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Northampton collections of George Baker (1781-1851), 18th-19th century’, Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MSS. Phillipps-Robinson b. 52-66, c. 225-245, c. 248, d. 56-58, e. 188-216, e. 506-509, f. 33-35. a b c "George Baker Biography". georgebaker.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 25 May 2007.

a b "George Baker Biography". www.georgebaker.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 2007-05-25. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p.56. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.Baker, George, and Walpole, Horace. A Catalogue of Books, Poems, Tracts, and Small Detached Pieces, Printed at the Press at Strawberry-Hill, Belonging to the Late Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. [The Introduction Signed: G. B., I.e. George Baker.]. 1810.

Of all the television detectives of recent years, George Baker's Inspector Wexford, with his mature West Country burr, slight air of fallibility and occasional stubbornness, was the one who seemed to spring from real life rather than an author's fancy. Sometimes ponderous, sometimes wrong, always homely, Baker's Wexford had his affable ex-constable's feet firmly on the ground. The character had a solid, believable family life. The actor, also a family man, had a hand in some of the adaptations that went under the title of the Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Whatever the combination of factors, it gave Baker, who has died aged 80 of pneumonia, his greatest success. Their fifth album, Paloma Blanca, was released in 1975, and the single " Paloma Blanca" reached No. 1 on charts in several countries. It sold more than seven million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful Dutch singles ever. [2] In 1978, Baker disbanded the Selection because "the pressure had become too much." The band has sold over 20 million records worldwide. However, Baker formed a new George Baker Selection in 1985, which stayed together till 1989. [7] The second version of the Selection has released twelve albums and several compilation albums. George died on 12 October 1851 at his house in Marefair. The esteem to which George Baker was held by the many people and organisations with which he was associated is captured in the tribute paid by the Mechanics Institute of which he was Vice-Chairman.By his father ’s will in 1806 George, aged 25, was the major beneficiary of two substantial properties in Northampton in St Catherines and College Lane including his father’s wool-stapling business and a further property in Harpole leased to his uncle. The Selection's fifth album, Paloma Blanca, was released in 1975, and the single " Paloma Blanca" reached No. 1 on charts in several countries. By this time Nelleke Brzoskowsky was the singer; she had joined in 1975. "Paloma Blanca" sold more than seven million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful Dutch singles ever. [6]

A string of singles and albums followed; the second single, "Dear Ann," was such a success that Baker resigned from his job in the lemonade factory and became a full-time musician. Not all band members followed suit, and besides Bouwens, the "Selection" from mid 1970 was formed by Jan Visser, Jan Hop (drums), Jacques Greuter and George Thé (voice, guitar, bass). In March 1971 Jan Visser left the band to be replaced by Cor Veerman. [9] Besides scoring hits with his own Selection, he also wrote songs for others, including BZN, The Shoes, Andy Star, and Next One. In 1974, singer Lida Bond joined the Selection, and combining her voice with Baker's proved highly successful. [6]Oomen, Eefje (21 July 2018). "Zes onbekende verhalen van George Baker" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad . Retrieved 7 June 2019. Much of what we know about George Baker comes from two obituaries one that appeared in the local newspapers 5 and another from the Gentleman ’s Magazine 6. Whether these activities inspired him to do something better or purely fired his interest we do not know, but in 1815, aged 34, he issued proposals for his county history. Bouwens was born near the end of World War II on 8 December 1944 as the son of a single mother on the Gravenstraat in Hoorn, at or near the location where Jan Pieterszoon Coen was born in 1587. [1] Months before Bouwens was born, his father, Peppino Caruso, a former Italian soldier from Calabria put to labor by the Germans in nearby Grosthuizen, had been killed while attempting to escape when he was to be transferred to Germany. [2] Bouwens was raised by his mother and his grandparents, Willemke Woudstra and Johannes Bouwens (1886–1952), first in Hoorn and from 1957 on the Wandelweg in Wormerveer. [1] There, he sang and played guitar in a schoolband ( The Jokers) with Bob Ketzer, [3] but at the age of 14 he left school and took jobs unloading ships on the Zaan and eventually as a factory worker at a lemonade factory. [4] In 1961, he took the stage name "Body" and formed the band Body and the Wild Cats, with Bob Ketzer and his brother Ruud as well as Gerrit Bruyn on bass, all from Wormerveer. [3] George Baker Selection [ edit ] George Baker in 1974.