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  • Nov 11, 1929
    R&B singer LaVern Baker is born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1958, she introduces the pop hit "I Cried A Tear," covered in country music the following year by Ernest Tubb
    May 16, 1959
    Jimmie Rodgers and LaVern Baker guest on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show"
    Jan 16, 1991
    Country-rock pioneers The Byrds are inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, alongside Ike & Tina Turner, LaVern Baker, Wilson Pickett, bluesman Jimmy Reed and songwriter Dave Bartholomew
    Mar 10, 1997
    R&B singer LaVern Baker dies in New York City of a diabetes-related heart attack. Nearly four decades prior, she scored a pop hit with "I Cried A Tear," re-recorded for the country audience by Ernest Tubb
    Oct 6, 2006
    Martin Scorsese's movie "The Departed" debuts in theaters with Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" used three times. Also heard are John Lennon, The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers Band, LaVern Baker, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, The Band and Badfinger
    Nov 7, 2006
    Warner Bros. releases the soundtrack to "The Departed." Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" resides alongside The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Badfinger, Van Morrison, The Band, The Beach Boys and LaVern Baker

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