LaVern Baker - That's All I Need: Her Greatest Singles 1955-62 (2026)
BAND/ARTIST: LaVern Baker
- Title: That's All I Need: Her Greatest Singles 1955-62
- Year Of Release: 2026
- Label: ACROBAT
- Genre: Rhythm and Blues, Blues, Pop
- Quality: FLAC 16-Bit/44.1 kHz
- Total Time: 00:45:57
- Total Size: 146 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Chicago-born singer Delores LaVern Baker came from a celebrated blues family: her aunt was Merline Johnson, “The Yas Yas Girl,” and she was a relative of Memphis Minnie. She started in church choirs, then fought her way through the competitive clubs of Chicago and Detroit as “Little Miss Sharecropper.” In 1953 she signed with Atlantic Records, and her powerful voice, rhythmic precision and fierce independence reshaped American popular music of the mid-twentieth century. She later became only the second female solo artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
A retrospective of 18 of her best A- and B-sides covers her golden era. Side A follows her rise as a crossover pioneer: the breakthrough rhythmic “Tweedle Dee” (1954), the hits “Bop-Ting-a-Ling” and “Play It Fair,” and “Jim Dandy,” which won over audiences across markets. Side B shows her maturity as an interpreter able to convey adult longing: the cinematic ballad “I Cried A Tear” with King Curtis on saxophone, the gospel-rock “Saved” by Leiber & Stoller, and “See See Rider” (1962), an urbanized reworking of a song by Ma Rainey. Together they portray a founding figure of rhythm and blues.
Tracklist:
1. LaVern Baker - Tweedle Dee
2. LaVern Baker - Bop-Ting-a-Ling
3. LaVern Baker - That's All I Need
4. LaVern Baker - Play It Fair
5. LaVern Baker - My Happiness Forever
6. LaVern Baker - Get Up Get Up
7. LaVern Baker - Still
8. LaVern Baker - I Can't Love You Enough
9. LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy
10. LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy Got Married
11. LaVern Baker - It's So Fine
12. LaVern Baker - I Cried A Tear
13. LaVern Baker - I Waited Too Long
14. LaVern Baker - So High So Low
15. LaVern Baker - Tiny Tim
16. LaVern Baker - Shake A Hand
17. LaVern Baker - Saved
18. LaVern Baker - See See Rider
A retrospective of 18 of her best A- and B-sides covers her golden era. Side A follows her rise as a crossover pioneer: the breakthrough rhythmic “Tweedle Dee” (1954), the hits “Bop-Ting-a-Ling” and “Play It Fair,” and “Jim Dandy,” which won over audiences across markets. Side B shows her maturity as an interpreter able to convey adult longing: the cinematic ballad “I Cried A Tear” with King Curtis on saxophone, the gospel-rock “Saved” by Leiber & Stoller, and “See See Rider” (1962), an urbanized reworking of a song by Ma Rainey. Together they portray a founding figure of rhythm and blues.
Tracklist:
1. LaVern Baker - Tweedle Dee
2. LaVern Baker - Bop-Ting-a-Ling
3. LaVern Baker - That's All I Need
4. LaVern Baker - Play It Fair
5. LaVern Baker - My Happiness Forever
6. LaVern Baker - Get Up Get Up
7. LaVern Baker - Still
8. LaVern Baker - I Can't Love You Enough
9. LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy
10. LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy Got Married
11. LaVern Baker - It's So Fine
12. LaVern Baker - I Cried A Tear
13. LaVern Baker - I Waited Too Long
14. LaVern Baker - So High So Low
15. LaVern Baker - Tiny Tim
16. LaVern Baker - Shake A Hand
17. LaVern Baker - Saved
18. LaVern Baker - See See Rider
| Blues | Pop | FLAC / APE
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