LaVern Baker

Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) adalah seorang penyanyi R&B asal Amerika Serikat yang berhasil memiliki beberapa lagu hits di tangga musik tahun 1950an dan awal 1960an. Lagunya yang paling sukses adalah "Tweedle Dee" (1965), "Jim Dandy" (1956), dan "I Cried a Tear" (1958).

 Kehidupan awal 
Baker dilahirkan dengan nama Delores Evans di Chicago. Beberapa sumber menyebutnya sebagai Delores Williams, nama yang ia gunakan ketika masa awal pernikahannya dengan Eugene Williams.Goldberg, Marv (2009). "Lavern Baker". Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks. Retrieved May 25, 2014.

 Karier 
Baker mulai bernyanyi di klub-klub di Chicago seperti di Club DeLisa pada sekitar tahun 1946, dan sering disebut sebagai Little Miss Sharecropper,Deffaa, Chip (1996). Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues. University of Illinois Press. , . dan kemudian ia pun menggunakan nama tersebut dalam album rekamannya pada 1949. Ia mengubah namanya menjadi Bea Baker ketika merekam album untuk Label Rekaman Okeh pada 1951 dan lalu menjadi LaVern Baker ketika ia bernnyanyi dengan Todd Rhodes dalam bandnya pada 1952.

Pada tahun 1953 ia menandatangani kontrak dengan Label Rekaman Atlantic sebagai artis solo, dengan lagu pertamanya "Soul on Fire". Lagu hitsnya datang pada 1955, yaitu lagu "Tweedle Dee" dengan tempo Latin. Lagu tersebut meraih nomor 4 di tangga musik R&B dan nomor 14 di tangga musik nasional pop Amerika Serikat.

Georgia Gibbs menyanyikan kembali lagu tersebut dan meraih nomor 1, kemudian membuat Baker menuntutnya dan mengirim petisi ke Kongres AS untuk mempertimbangkan pelanggaran hak cipta terhadap lagu cover. Baker tidak memenangkan tuntutannya itu.

 Kematian 
Baker meninggal karena penyakit kardiovaskular pada 10 Maret 1997, saat berumur 67 tahun. Ia dimakamkan di sebuah plot tanah tak bertanda di Maple Grove Cemetery, in Kew Gardens, New York. Sejarawan lokal di sana menggalang dana untuk membeli nisan yang dipasang pada 4 Mei 2008.Profile , Nysac.com; accessed September 28, 2014.

 Diskografi 

 Single 
TahunSingle (Sisi A, Sisi B)
Kedua sisi dari album yang sama kecuali disebutkan lainPosisi di Tangga MusikAlbumU.S.U.S.R&B1953"Soul on Fire"b/w "How Can You Leave a Man Like This"——LaVern Baker1954"I Can't Hold Out Any Longer"b/w "I'm Living My Life for You"——Non-album tracks1955"Tweedlee Dee"b/w "Tomorrow Night"144LaVern Baker"Bop-Ting-a-Ling" /—3"That's All I Need"—6"Play It Fair"b/w "Lucky Old Sun"—21956"My Happiness Forever" /—13"Get Up Get Up"—15"Fee Fee Fi Fo Fum"b/w "I'll Do the Same for You"——Non-album tracks"Still" /974LaVern Baker"I Can't Love You Enough"227"Jim Dandy" /171"Tra La La"94Flip1957"Jim Dandy Got Married"b/w "The Game of Love"767Non-album tracks"Humpty Dumpty Heart"b/w "Love Me Right"71—Blues Ballads"St. Louis Blues"b/w "Miracles" (from LaVern)——1958"Substitute"b/w "Learning to Love"——Non-album tracks"Harbor Lights"b/w "Whipper Snapper" (from Blues Ballads)——LaVern"It's So Fine"b/w "Why Baby Why"—24Blues Ballads"I Cried a Tear"b/w "Dix-a-Billy"621959"I Waited Too Long"b/w "You're Teasing Me"335"So High So Low" /5212"If You Love Me"79—"Tiny Tim"b/w "For Love of You" (from Saved)6318Non-album track1960"Shake a Hand"b/w "Manana"—13Saved"Wheel of Fortune" /83—"Shadows of Love"83—"A Help-Each-Other Romance"b/w "How Often"Both tracks with Ben E. King——Non-album tracks"Bumble Bee"b/w "My Time Will Come"46—Saved1961"You're the Boss" (with Jimmy Ricks) /81—Non-album tracks"I'll Never Be Free" (with Jimmy Ricks)103—"Saved"b/w "Don Juan"3717Saved"I Didn't Know I Was Crying"b/w "Hurtin' Inside"——Non-album tracks"Hey, Memphis"b/w "Voodoo Voodoo"——1962"No Love So True"b/w "Must I Cry Again" (from Saved)——"See See Rider"b/w "The Story of My Love"349See See Rider1963"Trouble in Mind"b/w "Half of Your Love" (from See See Rider)——Non-album tracks"Itty Bitty Girl"b/w "Oh, Johnny Oh, Johnny"——1964"You Better Find Yourself Another Fool"b/w "Go Away"128—1965"Fly Me to the Moon"b/w "Ain't Gonna Cry No More"8431"Let Me Belong to You"b/w "Pledging My Love"——Let Me Belong to You1966"Think Twice" (with Jackie Wilson) /9337Non-album tracks"Please Don't Hurt Me" (with Jackie Wilson)128—"One Monkey (Don't Stop the Show)"b/w "Baby" (from Let Me Belong to You)——"Batman to the Rescue"b/w "Call Me Darling" (from Let Me Belong to You)135—1967"Wrapped, Tied and Tangled"b/w "Nothing Like Being in Love"——"Born to Lose"b/w "I Need You So"——Let Me Belong to You1969"I'm the One to Do It"b/w "Baby"——

 LaVern (1956) 

Side A
 "Lots and Lots of Love"
 "Of Course I Do"
 "You'll Be Crying"
 "Miracles"
 "I'm in a Crying Mood"
 "Mine All Mine"

Side B
 "Harbour Lights"
 "I'll Never Be Free"
 "Romance in the Dark"
 "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
 "How Long Will It Be"
 "Fool That I Am"

 LaVern Baker (1957) 

Side A
 "Jim Dandy"
 "Tra La La"
 "I Can't Love You Enough"
 "Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head)"
 "That's All I Need"
 "Bop-Ting-a-Ling"
 "Tweedlee Dee"

Side B
 "Still"
 "Play It Fair"
 "Tomorrow Night"
 "That Lucky Old Sun"
 "Soul on Fire"
 "My Happiness Forever"
 "How Can You Leave a Man Like This?"

 LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith (1958) 

Side A
 "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)"
 "Baby Doll"
 "On Revival Day"
 "Money Blues"
 "I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle"
 "Back Water Blues"

Side B
 "Empty Bed Blues"
 "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
 "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
 "After You've Gone"
 "Young Woman's Blues"
 "Preaching the Blues"

 Blues Ballads (1959) 

Side A
 "I Cried a Tear"
 "If You Love Me"
 "You're Teasing Me"
 "Love Me Right"
 "Dix-a-Billy"
 "So High So Low"

Side B
 "I Waited Too Long"
 "Why Baby Why"
 "Humpty Dumpty Heart"
 "It's So Fine"
 "Whipper Snapper"
 "St. Louis Blues"

 Precious Memories: LaVern Baker Sings Gospel (1959) 

Side A
 "Precious Memories"
 "Carrying the Cross for My Boss"
 "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"
 "Touch Me, Lord Jesus"
 "Didn't It Rain"
 "Precious Lord"

Side B
 "Somebody Touched Me"
 "In the Upper Room"
 "Journey to the Sky"
 "Everytime I Feel the Spirit"
 "Too Close"
 "Without a God"

 Saved (1961) 

Side A
 "Saved"
 "For Love of You"
 "Manana"
 "My Time Will Come"
 "Shadows of Love"
 "Must I Cry Again"

Side B
 "Bumble Bee"
 "Shake a Hand"
 "Don Juan"
 "Wheel of Fortune"
 "Senor Big and Fine"
 "Eternally"

 See See Rider (1963) 

Side A
 "See See Rider"
 "You Better Stop"
 "He's a Real Gone Guy"
 "Story of My Love"
 "You Said"
 "I'm Leavin' You"

Side B
 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"
 "Trying"
 "Half of Your Love"
 "A Little Bird Told Me So"
 "Endless Love"
 "All the Time"

 Let Me Belong to You (1970) 

Side A
 "Pledging My Love"
 "Let Me Belong to You"
 "I'm the One to Do It"
 "Baby"
 "Born to Lose"

Side B
 "Call Me Darling"
 "Love Is Ending"
 "Baby Don't You Do It"
 "I Need You So"
 "Play It Fair"

 Referensi 

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