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Cat. No. VV 1186: LaVERN BAKER ~ HITS AND RARITIES. OFFICIAL 6042.
Cat. No. VV 1186: LaVERN BAKER ~ HITS AND RARITIES. OFFICIAL 6042.

Cat. No. VV 1186: LaVERN BAKER ~ HITS AND RARITIES. OFFICIAL 6042.

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

LaVERN BAKER (DELORES WILLIAMS) BEGAN SINGING WHILST IN HER EARLY TEENS. AS THERE WAS AN MINIMUM AGE OF 17 YEARS IN THE USA TO BE PERMITTED TO SING IN CLUBS AS SOON AS HER REAL AGE BECAME KNOWN SHE WAS THROWN OUT OF THE CLUBS. IN 1946, SHE WAS DISCOVERED BY THE CLUB DE LISA OWNER AND HAVING REACHED THE MINIMUM AGE SHE BEGAN WORKING ALONGSIDE A THEN UNKNOWN JOE WILLIAMS. SHE WORE A COSTUME OF "RAGGED" DOWN HOME CLOTHES AND WAS BILLED AS "LITTLE MISS SHARECROPPER". IN 1947, SHE DID A RECORDING TEST FOR COLUMBIA RECORDS BUT NO TRACKS WERE RELEASED. IN 1949, LaVERN CUT HER FIRST DISC FOR RCA-VICTOR FRONTING EDDIE PENIGAR'S BAND BUT WAS STILL BILLED AS "LITTLE MISS SHARECROPPER". IN 1951, LAVERN FURTHER RECORDED FOR COLUMBIA / OKEH OUT FRONT OF MAURICE KING AND HIS WOLVERINES AND WAS BILLED AS BEA BAKER. LATER SHE CHANGED HER NAME TO LaVERN BAKER. 

IN 1953, AFTER RETURNING FROM A TOUR OF EUROPE SHE WAS OFFERED A CONTRACT BY ATLANTIC RECORDS WHERE SHE FOUND A POSITIVE CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE. ATLANTIC WAS VERY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING HER AS A STAR. "SET MY SOUL ON FIRE" WAS RELEASED BUT MADE VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON THE CHARTS, HOWEVER, THE RESULT OF THIS CREATIVITY WAS THE CLASSIC "TWEEDLE DEE" WHICH REACHED #4 ON THE R&B CHARTS IN JANUARY 1955 AND REMAINED ON THE CHART FOR 15 WEEKS. THE SONG ALSO REACHED #14 ON THE POP CHARTS BUT WAS SOUNDLY BEATEN BY A COVER OF THE SONG BY GEORGIA GIBBS WHOSE VERSION REACHED #2. HER NEXT RELEASES FOR ATLANTIC DID NOT ACHIEVE THE SAME SUCCESS BUT SHE FINALLY HIT THE JACKPOT IN 1956 WHEN "JIM DANDY" HIT THE #1 SPOT FOLLOWING AN APPEARANCE IN THE MOVIE "ROCK, ROCK, ROCK".

THIS ALBUM BY RENOWNED REISSUE LABEL OFFICIAL RECORDS BASED IN DENMARK GATHERS TOGETHER 16 TRACKS RECORDED FOR ATLANTIC BETWEEN 1953 AND 1960. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR ALONG THE SPINE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Jim Dandy / Tweedle Dee / So High So Low / Soul On Fire / Romance In The Dark / Tomorrow Night / Humpty Dumpty Heart / Manana.

Side 2 - Harbor Lights / Fool That I Am / I Can't Love You Enough / I'm Living My Life For You / I Can't Hold Out Any Longer / I'll Do The Same For You / The Game Of Love (A-One And A-Two) / A Help Each Other Romance.

12" VINYL RECORD

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