), "Jim Dandy" (1956), and "I Cried a Tear" (1958). Baker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. The Hall remarked that her "fiery fusion of blues, jazz and R&B showcased her alluring vocals and set the stage for the rock and roll surge of the Fifties". From 1955 to 1965, 20 of her songs made the R&B charts. Over the years, Elvis Presley recorded eight Baker songs.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 11, 1929 (Chicago), Died March 10, 1997 (Queens)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1969

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D9VB-0383	10-in.	2/25/1949	Easy baby	LaVern Baker ; Eddie "Sugarman" Penigar	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Victor	D9VB-0384	10-in.	2/25/1949	I wonder baby	LaVern Baker ; Eddie "Sugarman" Penigar	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Atlantic	1078	10-in.	6/19/1953	How can you leave a man like this?	LaVern Baker		vocalist, songwriter
Atlantic	1079	10-in.	6/19/1953	Soul on fire	LaVern Baker		songwriter, vocalist
Atlantic	1248	10-in.	3/25/1954	I'm living my life for you	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	1251	10-in.	3/25/1954	I can't hold out any longer	LaVern Baker		vocalist, songwriter
Atlantic	1332	10-in.	10/20/1954	Tomorrow night	LaVern Baker ; The Gliders		vocalist
Atlantic	1334	10-in.	10/20/1954	Tweedlee dee	LaVern Baker ; The Gliders		vocalist
Atlantic	1432	10-in.	2/20/1955	That's all i need	LaVern Baker ; Gliders (Musical group)		vocalist
Atlantic	1433	10-in.	2/20/1955	Bop-ting-a-ling	LaVern Baker ; Gliders (Musical group)		vocalist
Atlantic	1608	10-in.	7/14/1955	Play if fair	LaVern Baker ; Gliders (Musical group)		vocalist
Atlantic	1610	10-in.	7/14/1955	Lucky old sun	LaVern Baker ; Gliders (Musical group)		vocalist
Atlantic	1785	10-in.	12/21/1955	My happiness forever	LaVern Baker ; Gliders (Musical group)		vocalist
Atlantic	1786	10-in.	12/21/1955	Fee fee fi fo fum	LaVern Baker ; Winfield Scott		vocalist
Atlantic	1810	10-in.	1/10/1956	Miracles	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	1811	10-in.	1/10/1956	Get up get up (you sleepy head)	LaVern Baker ; Gliders (Musical group)		vocalist
Atlantic	1812	10-in.	1/10/1956	I'll do the same for you	LaVern Baker ; Gliders (Musical group)		vocalist
Atlantic	2019	10-in.	6/14/1956	Still	LaVern Baker ; Ray Ellis		vocalist
Atlantic	2020	10-in.	6/14/1956	I can't love you enough	LaVern Baker ; Ray Ellis		vocalist, songwriter
Atlantic	2338	10-in.	2/9/1957	The game of love (a-one and a-two)	LaVern Baker		vocalist, songwriter
Atlantic	2339	10-in.	2/9/1957	Learning to love	LaVern Baker ; Quincy Jones		vocalist
Atlantic	2340	10-in.	2/9/1957	Humpty dumpty heart	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	2365	10-in.	3/15/1957	Jim dandy got married	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	2366	10-in.	3/15/1957	Love me right	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	2741	10-in.	8/28/1957	St. Louis blues	LaVern Baker ; Billy Sebastian		vocalist
Atlantic	2883	10-in.	12/18/1957	Substitute	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	3131	10-in.	9/11/1958	Dix-a-billy	LaVern Baker ; Marcia Neil		vocalist
Atlantic	3132	10-in.	9/11/1958	I cried a tear	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	3361	10-in.	2/12/1959	For love of you	LaVern Baker ; Elise Bretton		vocalist, songwriter
Atlantic	3587	10-in.	5/14/1959	Tiny Tim	LaVern Baker		vocalist, songwriter
Atlantic	3944	10-in.	12/11/1959	Manana	Stanley Applebaum ; LaVern Baker		vocalist
Atlantic	3946	10-in.	12/11/1959	Shake a hand	Stanley Applebaum ; LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	116486		9/2/1965	Please don't hurt me (I've never been in love before)	LaVern Baker ; Jackie Wilson		vocalist
Decca	116487		9/2/1965	Think twice	LaVern Baker ; Jackie Wilson		vocalist
Decca	116640		10/8/1965	Pledging my love	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	117102		3/9/1966	Baby	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	117103		3/9/1966	One monkey (don't stop the show)	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	117104		3/9/1966	I'm gonna get you	LaVern Baker ; Jackie Wilson		vocalist
Decca	117105		3/9/1966	I'm still gonna love him	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	117609		6/24/1966	Call me darling	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	117610		6/24/1966	Batman to the rescue	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	118279		11/25/1966	Wrapped, tied and tangled	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	118280		11/25/1966	Nothing like being in love	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	119243		7/26/1967	Born to lose	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	119244		7/26/1967	I need you so	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	119245		7/26/1967	Play it fair	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	121395		March 1969	I'm the one to do it	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	121814		June 1969	Love is ending	LaVern Baker		vocalist
Decca	121815		June 1969	Baby don't you do it	LaVern Baker		vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Baker, LaVern," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/302608.

Baker, LaVern. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/302608.

"Baker, LaVern." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.