#LaVern Baker

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(via Tweedle Dee - LaVern Baker (1954)

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LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra - Jim Dandy (1956) Lincoln Chase from: "Jim Dandy" / "Tra La La" (Single) (1956) "La Vern Baker" (Atlantic EP 588) (1956) "Soul on Fire: The Best of LaVern Baker" (1991 Atlantic Records Compilation CD)

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Personnel: LaVern Baker: Lead Vocals

Backing Vocals: The Gliders: Abel DeCosta: First Tenor Ollie Jones: Second Tenor Jimmy Breedlove: Tenor Winfield Scott: Baritone Edward Barnes: Bass

Session Musicians Included: Sam "The Man" Taylor: Tenor Saxophone David Albert "Panama" Francis: Drums

Produced by Ahmet Ertegun / Jerry Wexler

Recorded: @ The Atlantic Studios in New York City, New York USA on December 21, 1955

Released: on November 2, 1956 Atlantic Records

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Jim Dandy (Song): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dandy_(song)

Jim-Dandy (Idiom): https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/jim-dandy

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Born on this day: blazingly soulful and sensual rhythm and blues queen LaVern Baker (née Delores LaVern Baker, 11 November 1929 – 10 March 1997). In her prime in the fifties and early sixties, Baker’s only rivals were fellow R&B divas like Ruth Brown and Etta James. My favourite songs by Baker: “Jim Dandy” (1956) (memorably used by John Waters in the Pink Flamingos (1972) soundtrack), the ferocious “Voodoo Voodoo” (1961) and especially her quieter, more subdued moment “I’ll Never Be Free” (1957). Onscreen, Baker makes a vividly memorable appearance (belting out the song “Tra La La”) in the 1956 jukebox musical Rock, Rock, Rock! (starring a young and adorable Tuesday Weld). Pictured: portrait of the fierce Baker by Jerry Schatzberg, 1957.

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October 20, 1955

Brooklyn High School in suburban Cleveland, Ohio hosted a 1:30 p.m. rock ‘n’ roll concert that featured Bill Haley And His Comets, Pat Boone, LaVern Baker, Roy Hamilton, Johnnie Ray, the Four Lads and up-and-coming artist Elvis Presley. The concert was filmed for a documentary about Cleveland radio legend Bill Randle, “The Pied Piper of Cleveland: A Day in the Life of a Famous Disc Jockey.” But the film, which includes the first known footage of Elvis performing, has never been released.

At 8 p.m., the same artists performed at St. Michaels Hall in Cleveland. Randle later recalled that the climax of that show was when Elvis broke the strings on his guitar and then smashed the guitar on the floor. “It was mass hysteria. We needed police to get him out of the hall.”

While Elvis did two shows on this day: First he appeared at the Brooklyn High School Auditorium, Cleveland at 1.30 p.m. This show was put together by Bill Randle, the DJ from of Cleveland. While a TV Cleveland broadcast may have occurred of “The Pied Piper of Cleveland aka Day in the Life of a Disc Jockey” – the footage is deemed lost to a private collector.

1950s radio personality Bill Randle was in competition with other radio personalities like Alan Freed. (the DJ era ended with the payola scandal – Enter: Program Directors, Music Playlist Services, the end of local talent in regions to national to international monoculture).

Randle introduces Elvis on the Dorsey Brothers and compares Elvis to Johnny Ray (rockers vs crooners – gimme a break pfft eh), but he mentions that the first time HE met Elvis was making a movie short – a Day in the Life of a Disc Jockey aka The Pied Piper of Cleveland.

So. There are 2 potential sources to see Elvis Presley pwn Pat Boone’s stage – with Boone on the national charts and Elvis only in the regional ones. In professional film stock – probably 16mm not 35.

Bill Randle (estate) or someone else in the production of the short.

Cleveland TV – it was apparently broadcast – which means, there might be the 1 inch tape run during controversial broadcast in cast of regulatory complaints – and either recorded over or archived.

Gladys and Vernon Presley signed a telegram provided by Tom Diskin granting Colonel Parker “sole and exclusive” representation of their son.

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01. 00:00 - Tyrone a'Saurus "The monster twist" 02. 01:11 - B Bumble "Bumble boogie" 03. 03:05 - The Lively Ones "Misirlou" 04. 04:34 - Bobby Day "Rockin' robin" 05. 06:26 - The Top Notes "Twist and shout" 06. 07:58 - The Sprouts "Twisting in bandstand" 07. 09:44 - Ruth Brown "Little girl's gonna rockin" 08. 11:03 - Joey Dee "Peppermint twist" 09. 12:52 - Lonnie Mack "Wham" 10. 15:01 - Sammy Masters "Flat feet" 11. 16:47 - Catl Belew "Cool gator shoes" 12. 18:15 - Chuck Willis "There's got to be a way" 13. 19:59 - The Zircons "No twistin' on sunday" 14. 21:38 - The Marvelettes "Twistin' postman" 15. 23:31 - Petula Clark "Ya ya twist" 16. 25:43 - Henry Mancini "The Tiber twist" 17. 28:00 - Lavern Baker "Jim Dandy" 18. 29:55 - Clyde Pitts "The lonely side of town" 19. 32:06 - Louis Prima "Twist all night" 20. 33:44 - Wayland Chandler "Little lover" 21. 35:22 - Rene Hall "Twitchy" 22. 37:44 - Henry Mancini "Spook" 23. 40:39 - Henry Mancini "Mr Yunioshi" 24. 43:07 - Henry Mancini "Arabesque" 25. 44:32 - Tyrone a'Saurus "The monster twist" Stories mother never told me #17 : mixed by Dj Bouto #rocknroll #rockabilly #twist

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Music History Today: December 21, 2022

December 21, 1956: LaVern Baker recorded the song "Jim Dandy."

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Watch ""Jim Dandy" by LaVern Baker" on YouTube

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Jim Dandy to the rescue

Jim Dandy to the rescue

Jim Dandy to the rescue

Go, Jim Dandy

Go, Jim Dandy

Jim Dandy on a mountain top

Thirty thousand feet to drop

Spot a lady on a runaway horse

Ah-hah, that's right, of course

Jim Dandy to the rescue

Go, Jim Dandy

Go, Jim Dandy

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Tweedlee Dee - LaVern Baker