Classic Whitney on Instagram: "Happy 68th birthday, Anita Baker. @whitneyhouston talks of her appreciation of Anita in this 1991 interview. #whitneyhouston #anitabaker"

Emotion Web Radio on Instagram: "#Happy #birthday to the great Anita Baker, born January 26, 1958. 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. Not long after completing hig

RaydioClassics on Instagram: "Happy Birthday to The Legendary Anita Baker. Anita Denise Baker was born in Toledo, Ohio but was raised in Detroit, Michigan. By the time Baker was 16, she began singing R&B at Detroit nightclubs. After one performance, she was discovered by bandleader David Washington, who gave her a card to audition for the funk band, Chapter 8. Baker joined Chapter 8 in 1975 and signed with Ariola Records in 1979. The group’s first album, Chapter 8, was released that year and fea