Discography and Biography of LaVern Baker. Listen to all their hits.
LaVern Baker Songs

(with biography below if available)

Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 - March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee" (1955), "Jim Dandy" (1956), and "I Cried a Tear" (1958).

Below is a list of LaVern Baker songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


Songs Loading...
showing 1-24 of 24 records
‹r› i
artist discography/bio
read song lyrics, etc.
year
record label
1 record label: Atlantic 1116
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Lincoln Chase
album: LaVern Baker
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #343]
 		LaVern Baker & The Gliders Jim Dandy
1956 Atlantic
2 record label: Atlantic 2007
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Al Julia
album: Blues Ballads
 		LaVern Baker I Cried a Tear
1958 Atlantic
3 record label: Atlantic 1104
chart position: RandB #4, US #97
written by: Dorian Burton and Howard Plummer
album: LaVern Baker
 		LaVern Baker Still
1956 Atlantic
4 record label: Atlantic 45 2167
chart position: RandB #9, US #34
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Traditional
album: See See Rider
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
 		LaVern Baker See See Rider
1963 Atlantic
5 record label: Atlantic 2048
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Joe Morris
album: Saved
 		LaVern Baker Shake a Hand
1960 Atlantic
6 record label: Atlantic 1104
chart position: RandB #7, US #22
written by: Dorian Burton, Howard Plummer and LaVern Baker
album: LaVern Baker
 		LaVern Baker I Can't Love You Enough
1956 Atlantic
7 record label: Atlantic 2021
chart position: RandB #5, US #33
written by: Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka
album: Blues Ballads
comments: [ballad]
 		LaVern Baker I Waited Too Long
1959 Atlantic
8 record label: Atlantic 1136
chart position: RandB #7, US #76
written by: Tyran Carlo, Lincoln Chase, Albert Green and Alonzo Tucker
album: LaVern Baker
 		LaVern Baker Jim Dandy Got Married
1957 Atlantic
9 record label: Atlantic 2033
chart position: RandB #12, US #52
written by: LaVern Baker
album: Blues Ballads
 		LaVern Baker So High, So Low
1959 Atlantic
10 record label: Atlantic 2099
chart position: RandB #17, US #35
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Saved
 		LaVern Baker Saved
1961 Atlantic
11 record label: Atlantic 2041
chart position: RandB #18, US #63
written by: Alex Bradford and LaVern Baker
 		LaVern Baker Tiny Tim
1959 Atlantic
12 record label: Atlantic 1087
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Doc Pomus
album: LaVern Baker
 		LaVern Baker & The Gliders My Happiness Forever
1956 Atlantic
13 record label: Atlantic 1087
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Jimmy Breedlove
album: LaVern Baker
 		LaVern Baker & The Gliders Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head)
1956 Atlantic
14 record label: Atlantic 2077
chart position: US #46
written by: Leroy Fullylove
 		LaVern Baker Bumble Bee
1960 Atlantic
15 record label: Atlantic 1150
chart position: US #71
written by: Henry Boye
album: Blues Ballads
 		LaVern Baker Humpty Dumpty Heart
1957 Atlantic
16 record label: Atlantic 2001
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: Blues Ballads
 		LaVern Baker It's So Fine
1958 Atlantic
17 record label: Atlantic 2033
chart position: US #79
written by: Marguerite Monnot and Geoffrey Parsons
album: Blues Ballads
 		LaVern Baker If You Love Me
1959 Atlantic
18 record label: Atlantic 2267
chart position: RandB #31, US #84
written by: Bart Howard
 		LaVern Baker Fly Me to the Moon
1965 Atlantic
19 record label: Atlantic 2059
chart position: US #83
written by: Otis Blackwell
album: Saved
 		LaVern Baker Shadows of Love
1960 Atlantic
20 record label: Atlantic 2059
chart position: US #83
written by: Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
album: Saved
 		LaVern Baker Wheel of Fortune
1960 Atlantic
21 record label: Brunswick 55287
chart position: RandB #37, US #93
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Eddie Singleton
 		Jackie Wilson & LaVern Baker Think Twice
1966 Brunswick
22 record label: Atlantic 1116
chart position: US #94
written by: Johnny Parker
album: LaVern Baker
 		LaVern Baker & The Gliders Tra La La
1956 Atlantic
23 record label: Atlantic 2234
chart position: RandB #35, US #128
written by: Ahmet Ertegun (as Ahmet Nugetre) and Tom Dowd
 		LaVern Baker You'd Better Find Yourself Another Fool
1964 Atlantic
24 record label: Brunswick 55287
chart position: Cashbox R&B #43, US #128
written by: Bob Tupert and Demetriss Tapp
 		Jackie Wilson & LaVern Baker Please Don't Hurt Me (I've Never Been in Love Before)
1966 Brunswick




Log in to use playlist feature
(no registration required)





☰