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The Pool: How Lauren Laverne and Sam Baker Worked Out What Women Want

Edit Newsweek 17 May 2016
The creation of BBC Radio presenter Lauren Laverne and Sam Baker, a former editor of Cosmopolitan and Red, it recently celebrated its first birthday and is now read by over half a million users a month ... In the male-dominated media industry, Laverne and Baker are an inspiring female double act, tackling tech issues head-on, building a team of ......

Johnnie Ray: The First Modern Teen Idol

Edit About.com 24 Feb 2016
Johnnie Ray ... Oddly enough, he was, landing a steady gig at the city's famous Flame Showbar, which had already produced a star in LaVern Baker ... It was probably Baker's manager, or perhaps one of two influential local DJs, who convinced Danny Kessler of OKeh Records to come down and hear Ray's distinctive style, heavily enunciated and heavy on the "blue notes" due to his Holiday fixation (and his hearing impairment)....

The Top 10 Greatest R&B; Hits of 1955

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
5.  "Tweedle Dee," LaVern Baker. LaVern's Baker signature hit is the essence of an R&B single from 1955, making inroads with rhythm and blues and pop audiences alike because it took the lessons of Ruth Brown's Atlantic sides and managed to clean the lyrics up just enough to get massive airplay ... all, and beat Baker to the pop top 10....

The Top 10 R&B; Hits of 1957

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Yet not only were white singers aping rhythm and blues being allowed to make the journey the other way, they were enjoying their own reverse validation with huge "black" hits ... 5.  "Jim Dandy," LaVern Baker. What sounds authentic enough to be an ancient barroom blues was given the slick but energetic Atlantic treatment, and our gal LaVern knew just how to sell it, reaching for just the right blend of sass and fun ... ....

The 10 Best Novelty Songs of the '60s

Edit About.com 21 Feb 2016
Which it is ... Ellis had already had two of her compositions covered by The Dells, and co-writer Lincoln Chase had already refashioned "Jim Dandy" for LaVern Baker and penned "Such a Night" for the Drifters and Elvis, so it wasn't a surprise that "Name Game" raced up the charts; what was unexpected was the number of audience members who kept shouting out boys and girls' names for Ellis to rhyme! ... ....

The "American Beatle": Harry Nilsson

Edit About.com 19 Feb 2016
Mariah Carey, Three Dog Night, The Monkees, Aimee Mann, Ringo Starr, LaVern Baker, The Yardbirds, Joe Cocker, Blood Sweat & Tears, Jimmy Buffett, Glen Campbell, Michael Nesmith, Neko Case, Marc Cohn, Astrud Gllberto, Al Kooper, Adrian Belew, Marshall Crenshaw, Robin Zander, Richard Barone, Kasim Sulton, Belly, Filter, Jellyfish, Obsession, ......

Great Big Kiss Halloween Party tickets

Edit Skiddle 31 Oct 2015
Sugar Pie DeSanto * The Shangri-Las * Jackie Wilson * Dusty Springfield * Chuck Berry * Gloria Jones * Ike And Tina Turner * The Supremes * Pat Powdrill * Mamie Galore * LaVern Baker * Big Mama Thornton * Stevie Wonder Aretha Franklin * Richard Berry And The Pharoahs * The Del-Vikings * The Silhouettes * Little Richard * Nancy Sinatra * Del Shannon ......

Neil Sedaka doesn't quite have a million of 'em, but he's close

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 05 Oct 2015
The first hit Neil Sedaka ever wrote, with partner Howard Greenfield, was singer Connie Francis' "Stupid Cupid." Shortly after that, working five days a week in New York's famous Brill Building, he landed hits with R&;B singers Clyde McPhatter and Laverne Baker. All this from white Brooklyn kids in the late 1950s. Did segregation come into play? "Not at all," recalls Sedaka, 76, in a phone interview ... "I used to go in as a teenager ... 1 ... ....

Southern Soul Fireball Nikki Hill Sets NYC Aflame At CMJ + Rockwood Shows (Shore Fire ...

Edit Public Technologies 24 Sep 2015
(Source. Shore Fire Media Inc) Southern Soul Fireball Nikki Hill Sets NYC Aflame At CMJ + Rockwood Shows ... She'll be playing Carroll Place on Wednesday, October 14th as part of CMJ and Rockwood Music Hall on Monday, October 19th. Details below ... Here's Nikki doing her best AC/DC. ... WHO ... "Channels such rhythm and blues greats as LaVern Baker, Etta James and Ruth Brown--with a little Sam Cooke and Solomon Burke thrown in for good measure....

Today in Oldies Music History: September 4

Edit About.com 04 Sep 2015
Today In Oldies Music History. September 4. --Births. 1942. Gene Parsons (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers). 1942. Bubba Knight (Gladys Knight and the Pips. 1946. Ronald LePread (The Commodores). 1946. Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service). 1946 ... 1951 ... 1991 ... 1952 ... Dick Clark's first package tour opens at the Michigan State Fair, featuring The Coasters, LaVern Baker, Duane Eddy, Jan and Dean, Frankie Avalon, and Annette Funicello....

One Direction moves in two directions

Edit The Examiner 04 Sep 2015
Today in music history, we learn that Elvis Presley was told to go back to driving trucks due to a poor response to his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry. Sometimes you are never safe where you park and the man behind closed doors becomes a music sensation ... The tour featured The Coasters, LaVern Baker, Duane Eddy, Jan and Dean, Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello ... While shopping for that guard dog, their van was stolen ... ....

Nikki Hill Bridges AC/DC And Staple Singers On Ripping New Album 'Heavy Hearts, Hard Fists' ...

Edit Public Technologies 24 Aug 2015
(Source. Shore Fire Media Inc) Nikki Hill Bridges AC/DC And Staple Singers On Ripping New Album 'Heavy Hearts, Hard Fists' Out October 16th Via Deep Fryed Records. Listen To "Struttin'" At Afropunk. http.//bit.ly/1U9qXug ... late nights, hot licks, and intoxicating love ... "Channels such rhythm and blues greats as LaVern Baker, Etta James and Ruth Brown--with a little Sam Cooke and Solomon Burke thrown in for good measure ... 01 ... 02....

Naidoc week 2015 mixtape: Emma Donovan, Bart Willoughby, Radical Son and more

Edit The Guardian 06 Jul 2015
Some of Australia’s finest musicians are performing around the country for the annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks ... But as she began to absorb new influences from her father’s record collection – American artists like LaVern Baker and Etta James, along with Indigenous Australian acts No Fixed Address and Archie Roach – her music took a left turn into blues and soul ... ....
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