# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lavern-baker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:15:57.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lavern-baker"
name: "LaVern Baker"
slug: "lavern-baker"
description: "Delores LaVern Baker was an American rhythm and blues singer who had several hit records on the pop charts in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were \"Tweedle Dee\" (1955), \"Jim Dandy\" (1956), and \"I Cried a Tear\" (1958)."
tagline: "American rhythm and blues singer (1929–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaVern_Baker_1956.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-11-11"
deathDate: "1997-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           66.37
  momentum:             1.87974314068885
  historical:           22.27985333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 4400
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048673/"
    handle:    "nm0048673"
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqpdgpTWu7YumFdn1Gij8-w"
    handle:    "Lavern Baker - Topic"
    followers: 4400
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    title: "Бейкер, Лаверн"
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    title: "LaVern Baker"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump