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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. [2] [1] He went to live with his father, stepmother, and half-sister in Hastings, Sussex.
Before he became a star, Baker sang as a member of the Vitaphone chorus at Warner Bros. [2]At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day, whose tenor voice was very similar to Baker's), he appeared in 17 film musicals, including Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937), At the Circus (1939), and The Harvey Girls (1946).
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
For twenty years until 1991, Purvis performed as part of a musical comedy double-act with Kenny Baker, billed as the "Mini-Tones". Purvis played the trumpet to Baker's mouth-organ and vibraphone. [2] The duo would attend auditions for Star Wars in 1976, where Baker was instantly cast as R2-D2.
Kenny Law, who was best known for starring on Discovery Channel’s Moonshiners, has died. He was 68. Law’s Choice Distillery announced news of the Virginia-based distiller’s death in a ...
Baker was born in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [4] He joined a brass band and by the age of 17 and had already become a professional musician. After leaving his home town of Withernsea, in Yorkshire's East Riding, for London, he met and began performing with the already well-known jazz musician George Chisholm. [4]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
After the one summer with Black and the Murphy's, Baker teamed with Josh Graves, who had played resonator guitar for Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs as a Foggy Mountain Boy. Baker teamed with Graves until Graves' death in 2006. Baker is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in bluegrass music. His "long-bow" style added a smoothness ...