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Mar 12, 1997 · LaVern Baker, one of the most important rhythm-and-blues singers of the 1950's, died on Monday at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan. She was 67....
Mar 10, 1997 · LaVern Baker. Pioneering figure in the fusion of R&B and rock & roll during the 1950s, with a remarkably powerful voice.
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Jun 11, 2018 · LaVern Baker was one of the most original and significant African American vocalists of the 1950s and early 1960s.
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. A versatile vocalist, LaVern Baker proved capable of melding blues, jazz and R&B styles in a way that made possible the emergence of a new idiom: rock and roll."
Delores LaVern Baker was an American rhythm and blues singer who had several hit records on the pop charts in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee",...
LaVern Baker was one of the first important female singers to make the transition from late-'40s R&B to early rock & roll. She had a stunningly powerful voice, yet her ballad singing was wonderfully sensitive.
Mar 14, 1997 · Advertisement. Baker, one of America's great rhythm-and-blues singers of the 1950's, died earlier this week. She was 67. The Associated Press says the cause was heart complications. Baker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
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