Biography
A sassy, big-voiced soul star who was part of the early rock and roll explosion in the 1950s, LaVern Baker was a pioneer for black female singers and a charismatic performer from the golden age of R&B music. A relative of blues legend Memphis Minnie, she grew up singing in her local church choir in Chicago and by the age of 17 was singing in South Side nightclubs under the name Little Miss Sharecropper, making her first recordings for Columbia in...Read more