5:33pm I Cried a Tear by LaVern Baker from Blues Ballads
#KJAC #TheColoradoSound #LaVernBaker
"Jim Dandy" (sometimes known as "Jim Dandy to the Rescue") is a song written by #LincolnChase, and was first recorded by American #RAndB singer #LaVernBaker on December 21, 1955. It reached the top of the R&B chart and #17 on the #pop charts in the United States. It was named one of #TheRockAndRollHallOfFames500SongsThatShapedRockAndRoll and was ranked #352 on #RollingStones500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The #tenorSaxophone solo is by #SamTheManTaylor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=navX99JRYNs
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On 10 March 1997: (Dolores) #LaVernBaker [Evans], American pop and R&B vocalist ("Jim Dandy"; "I Cried A Tear"), died of cardiovascular disease at 67.
#RIP 🥀
1955 HITS ARCHIVE: Tweedlee Dee - LaVern Baker (correct "single" speed)

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LaVern Baker "Tweedle Dee" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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Another pick for this week's #AlternateFridayMusic theme, #bee.

LaVern Baker: Bumble Bee (1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDf1tQAObgc

This great 45 used to be one of the favorites of my daughter when she was about five years old!

#music #lavernbaker #rockandroll #Atlantic #JesseStone

1960 HITS ARCHIVE: Bumble Bee - LaVern Baker

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Musical Interlude: After that flower painting, how about a song about bees? And performed by an R&B great who doesn't get enough love?

"Bumblebee," performed by LaVern Baker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4M0VajzVtk

#MusicalInterlude #RhythmAndBlues #LaVernBaker #Bzzzzzz

Lavern Baker - Bumble Bee

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Jim Dandy 👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏿
#LaVernBaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=navX99JRYNs
Jim Dandy

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LaVern Baker "Tweedle Dee" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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Lavern Baker - Tweedle Dee (lyrics)

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