Carroll Baker

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 aske...