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LaVern Baker

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The Resume

    (November 11, 1929-March 10, 1997)
    Birth name is Delores Williams
    Recorded 'Jim Dandy,' 'Tweedlee Dee,' 'See See Rider,' 'Bob Ting-a-Ling,' 'Tra La La,' 'I Cried a Tear,' and 'Jim Dandy Got Married'

Why she might be annoying:

    She recorded many songs with goofy titles.
    She reportedly disliked her 1950's recordings.
    She left the music business in the late 1960's.
    She spent 20 years managing a club on a military base in the Philippines.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She recorded a Bessie Smith tribute album.
    She resumed her career in the 1980's.
    She appeared in the Broadway musical 'Black and Blue.'
    She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1991).
    She lost both legs due to diabetes.
    She continued performing in a wheelchair until her death.

Credit: The Truffle


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 50 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 113 Votes: 51.33% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 70 Votes: 50.0% Annoying