Biography

With her classy, refined brand of romantic soul, Anita Baker was one of the definitive quiet storm singers of the '80s. Gifted with a strong, supple alto, she was influenced not only by R&B, but jazz, gospel, and traditional pop, which gave her smooth and mellow, but hardly lifeless, music a distinctly adult sophistication. Her 1986 major-label debut, Rapture, was a Grammy-winning smash, appealing to both urban and adult contemporary listeners and producing two all-time quiet storm classics: "Caught Up in the Rapture" and "Sweet Love." Her equally stylish 1988 follow-up, Giving You the Best That I Got, spawned more R&B staples. ~ Steve Huey

Top Tracks

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• Angel

• Caught Up In The Rapture

• Frosty's Rag (frosty The Snowman)

• Giving You The Best That I Got

• I Can't Sleep

• In My Heart

• Just Because

• Like You Used To Do

• Lonely

• Moonlight Sleighride

• My Favorite Things

• No More Tears

• Sometimes I Wonder Why

• Soul Inspiration

• Sweet Love

• The Look Of Love

• Whatever It Takes

• Wrong Man

• You Bring Me Joy

• You're My Everything

• Your're The Best Thing Yet

Discography

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• My Everything

  Blue Note

  2004

• A Night of Rapture - Live

  Atlantic

  2004

• Rhythm of Love

  Atlantic / Elektra

  1994

• Giving You the Best That I Got

  Elektra

  1988

• Rapture

  Elektra

  1986

• The Songstress

  Elektra

  1983