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She recorded extensively with the Anita Kerr Singers. [4] In addition to her studio singing, Baker was the singing voice of Linda Low (played by Nancy Kwan) in the 1961 film version of Flower Drum Song [3] and also lent her voice to The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (1968 TV movie), Babar Comes to America (1971 TV movie) and Heidi's Song ...
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."
The song has been covered by Sarah Jessica Parker in a Gap commercial in 2005 and went viral as the parody "I Enjoy Being Al Gore" (recorded by the Capitol Steps in 1998). [2] Comedian Roseanne Barr released an album entitled "I Enjoy Being a Girl" in 1990, covering the song as its last track.
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 ...
Flower Drum Song is a 1961 American musical film directed by Henry Koster, adapted from the 1958 Broadway musical Flower Drum Song, written by the composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, in turn based on the 1957 novel of the same name by the Chinese American author Chin Yang Lee.
On April 8, 2020, Baker performed the song "Mercy," titled "Song in E" on the album, in a livestream on Instagram Live. [13] This was the first widely publicized performance of "Song in E," which Baker had played at shows in August 2018 [14] and again in mid-2019, [15] along with an early version of "Ringside," [16] another track that would appear on Little Oblivions.
BBM ("Baker Bruce Moore") is the name of the short-lived power trio, formed in 1993 by long-established artists, bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Gary Moore (both of whom had collaborated previously on Moore's Corridors of Power) and drummer Ginger Baker (who, with Bruce, was part of Cream - considered one of the first power trios). [1]
The song ranked at number 17 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2017. [3] At the AIR Awards of 2018, the Baker Boy won Breakthrough Independent Artist with "Marryuna", while the song was nominated for Best Independent Single or EP. [4] [5] At the Music Victoria Awards of 2018 "Marryuna" won Best Song. [6]