voc, 1893-1957 US, New York City
Singer / Musician of Pop and Jazz
A.k.a. Bella Backer
American singer and actress. Popular throughout the 1910s and 1920s, Baker introduced a number of ragtime and torch songs including Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" and "My Yiddishe Mama". She performed in the Ziegfeld Follies and introduced a number of Irving Berlin's songs. An early adapter to radio, Baker hosted her own radio show during the 1930s. Eddie Cantor called her “Dinah Shore, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland all rolled into one.” Born December 25, 1893 (New York City, New York, U.S.), died April 29, 1957 (Los Angeles, California, U.S.)
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Belle Baker | Belle Baker | 2014 | Compil. |
A Pair of Red Hot Mamas | Sophie Tucker / Belle Baker | 1980 | Compil. |
Yiddishe Momme / Eli Eli | Belle Baker | 1940 | Album |
(The One I Love) Just Can't Be Bothered With Me / Cryin' For The Carolines | Belle Baker | 1930 | Album |
Underneath The Russian Moon / My Sin | Belle Baker | 1929 | Album |
I'm Walking With The Moonbeams / Take Everything But You | Belle Baker | 1929 | Album |
I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All? / If I Had A Talking Picture Of You | Belle Baker | 1929 | Album |
There Must Be Somebody Else / Baby Your Mother (Like She Babied You) | Belle Baker | 1928 | Album |
My Kid / Please Be Good To My Old Girl | Belle Baker / Shannon Quartet | 1925 | Album |
Those Panama Mamas / The Blues Have Got Me | Belle Baker / Jane Green | 1924 | Album |
Hard Hearted Hannah / Sweet Little You | Belle Baker | 1924 | Album |
I've Got The Yes! We Have No Banana Blues / Jubilee Blues | Belle Baker With The Virginians | 1923 | Album |
Gala Records Presents Belle Baker In The Songs That Made Her Famous | Belle Baker | Album | |
Poor Little Butterfly / I Love Him | Belle Baker | Album |