Blues Ballads - LaVern Baker

Album by LaVern Baker

Released 1959

Ahmet Ertegun
producer [11, 13]
Al Caiola
guitar [1, 5, 13]
Allen Hanlon
guitar [8, 10-11]
Ben E. King
lead vocals [13]
Bill Marine
choir vocals [1, 5]
Billy Suyker
guitar [2]
Budd Johnson
baritone saxophone [13], saxophone [2]
Chuck Sagle
arranger [2], conductor [2]
Douglas Allan
marimba [13]
Ernest Hayes
organ [13], piano [1, 5]
Everett Barksdale
guitar [1, 5, 13]
Harry Breuer
xylophone [8, 10-11]
Howard Biggs
arranger [8, 10-11], conductor [8, 10-11]
Jerry Parker
choir vocals [1, 5]
Jerry Wexler
producer [11, 13]
Joe Marshall
membranophone [11]
King Curtis
tenor saxophone [1, 13]
LaVern Baker
lead vocals [11, 13], vocal [1-5, 7-8, 10-12]
Leon Cohen
alto saxophone [1, 5]
Marcia Neil
choir vocals [1, 5]
Melvin "Red" Solomon
trumpet [8, 10-11]
Mickey Baker
guitar [2]
Mike Stewart
choir vocals [1, 5]
Mike Stoller
piano [11]
Milt Hinton
bass [1-2, 5]
Moe Wechsler
piano [11]
Panama Francis
drums (drum set) [1, 5]
Reggie Obrecht
arranger [1, 5, 13], conductor [1, 5, 13], piano [13]
Sam “The Man” Taylor
tenor saxophone [8, 10-11]
Sticks Evans
drums (drum set) [2]
Taft Jordan
trumpet [8, 10-11]
Ted Solomon
trumpet [11]
Ted Sommer
membranophone [13]
Urbie Green
trombone [1, 5]
Wendell Marshall
bass [8, 10], double bass [11, 13]
[unknown]
background vocals [11], piano [2], tenor saxophone [5], trumpet [2], vibraphone [1, 5]