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Josephine Baker
Freda Josephine Baker, naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 French silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant. During her early career, Baker was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in its 1927 revue Un vent de folie caused a sensation in the city. Her costume, consisting only of a short skirt of artificial bananas and a beaded necklace, became an iconic image and a symbol both of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. Baker was celebrated by artists and intellectuals of the era, who variously dubbed her the "Black Venus", the "Black Pearl", the "Bronze Venus", and the "Creole Goddess". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she renounced her U.S. citizenship and became a French national after her marriage to French industrialist Jean Lion in 1937. She adopted 12 children which she referred to as Rainbow Tribe and raised them in France. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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It's You I Adore
2025
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The Echo Of Elegance (2024 Digital Remaster Edition)
2024
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Blue Skies - Good Energy With Joséphine Baker
2024
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Just Jazz Presents, Josephine Baker
2024
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C'est Lui
2023
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Nuit d'Alger
2023
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Love Is a Dreamer
2023
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L'âge d'or du cabaret 1926-1927
2023
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La Conga Blicoti
2023
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You Drive Me Crazy!
2023
Singles & EPs See All
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Chante Paris
Single • 2024
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Besame Mucho
Single • 2024
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J'ai peur de rêver
Single • 2021
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Pretty Little Baby
Single • 2021
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The French Connection: Josephine Baker
EP • 2019
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La petite tonkinoise
Single • 2019
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Si j'étais blanche
Single • 2018
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Voulez-Vous de la canne a sucre?
Single • 2017
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Minuit
Single • 2017
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Blue Skies
Single • 2017
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"JAI DEUX AMOURS" JOSEPHINE BAKER (BEST HD QUALITY)
jeffrey a • 2K views
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Joséphine Baker "J'ai deux amours" (live officiel) | Archive INA
Ina Chansons • 916K views
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Sims 3 Clip - Les années folles (La Conga Blicoti - Joséphine Baker)
Extravagan Sims • 612 views
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Joséphine Baker - De Temps en Temps (Lyrics / Paroles)
Vive La France! • 38K views
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Josephine Baker - Paris...Paris, 1949
240252 • 391K views
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