The Hollywood Reporter

Mickey Baker, Influential Guitarist and Half of Mickey & Sylvia, Dies at 87

An in-demand R&B session man who played with the likes of Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and LaVern Baker, he also co-wrote and performed on Mickey and Sylvia's 1957 classic "Love Is Strange." By Erik ...
Boston Herald

Mickey Baker, guitarist who recorded ‘57 rock hit ‘Love is Strange,’ dies at 87

Mickey Baker, an exceptional 1950s session guitarist who played on hundreds of recordings, helping to transform rhythm and blues into rock ‘n’ roll, died last week at his home near Toulouse, France, ...
Los Angeles Times

Mickey Baker dies at 87; rhythm and blues, rock guitarist

Mickey Baker, an exceptional 1950s session guitarist who played on hundreds of recordings, helping to transform rhythm and blues into rock ‘n’ roll, died Tuesday at his home near Toulouse, France, ...
Pitchfork

R.I.P. Influential Rock and Blues Guitarist Mickey Baker of Mickey & Sylvia

Mickey Baker, guitarist for the duo Mickey & Sylvia, died of heart and kidney failure on Tuesday at his home in France, The New York Times reports. He was 87 years old. Baker developed a genre-bending ...