Her up tempo songs were fun, and some were big hits, but her ballads were something else. She had an absolutely fabulous voice! Atlantic records owes her and Ruth Brown more than words can describe!!
A great song like that should have topped the charts back then. I can't believe it only reached # 71 on the US charts. It must have not been played enough on the radio.
I think it depends on the era you are from. I can't really tell much difference between the 1930s and the 1940s, however I see a stark difference between 2000 and 2021.
Wow, that's a great clip, nice to see one of the great underrated 1950s singers in such good quality. This and "Tweedlee Dee" are my favorite LaVern Baker songs. The guy introducing her is the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" Alan Freed (1921-1965) whose career would soon end in the infamous Payola controversy.
My NEICE Lori divernardo kunens fav...she would make me play it over and over again ....love 💕😘 laVern Ruth brown....miss my NEICE Lori lifestragedies so sad omg...I remember all good and ...
What a character she was. So many expressions in that face--not like most singers. A LIVE performance for sure, and her Jim Dandy boyfriend played catch-up just in time!
Democrats and Republicans owned slaves and both sides murdered Indigenous People, stole their land and put them on reservations. Prisons were created and reserved for black, brown and yellow people. Not racist? Explain what America is if not the worst of the worst ever to exist under the Sun.
@@leeltd1229 The reason that is not in history books is that it is not true. The Republican party was an offshoot of the Whig Party, created by Whigs who were disenchanted with their party's "wishy-washy" (at best) stand on abolition of slavery and failure to stand firm against extension of slavery into new territories. While it was created by Whig politicians, the faction that eventually became the Republican Party also included members of the Free Soil party and many Northern Democrats who were increasingly frustrated and angered by the influence of Southerners in the Democrat party. This was all before the Civil War and, in fact, the Republican Party elected a president (Lincoln) before the war. At that time, blacks did not even have the right to vote, much less organize a political party. If you have information that any blacks were involved in the formation of the Republican party, you should name those people and cite the source(s) of your information, but, even if you can do that, it will take a lot more than a few names to support a claim that "blacks started the Republican Party."
Hopefully, with the reality of the last 5 years under your belt, you have, by now, become much more aware of the pervasiveness of racism in the United States. The very institution of slavery in this country and in the Western Hemisphere was purely racist, as were the laws and customs of America in the century following the end of the Civil War. Segregation was, by definition, racist. Congress has passed scores of laws and Administrations have promulgated countless regulations designed or intended to eliminate or, at least, mitigate the blatant racism that has existed in housing, employment opportunity, schooling and virtually every aspect of American life. And for the most part, those laws and regulations have failed miserably to put a significant dent in our racist culture.
@@JB-pf3fx The United States of America has undoubtedly been profoundly racist from its earliest days. Still, it is no watering down of the American sin of racism to challenge your assertion that the U.S. is "the worst of the worst ever to exist." We have plenty of very worthy challengers for that dubious distinction.
Same question could be asked of many rock and roll songs. For that matter, it could be asked of lots of pop music, too. What's your point- that songs have to have a moral to them? Perhaps you are confusing songs with fairy tales.
@@richardwarren8138 Songs are not a random string of words. And any song that you thought was, is a song that went over your head. The meaning of this song, for example, is to be careful not to break a girl's heart which is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty.
Her up tempo songs were fun, and some were big hits, but her ballads were something else. She had an absolutely fabulous voice! Atlantic records owes her and Ruth Brown more than words can describe!!
My grandmother loved this woman so much that she named her first child after her.❤
She’s gorgeous 😍😍😍
A great song like that should have topped the charts back then. I can't believe it only reached # 71 on the US charts. It must have not been
played enough on the radio.
It made #17 on the CHUM chart in Canada.
Because there was one huge obstacle, and that was called Segregation
@@aaronrecordsgomez6636 Yea, disreputable segregation.
Talented and classy lady...Love Lavern
1957 looks soo much different from 1990 yet the year 2000 doesnt look much different from 2021.
I think it depends on the era you are from. I can't really tell much difference between the 1930s and the 1940s, however I see a stark difference between 2000 and 2021.
I say 1957 looks much different from 1967.
Wow, that's a great clip, nice to see one of the great underrated 1950s singers in such good quality. This and "Tweedlee Dee" are my favorite LaVern Baker songs. The guy introducing her is the "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" Alan Freed (1921-1965) whose career would soon end in the infamous Payola controversy.
what a voice
Pioneer of rock and roll
such a great singer.
We need a LaVern Baker in today's music world, instead of Nicki Minaj & Cardi B.
My NEICE Lori divernardo kunens fav...she would make me play it over and over again ....love 💕😘 laVern Ruth brown....miss my NEICE Lori lifestragedies so sad omg...I remember all good and ...
An awesome version of Ms. Baker's tune. Taken from the 1957 Paramount Pictures "Mr. Rock 'N' Roll" Would love to find this on DVD.
What a character she was. So many expressions in that face--not like most singers. A LIVE performance for sure, and her Jim Dandy boyfriend played catch-up just in time!
Great clip from the 1957 movie "Mister Rock And Roll". Wonder who the guy is? But she got flowers at the end. 😊
nice song
Bless her heart.
when music was sooooooooooooooooooo good
Love her voice
True History 🎵🎶💯👍😎🇺🇸
Top notch..👌
Yeeeaaahh!
Hysterical!!
Incredible experience 💖💕💕💕🌺🐝🐝🐝🐝🌺🐝🐝🐝🐝
👌🌞🐝
Her and ruth brown the best
💕
🆗🧑✈️🕊️👁️ you all good Friday nite
💥
Little Richard is the father of Rock n Roll.
He looks like the little penquin off the bugs bunny cartoon
"Stumpy" is a huge embarrassent
America is not racist. Democrat are, they play that all the time. I am 69 old guy white. God Bless America and Dr. Martin Luther King.
Democrats and Republicans owned slaves and both sides murdered Indigenous People, stole their land and put them on reservations. Prisons were created and reserved for black, brown and yellow people. Not racist? Explain what America is if not the worst of the worst ever to exist under the Sun.
J B blacks started the Republican Party they just don’t put that in the history books
@@leeltd1229 The reason that is not in history books is that it is not true. The Republican party was an offshoot of the Whig Party, created by Whigs who were disenchanted with their party's "wishy-washy" (at best) stand on abolition of slavery and failure to stand firm against extension of slavery into new territories. While it was created by Whig politicians, the faction that eventually became the Republican Party also included members of the Free Soil party and many Northern Democrats who were increasingly frustrated and angered by the influence of Southerners in the Democrat party. This was all before the Civil War and, in fact, the Republican Party elected a president (Lincoln) before the war. At that time, blacks did not even have the right to vote, much less organize a political party. If you have information that any blacks were involved in the formation of the Republican party, you should name those people and cite the source(s) of your information, but, even if you can do that, it will take a lot more than a few names to support a claim that "blacks started the Republican Party."
Hopefully, with the reality of the last 5 years under your belt, you have, by now, become much more aware of the pervasiveness of racism in the United States. The very institution of slavery in this country and in the Western Hemisphere was purely racist, as were the laws and customs of America in the century following the end of the Civil War. Segregation was, by definition, racist. Congress has passed scores of laws and Administrations have promulgated countless regulations designed or intended to eliminate or, at least, mitigate the blatant racism that has existed in housing, employment opportunity, schooling and virtually every aspect of American life. And for the most part, those laws and regulations have failed miserably to put a significant dent in our racist culture.
@@JB-pf3fx The United States of America has undoubtedly been profoundly racist from its earliest days. Still, it is no watering down of the American sin of racism to challenge your assertion that the U.S. is "the worst of the worst ever to exist." We have plenty of very worthy challengers for that dubious distinction.
The moral of the song is : ?
Who knows?
Same question could be asked of many rock and roll songs. For that matter, it could be asked of lots of pop music, too. What's your point- that songs have to have a moral to them? Perhaps you are confusing songs with fairy tales.
Playing with your girl's heart will end up in her broken heart
Clunker boyfriends with patient and witty girlfriends had better shape up!
@@richardwarren8138 Songs are not a random string of words. And any song that you thought was, is a song that went over your head. The meaning of this song, for example, is to be careful not to break a girl's heart which is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty.