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Baker was born and educated in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and at a boarding school in Kent. [1] He was the son of Ethel (1906–1990), a pianist and dress maker, and Harold Baker (1908–1949), an artist, musician and draughtsman.
Baker first appeared on Jack Benny's weekly radio program on November 3, 1935, [3] having been hired to replace singer Frank Parker. [4] Parker had been very popular on the Benny program, and with his departure, it was widely believed that Benny would lose a large part of his audience; however, Kenny Baker is said to have won audiences over almost instantly, even surpassing Parker in ...
Kenneth Clayton Baker (June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011) was an American fiddle player best known for his 25-year tenure with Bill Monroe and his group The Blue Grass Boys. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Biography
British actor Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in the first six Star Wars films has died at the age of 83, after a long illness
Johnny Nansen will have a base salary of $900,000 in 2024. Kenny Baker, meanwhile, will make $550,000 in his first year at Texas.
More: Texas athletics pushes annual revenue to an all-time high of $271 million Baker, a Georgia native who played collegiate football at Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina from 2005-08 ...
Kenneth, Ken or Kenny Baker may refer to: Kenneth F. Baker (1908–1996), American professor of plant diseases; Kenny Baker (American performer) (1912–1985), American radio singer and actor; Kenny Baker (trumpeter) (1921–1999), British jazz trumpeter; Kenny Baker (fiddler) (1926–2011), American bluegrass fiddler with Bill Monroe
Kenny Baker MBE (1 March 1921 [1] – 7 December 1999) [2] was an English jazz trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn player, and a composer. [3] Biography.