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    Soul on Fire: The Best of LaVern Baker

    01/01/1991

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    All Music Guide Review

    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, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Soul on Fire
  • 3:02
  • 2
  • Tomorrow Night
  • 3:13
  • 3
  • Tweedle Dee
  • 3:09
  • 4
  • That's All I Need
  • 2:32
  • 5
  • Bop-Ting-a-Ling
  • 3:03
  • 6
  • Play It Fair
  • 2:57
  • 7
  • Jim Dandy
  • 2:11
  • 8
  • My Happiness Forever
  • 2:45
  • 9
  • Get up, Get up (You Sleepy Head)
  • 2:22
  • 10
  • Still
  • 2:21
  • 11
  • I Can't Love You Enough
  • 2:37
  • 12
  • Jim Dandy Got Married
  • 2:08
  • 13
  • I Cried a Tear
  • 2:35
  • 14
  • Whipper Snapper
  • 2:10
  • 15
  • I Waited Too Long
  • 2:33
  • 16
  • Shake a Hand
  • 2:49
  • 17
  • How Often
  • 2:35
  • 18
  • You Said
  • 2:15
  • 19
  • Saved
  • 2:56
  • 20
  • See See Rider
  • 2:28

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