My Heart Stood Still [From on Dam Thing After Another]

Edythe Baker

Edythe A. Baker (August 25, 1899 – August 15, 1971) was an American boogie-woogie pianist. Baker was born in poverty in Girard, Kansas to Asa and Sophronia Baker. After her mother died around 1910 she was sent to Kansas City, Missouri to live, and attended a convent. There she was trained in piano fundamentals, eventually working for a music store. After touring with a vaudeville troupe in 1918, Edythe moved to New York City in 1919. There she made piano rolls (for Aeolian and Duo-Art) between 1919 and 1926; these included ragtime and pop pieces. She worked on Broadway in musicals and performed with vaudeville troupes such as the Ziegfeld Follies. In 1926, Baker relocated to England, and recorded twenty two pieces there between 1927 and 1933. She became a st… more »