Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 - March 10, 1997) was an American Rhythm & Blues singer who had several hit records in the 1950s and early 1960s. She was born Delores Evans in Chicago where she began singing around 1946. She recorded her first records under different names but then from 1952 was using the artistic name Lavern Baker.
In 1953 she signed with Atlantic Records and released "Soul on Fire". Her first hit came in early 1955, with "Tweedle Dee" and over the next couple of years she had a succession of hits on the R&B charts. She released 11 albums and 80 singles and EPs, most of them on Atlantic and Brunswick.
In 1965, Baker recorded a duet single with Jackie Wilson called "Think Twice". Three version were recorded and this is the X version although it was considered inappropriate for airplay, sounds like they were having a hell of a good time.
In 1991, she became the second female solo artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame following Aretha Franklin in 1987. She died on March 10, 1997, at the age of 67.
