Lavern Baker - Soul On Fire: The Best Of Lavern Baker (1991)

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Artist: Lavern Baker
Title: Soul On Fire: The Best Of Lavern Baker
Year Of Release: 1991
Label: Atlantic
Genre: R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop, Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) | Mp3 / 320kbps
Total Time: 53:31
Total Size: 189 MB | 114 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist
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01 Soul on Fire 3:06
02 Tomorrow Night 3:15
03 Tweedle Dee 3:11
04 That's All I Need 2:35
05 Bop-Ting-A-Ling 3:06
06 Play it Fair 2:59
07 Jim Dandy 2:15
08 My Happiness Forever 2:48
09 Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) 2:24
10 Still 2:25
11 I Can't Love You Enough 2:40
12 Jim Dandy Got Married 2:11
13 I Cried a Tear 2:38
14 Whipper Snapper 2:13
15 I Waited Too Long 2:33
16 Shake a Hand 2:51
17 How Often 2:38
18 You Said 2:18
19 Saved 2:58
20 See See Rider 2:27

One of R&B's earliest divas, LaVern Baker could grab hold of a song and belt it out with the best of them, whether she was singing bouncy, up-tempo rock & roll or bluesy torch ballads. Baker's contributions to the rockin' and rollin' wing of '50s R&B were in a class with Atlantic labelmates Ruth Brown and the Clyde McPhatter-era Drifters, as the stellar 20-track compilation Soul on Fire: The Best of LaVern Baker proves. Baker had a muscular delivery and a commanding personality on record, so much so that her ravishing visual appeal wasn't even necessary (though it certainly didn't hurt). Here she bellows and growls her way through rock & roll standards like "Tweedlee Dee" (her first big hit), the oft-covered "Jim Dandy" (her only R&B chart-topper), and "See See Rider," not to mention Leiber & Stoller's gospel pastiche "Saved." But Baker was equally powerful on her slow numbers, turning in positively smoldering performances on the classics "Soul on Fire," "Play It Fair," "I Cried a Tear" (her biggest pop hit), and "I Waited Too Long," among others. Baker isn't as much of a household name as she probably ought to be, but Soul on Fire is required listening for anyone interested in the first waves of R&B and rock & roll.© Steve Huey /TiVo

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