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LaVern Baker

Blues
Early R&B
Soul music
A sassy, big-voiced soul star who was part of the early rock and roll explosion in the 1950s, LaVern Baker was a pioneer for black female singers and a charismatic performer from the golden age of R&B music. A relative of blues legend Memphis Minnie, she grew up singing in her local church choir in Chicago and by the age of 17 was singing in South Side nightclubs under the name Little Miss Sharecropper, making her first recordings for Columbia in the late 1940s. She also performed with the Eddie 'Sugarman' Penigar Orchestra and briefly went by the name Bea Baker before really cat...
Songs
Tweedle Dee
Tweedle DeeLaVern Baker

LaVern Baker

3:04

I Cried a Tear
I Cried a TearLaVern Baker

Blues Ballads

2:36

Jim Dandy
Jim DandyLaVern Baker

LaVern Baker

2:12

Jim Dandy
Jim DandyLaVern Baker

LaVern Baker

2:12

Soul on Fire
Soul on FireLaVern Baker

LaVern Baker

3:05

Pledging My Love
Pledging My LoveErma Franklin and LaVern Baker

Let Me Belong To You

2:37

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