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LaVern Baker
LaVern Baker
Studio album by LaVern Baker
Released	1957
Recorded	February 20, 1955 ("That’s All I Need" and "Bop-Ting-A-Ling"); December 21, 1955 ("Jim Dandy"); January 10, 1956 ("Tra La La");
Genre	Rhythm and blues; rock and roll;
Length	38:14
Language	English
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Ahmet Ertegun; Jerry Wexler;
LaVern Baker chronology

LaVern Baker is the second studio album from American rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker, released by Atlantic Records in 1957. This release was part of Atlantic Records' 8000 Series, a collection of self-titled budget albums by R&B artists,^[2] made to allow retailers to easily introduce audiences to popular singers.^[3] This was one of the first albums to collect popular singles from a single artist.^[4]

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Richie Unterberger writing that it has "generally decent quality" and features "energetic" songs of the "R&B turning into rock & roll" period.^[1] A 1998 repackaging of this with 1957's LaVern received 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "both records are excellent" and recommending it to listeners because it collects hard-to-find tracks, but complains that "a couple of cuts fall a little flat" and "the remastering and packaging aren't quite up to the standard of the music itself".^[5] In the 2004 edition of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, the two-album compilation was rated 4.5 out of 5 stars and the editors write that this material features Baker with a "perky, wailing style" to her voice that complements her shift from blues-based singing to pop music.^[6] George Starostin noted "the super-catchy novelty numbers" and speculates that Baker "seems overqualified for this business".^[7]

Track listing

"Jim Dandy" (Lincoln Chase) – 2:26
"Tra La La" (Johnny Parker) – 2:12
"I Can't Love You Enough" (LaVern Baker, Dorian Burton, and Howard Plummer) – 2:37
"Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head)" (Jim Breedlove and Joan White) – 2:13
"That's All I Need" (Baker, Howard Biggs, and Chase) – 2:32
"Bop-Ting-A-Ling" (Winfield Scott) – 2:55
"Tweedlee Dee" (Scott) – 2:25
"Still" (Burton and Plummer) – 2:16
"Play It Fair" (Bill Campbell) – 2:55
"Tomorrow Night" (Sam Coslow and Will Gross) – 3:03
"That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie and Beasley Smith) – – 2:52
"Soul On Fire" (Baker and Jermet [collective pseudonym of Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler]) – 2:51
"My Happiness Forever" (Doc Pomus) – 2:39
"How Can You Leave a Man Like This?" (Baker and Wexler) – 2:37

Personnel

LaVern Baker – vocals
Mickey Baker – guitar on "That’s All I Need", "Bop-Ting-A-Ling"
George Barnes – guitar on "Tra La La", "Get Up You Sleepy Head"
Emmett Berry – trumpet
Lawrence Brown – trombone
Shad Collins – trumpet
Walter DeVenne – instrumentation
Ray Ellis – arrangement on "Still", conducting on "Still"
Ahmet Ertegun – production
The Gliders – choir/chorus vocals on "Jim Dandy", "That’s All I Need", "Bop-Ting-A-Ling", and "Tomorrow Night"
Marvin Israel – cover
Hank Jones – piano
Connie Kay – drums on "That’s All I Need", "Bop-Ting-A-Ling", and "Tomorrow Night"
Jimmy Lewis – guitar
Dave McRae – baritone saxophone
Freddie Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Sylvester "Vess" Payne – drums
Gene Redd – arrangement, conducting
Guy Remark – liner notes
Sam "The Man" Taylor – tenor saxophone on "That’s All I Need", "Bop-Ting-A-Ling", and "Tomorrow Night"
Lloyd Trotman – double bass
Jerry Wexler – production
Pinky Williams – baritone saxophone

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Unterberger, Richie (n.d.). "LaVern Baker – LaVern Baker". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ "New $3.98 LP Line Prepped By Atlantic". Music-Radio. Billboard. March 30, 1957. p. 31. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Atlantic Debs 6 LP's By Top R-R Stable". Music-Radio. Billboard. January 10, 1957. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ Grevatt, Ben (January 4, 1960). "Oldie Hit Singles Bloom Anew in LP's". Music. Billboard. Vol. 66, no. 1. p. 1. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (n.d.). "LaVern Baker – LaVern/LaVern Baker". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ Hoard, Christian David; Brackett, Nathan, eds. (2004). "LaVern Baker". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 39–41. ISBN 9780743201698.
^ Starostin, George (September 2, 2021). "Review: LaVern Baker – LaVern Baker (1957)". Only Solitaire. Substack. Retrieved August 11, 2023.