Chanteuse Country Canadienne née Carroll Ann Baker, le 4 mars 1949 à
Bridgewater (Nova Scotia).
Born in
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Carroll Baker was one of the most popular female
country singers in Canada. The daughter of an old-time country fiddler, Baker
grew up preferring rock & roll to country until her family moved to cosmopolitan
Ontario, where the sounds of country music made her homesick. In 1969, following
encouragement from her husband, she joined a bar band in Oakville, Ontario, but
was fired after only three weeks. Baker was then asked to join a local radio
program and was heard by sculptor George Petralia, who had written the song "Mem'ries
of Home" and asked her to record it; the resulting hit stayed on the charts for
26 weeks in 1970. In 1977, Baker won Canada's Top Female Singer Juno award (she
has won the award five times between then and 1995), and hosted her own TV show
(The Carroll Baker Jamboree), as well as three specials for the CBC. In 1983,
Baker moved to her manager Ed Preston's newly established label Tembo and has
continued to enjoy considerable popularity in her native Canada. She scored two
country hits in the U.S., 1981's "Mama What Does Cheatin' Mean" and "It Always
Hurts Like the First Time" in 1985.
Talents : Singer, Songwriter
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Country-Pop
Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHIE
Singles
| 1975 | SP GNP / CRESCENDO 501 (CAN) | I've Never Been This Far Before / ? |
| 1981 | SP EXCELSIOR 1013 (CAN) | Mama What Does Cheatin' Mean / ? |
| 1985 | SP TEMBO 8520 (CAN) | It Always Hurts Like The First Time / ? |
Albums
| 1978 | LP 12" TEE VEE TA-1080 (CAN) |
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20 COUNTRY CLASSICS |
| 1977 | LP 12" RCA KPL1-0171 (CAN) |
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CARROLL BAKER - You've Never Been This Far Before / The Hungry Fire Of Love / Picture In My Mind / One Is One Too Many / Why Me (Lord) / One Night Of Cheatin' / Tonight With Love / Gone, Gone, Gone / Why I Had to Pass This Way / Like You Touched Me |
| 1977 | LP 12" RCA PL 10171 (UK) |
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CARROLL BAKER - You've Never Been This Far Before / The Hungry Fire Of Love / Picture In My Mind / One Is One Too Many / Why Me (Lord) / One Night Of Cheatin' / Tonight With Love / Gone, Gone, Gone / Why I Had to Pass This Way / Like You Touched Me |
| 1977 | LP 12" RCA 42414 (CAN) |
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SWEET SENSATION - It's My Party / Portrait In The Window / Can't Stop Loving You / Love's Golden Rule / It's Late / Who's Gonna Love Me / Morning After My Baby Let Me / Slow / Sweet Sensation / I Might As Well Believe |
| 1978 | LP 12" RCA 42770 (CAN) |
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IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU - Me And Bobby McGee / Hooked On A Feeling / Born Winner / We Got Nothin' / Don't Touch Me / I'm Getting High Remembering / Let Me Be Your Woman / If It Wasn't For You / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Build My Life Around You |
| 1980 | LP 12" RCA 43061 (CAN) |
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HOLLYWOOD LOVE - My Turn / It Wasn't Me / The Second Time Around / Fooling My Senses / Hollywood Love / I Know I Can / Play Your Steel Guitar For Me / God I'm Sorry / Tarnished Wedding Band / Deeper Than The Eye Can See / I'll Live In Dreams / Just A Closer Walk With Thee / How Great Thou Art |
| 1981 | LP 12" RCA 5012 (CAN) |
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ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A SONG - It's Snowing Outside / Brand New Tears / Time You're The Healer / Breaking And Entering / Here I Am / It's Only Make Believe / Burning Up Your Memory / Still Falling In Love / This Is It / Ev'ry Good Song Is A Bad Song |
| 19?? | LP 12" TEMBO ? (CAN) |
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A HOME IN THE COUNTRY |
| 19?? | LP 12" TEMBO ? (CAN) |
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A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION |
| 19?? | LP 12" TEMBO ? (CAN) |
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HEARTBREAK INTO HAPPINESS |
| 19?? | LP 12" K-TEL ? (CAN) |
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CARROLL BAKER'S GREATEST HITS |
| 1986 | LP 12" QUAL QRSP-1005 (CAN) |
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HYMNS OGF GOLD |
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