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LaVern Baker

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Aliases
La Vern Baker
Little Miss Sharecropper
Real name
Delores Williams
Born
November 11, 1929
Died
March 10, 1997
Country
United States
IPI
00001862123 4 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Rhythm and blues singer
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
July 1960 (2 artists)
April 1955 Sarah Mai
 REL October 1960 (15 artists)
Originally by The Tads REC
March 1961 (2 artists)
April 1956 (3 artists)
February 1956 Jaye P. Morgan with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
August 1953 (3 artists)
May 1954 Jimmy Soul
November 1958 (10 artists)
July 1961 Damita Jo
March 1959 (4 artists)
November 1956 (26 artists)
July 1957 The 24th Street Wailers
September 1955 (2 artists)
March 1961 (24 artists)
August 1953 Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa
August 1956 (19 artists)
April 1955 (4 artists)
April 18, 1957 (2 artists)
November 1962 Ria Bartok - Orchestre direction : B. Gérard
November 1956 (6 artists)
November 1954 (64 artists)
September 1961 (15 artists)
June 1958 (6 artists)
January 1961 (13 artists)

Covers by LaVern Baker

Title Performer Release date Originally by
April 1958 Campbell and Burr
1970 Wilma Burgess
April 1958 Bessie Smith
April 1958 Bessie Smith
July 1966 LaVerne Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra
Body and Soul Laverne Baker with Orchestra 1992 Unverified
1970 Ted Daffan's Texans
1970 Karkoff-Orchester, Merle Johnston & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Tom Brown
November 1959 Biddleville Quintette
November 1958 Buddy Brooks
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes LaVern Baker February 1963 Unverified
1962 Bernice Massi and Don Chastain
April 1958 Bessie Smith
November 1957 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
November 1959 Morehouse College Quartette
November 1957 Floyd Hunt Quartette - Vocal by Gladys Palmer
April 1958 Bessie Smith - Orchestra accompanied by Buck and His Band
November 1957 Roy Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Barry Gray)
He's a Real Gone Guy LaVern Baker February 1963 Unverified
September 1961 Elvis Presley
Covered by Abbie Marie
July 1961 Brook Benton
April 1958 Bessie Smith
1992 Otis Redding
July 1959 Edith Piaf - Orchestre dir. Robert Chauvigny avec les chœurs R. Saint-Paul, Vera Lynn with Orchestra and Chorus directed by Roland Shaw - Charles Smart at the Organ
November 1957 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
January 1961 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
May 1954 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis
1970 Jackie Wilson
1970 Ivory Joe Hunter
April 18, 1957 LaVerne Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra
May 1995 Harry Nilsson
1992 Eddie Floyd
1970 Brian Hyland
1962 Diahann Carroll
1970 Fred Hughes [US1]
September 1955 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
  1992 Eddy Arnold REL, Wilma Burgess REC
April 1958 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra
November 1952 The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
  April 1958 Jimmie Cox PRF, Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar REC,REL
April 1958 Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys
1970 Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra
April 1958 Bessie Smith
  November 1959 Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
1992 Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson, B.B. King
November 1957 Lil Green
November 1962 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
January 1960 Faye Adams with The Joe Morris Orchestra
October 1957 Prince's Band
  1992 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
1992 Russell Wooding and His Grand Central Red Caps
April 1958 (unknown)
1992 Bee Gees
November 1954 Henry Russell and His Romancers
1992 Thelma La Vizzo
August 1952 The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
November 15, 2011 LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra
April 1960 Al Costello with The Walter Scott Orchestra
1992 The Shirelles
1992 William Bell
1962 Diahann Carroll
April 1958 Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys
1992 Carole King

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Help-Each-Other Romance LaVern Baker & Ben E. King July 1960 Atlantic
Batman to the Rescue LaVern Baker July 1966 Brunswick
Bop-Ting-A-Ling LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra April 1955 Atlantic
Bumble Bee LaVern Baker October 1960 Atlantic
Fee Fee Fi Fo Fum LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra April 1956 Atlantic
Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head) LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra February 1956 Atlantic
Harbor Lights LaVern Baker June 1958 Atlantic
Hey, Memphis LaVern Baker September 1961 Atlantic
Humpty Dumpty Heart LaVern Baker July 1957 Atlantic
I Can't Love You Enough LaVern Baker August 1956 Atlantic
I Cried a Tear LaVern Baker November 1958 Atlantic
I Didn't Know I Was Crying LaVern Baker July 1961 Atlantic
I'm Living My Life for You LaVern Baker with Orchestra May 1954 Atlantic
I Waited Too Long LaVern Baker March 1959 Atlantic
Jim Dandy LaVerne Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra November 1956 Atlantic
Jim Dandy Got Married LaVern Baker with Vocal Chorus and Orch. April 18, 1957 Atlantic
Play It Fair LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra September 1955 Atlantic
Saved LaVern Baker March 1961 Atlantic
See See Rider LaVern Baker November 1962 Atlantic
Shake a Hand LaVern Baker January 1960 Atlantic
So High So Low LaVern Baker July 1959 Atlantic
Soul on Fire Laverne Baker with Orchestra August 1953 Atlantic
St. Louis Blues LaVern Baker October 1957 Atlantic
Tweedle Dee LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra November 1954 Atlantic
Wheel of Fortune LaVern Baker April 1960 Atlantic
You're the Boss LaVern Baker & Jimmy Ricks January 1961 Atlantic

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