Mickey Baker

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guitarist human music educator record producer songwriter

Mickey Baker was an influential American guitarist and songwriter best known as half of the R&B duo Mickey & Sylvia and for his foundational work in rock and roll and jazz guitar.

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Mickey Baker canonical 9
Mickey "Guitar" Baker 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
music educator ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
alias Mickey Baker ⓘ
surface form: Mickey "Guitar" Baker

Mickey McHouston ⓘ
authorOf Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 ⓘ
Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 ⓘ
surface form: Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 2
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame induction for "Love Is Strange" (as part of Mickey & Sylvia) ⓘ
birthName MacHouston Baker ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-10-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2012-11-27 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Baker ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName MacHouston ⓘ
influenced Keith Richards ⓘ
Robbie Robertson ⓘ
guitarists in rock and roll and jazz ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
label Atlantic Records ⓘ
Groove Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
memberOf Mickey & Sylvia ⓘ
movedTo New York City ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
name Mickey Baker self-link ⓘ
notableBandmate Sylvia Robinson ⓘ
notableRecording Love Is Strange ⓘ
surface form: Love Is Strange (1956 single)
notableRole influential R&B session musician ⓘ
pioneer of rock and roll guitar ⓘ
notableWork Love Is Strange ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
music teacher ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
placeOfDeath Toulouse ⓘ
surface form: Toulouse, France
recordedWith Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Ike & Tina Turner ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Ruth Brown ⓘ
The Drifters ⓘ
residence France ⓘ

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Sylvia Robinson → collaboratedWith → Mickey Baker ⓘ
Love Is Strange → vocalist → Mickey Baker ⓘ
Love Is Strange → composer → Mickey Baker ⓘ
Love Is Strange → lyricist → Mickey Baker ⓘ
Love Is Strange → hasGuitarist → Mickey Baker ⓘ
Mickey & Sylvia → member → Mickey Baker ⓘ
Mickey & Sylvia → hasPart → Mickey Baker ⓘ
Mickey Baker → name → Mickey Baker self-link ⓘ
Mickey Baker → alias → Mickey Baker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mickey "Guitar" Baker
Sylvia Vanderpool → associatedAct → Mickey Baker ⓘ