SoulTracks Look Back: Anita Baker

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    Both beautiful and an extremely talented singer and songwriter, Anita Baker was nearly a no show for the world of music. She had been singing in various groups and choirs in her native Detroit since she was a teenager, but while she was loved locally, she had received enough negative reviews from record label execs that, at age 22, she was ready to quit music for good.

     

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    CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR BIOGRAPHY, AVAILABLE MUSIC, AND VIDEO OF ANITA BAKER

     

     

    Both beautiful and an extremely talented singer and songwriter, Anita Baker was nearly a no show for the world of music. She had been singing in various groups and choirs in her native Detroit since she was a teenager, but while she was loved locally, she had received enough negative reviews from record label execs that, at age 22, she was ready to quit music for good.

     

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    CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR BIOGRAPHY, AVAILABLE MUSIC, AND VIDEO OF ANITA BAKER

     

     

     
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