LaVern Baker
- MatchLaVern Baker
- 100%Ruth Brown
- 86%Lloyd Price
- 83%Chuck Willis
- 77%Shirley & Lee
- 72%The Clovers
- 65%Johnny Otis
- 65%Little Willie John
- 64%Big Joe Turner
- 63%Ivory Joe Hunter
- 63%The Coasters
Biography
Delores Williams, 11 November 1929, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 10 March 1997, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Baker was a pioneering voice in the fusion of R&B and rock n roll in the 50s. In 1947 she was discovered in a Chicago nightclub by band leader Fletcher Henderson. Although still in her teens, the singer won a recording contract with the influential OKeh Records, where she was nicknamed Little Miss Sharecropper and Bea Baker. Having toured... Read more