- Audio CD (Oct 22 1991)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Best of
- Label: Atlantic
- ASIN: B000002IRY
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #59,732 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Soul On Fire |
| 2. Tomorrow Night |
| 3. Tweedle Dee |
| 4. That's All I Need |
| 5. Bop-Ting-A-Ling |
| 6. Play It Fair |
| 7. Jim Dandy |
| 8. My Happiness Forever |
| 9. Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) |
| 10. Still |
| 11. I Can't Love You Enough |
| 12. Jim Dandy Got Married |
| 13. I Cried A Tear |
| 14. Whipper Snapper |
| 15. I Waited Too Long |
| 16. Shake A Hand |
| 17. How Often |
| 18. You Said |
| 19. Saved |
| 20. See See Rider |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Simply put, LaVern Baker, one of the greatest vocalists in Atlantic Records' history, could sing anything, as she proved again and again during a seven-year run of chart hits that began with 1955's "Tweedle Dee" and culminated in 1963's "See See Rider." Her material, supplied by many of the era's greatest songwriters (Leiber-Stoller, Pomus-Shuman, and many others), encouraged her to draw on her gospel and big band backgrounds in exploring the emotional subtext of serious ruminations on life such as "Saved" and the powerful "Soul on Fire." The latter was her first Atlantic single, and on it she used virtually every vocal technique at her command to bring out the slow-burning sensuality of the Ahmet Ertegun-penned gem of erotic longing. Thus was notice served, and, in the glorious years that followed, Baker cut a swath wide enough that her name and label-mate Ruth Brown's were spoken in the same reverent terms, sotto voce. The 20 tracks here remain as vital today as they were indispensable to the music's evolution in her own time. --David McGee
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5.0 out of 5 stars
My Soul Unearthed,
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This review is from: Soul on Fire (Audio CD)
My youngest memories of music as a kid were of LaVern Baker. My Dad played her albums at every party he threw (and he threw quite a few). I liked it then, but haven't listened to her music in well over 20 years now. I purchased this album to remember my Dad's music.The best surprise was mine to enjoy--not only did I reconnect all of my memories, I gained a true appreciation of what a wonderful treasure LaVern Baker was. My goodness. Between LaVern Baker and Fats Domino, do you need anything else to remember those years? There is not a single bad song on this album. Every song she sings is emminently enjoyable. But it--you won't regret it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
ONE OF THE RTHYM AND BLUES QUEENS!!,
By ernie garcia (LONG BEACH, CA.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soul on Fire (Audio CD)
BACK IN THE 50'S WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT SINGERS COMING AND GOING LAVERN BAKER WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST RTHYM AND BLUES QUEENS OF ALL-TIME.SHE WAS OF THE SAME GENRE AS ETTA JAMES, CHUCK WILLIS, SOLOMON BURKE ETC.LAVERN MADE CLASSICS LIKE "I CRIED A TEAR", "JIM DANDY" ETC.HER SINGING WAS CLEANER THAN ETTA JAMES'BUT THEY DID THE SAME TYPE OF SONGS.YOU WILL LOVE THIS C.D. AND WANT TO BUY OTHER C.D.'S BY THIS SINGER. DON'T MISS OUT ON THESE CLASSIC R&B POP RECORDINGS!BUY IT!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
ONE OF THE RTHYM AND BLUES QUEENS!!,
By ernie garcia (LONG BEACH, CA.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soul on Fire (Audio CD)
BACK IN THE 50'S WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT SINGERS COMING AND GOING LAVERN BAKER WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST RTHYM AND BLUES QUEENS OF ALL-TIME.SHE WAS OF THE SAME GENRE AS ETTA JAMES, CHUCK WILLIS, SOLOMON BURKE ETC.LAVERN MADE CLASSICS LIKE "I CRIED A TEAR", "JIM DANDY" ETC.HER SINGING WAS CLEANER THAN ETTA JAMES'BUT THEY DID THE SAME TYPE OF SONGS.YOU WILL LOVE THIS C.D. AND WANT TO BUY OTHER C.D.'S BY THIS SINGER. DON'T MISS OUT ON THESE CLASSIC R&B POP RECORDINGS!BUY IT!!
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