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Betty Jane Baker (née Phillips; May 6, 1927 – April 2, 2002) was a singer, songwriter and vocal contractor, who worked as a backup singer on recordings by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, The Righteous Brothers and Sam Cooke, among others.
For "That's Life", the background singers were the vocal contractor and singer B.J. Baker, along with Gwen Johnson and Jackie Ward. 40 first-chair musicians were also assembled for Sinatra's recording including Glen Campbell and many of the members of the Wrecking Crew. Sinatra took two passes at the song. He ended the first take with, "Oh yeah."
A. Gregory Abbott; Tommy Abbott; Colonel Abrams; Buddy Ace; Johnny Ace; David Ackles; Roy Acuff; Arthur Adams (singer) Eric Adams (musician) Jo Jo Adams; Johnny Adams
B. DeFord Bailey; Kid Bailey; Philip Bailey; David Baker (composer) King Ernest Baker; Hank Ballard; Billy Banks (singer) Larry Banks; John Henry Barbee; Danny Barker
Later known as B.J. Baker, a back-up singer for many recording artists. Boston: Paulina McKevitt Boston: Vocal, "Goodnight, Wherever You Are" 1st Runner-up California: Shirley Ballard Los Angeles: Top 12 Chicago: Elaine Steinbach Chicago: Vocal, "You'll Never Know" 3rd Runner-up Columbia: Gloria Mae Grisso Columbia: Connecticut: Barbara Fisher ...
A Memphis-area native and Grammy-nominated musician has made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for 2024. Germantown-born, Bartlett-raised singer-songwriter Julien Baker was named to the 30 Under 30 Music ...
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B. J. Baker led the vocal chorus that attempted to back Nelson, but the singer's idiosyncratic style gave them problems, as recounted by Nelson biographer Joe Nick Patoski: "The singers got lost trying to follow Willie's lead vocals until Joe Allison put up some baffles between Willie and the singers so they couldn't hear one another. To stay ...