中文名：莱文·贝克 外文名：LaVern Baker 国籍：美国 出生地：芝加哥 职业：歌手 经纪公司：华纳唱片 简介：LaVern Baker1929 年 11 月 11 日 - 1997 年 3 月 10 日是一位美国节奏布鲁斯歌手，在 20 世纪 50 年代和 60 年代初的流行音乐排行榜上有几张热门唱片。她最成功的唱片是《Tweedle Dee》（1955 年）、《Jim Dandy》（1956 年）和《I Cried a Tear》（1958 年）。 从艺历程：Baker began singing in Chicago clubs such as the Club DeLisa in 1946,often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper, and first recorded under that name in 1949, leading to a recording deal with that title for National Records in 1951, shortly before it folded. She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, switched to Delores Baker, and then was billed as LaVern Baker when she sang with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952. In 1953, she signed with Atlantic Records as a solo artist, her first release being "Soul on Fire". Her first hit came in early 1955, with the Latin-tempo "Tweedle Dee", which reached number 4 on the R&B chart and number 14 on the national US pop chart. It sold over one million copies.Georgia Gibbs recorded a note-for-note cover of the song, which reached number 1; subsequently Baker made an unsuccessful attempt to sue her for $250,000 (equivalent to $2,843,478 in 2023) and petitioned Congress to consider such covers copyright violations,citing Gibbs and Vickie Young as copying her arrangement and vocal style. Her request spurred Charles Diggs to lead a Congressional investigation into song theft. 荣誉记录：1991年，入选摇滚名人堂。名人堂评价说，她“将布鲁斯、爵士和 R&B 激情融合，展现了她迷人的嗓音，为 50 年代的摇滚热潮奠定了基础”。从 1955 年到 1965 年，她的 20 首歌曲登上了 R&B 排行榜。