Anita Baker
Anita Baker
Top Songs
| 1 | Sweet Love | ||
| 2 | Giving You the Best That I Got | ||
| 3 | Same Ole Love (365 Days a Week) | ||
| 4 | Caught Up in the Rapture [Single Version] | ||
| 5 | I Apologize [Single Version] |
Albums
Jan 2012 • 1 song
Jun 2002 • 18 songs
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About
Biography
With her classy, refined brand of romantic soul, Anita Baker was one of the definitive quiet storm singers of the '80s. Gifted with a strong, supple alto, Baker was influenced not only by R&B, but jazz, gospel, and traditional pop, which gave her music a distinctly adult sophistication. Smooth and mellow, but hardly lifeless, it made her one of the most popular romantic singers of her time.
Baker was born January 26, 1958, in Toledo, Ohio, and raised in nearby Detroit, where she grew up listening to female jazz singers like Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald. At...