Efua Baker

Efua Baker
Birth name Efua Baker
Born c. 1967
Ghana
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, fitness expert, personal trainer
Labels Virgin

Efua Baker (born c. 1967[1] in Ghana[1]) is a British celebrity fitness expert and trainer who also had a music career in the 1990s.

Career

In 1993 Baker, then known as just Efua, released three singles: "Down Is the Drop" (UK #87,[2] AUS #122[3]), "Strawberry Boy", and "Somewhere" (UK #42,[4] AUS #16[5]). An album, Dream Juice (AUS #140[6]), was released in June 1993 in the US,[1] and in November 1993 in Australia.[7]

Prior to releasing her own music, Efua worked as a model and a dancer, and appeared in a number of music videos for other artists,[8] including Clive Griffin's "The Way We Touch" and "Don't Make Me Wait", Lil Louis's "I Called U", and Soul II Soul's "A Dreams a Dream" (sic). In 1996, she appeared in Yazz's music video for "Good Thing Going".

Baker's best known work as a fitness expert was on the BBC One programme Fat Nation - the Big Challenge in late 2004.

Personal life

She is married to Soul II Soul frontman Jazzie B.

References

  1. 1 2 3 White, Timothy (1993-05-22). "Efua: The Sweet Science of a 'Dream'". Billboard (New York, N.Y.: BPI Communications). Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  2. ↑ "Chart Histories > Efua". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Official Charts Company > Efua". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  5. ↑ "australian-charts.com > Efua - Somewhere (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  6. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  7. ↑ "New Release Schedule – Product Available from: 15/11/93 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 197)". Imgur. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  8. ↑ Wells, Chris (1993-01-30). "Drop Shop". Echoes (Ipswich, Suffolk, UK: East Anglian Daily Times). Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-02.

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