765 Isabel Baker (1949?-?) “I Like God’s Style” 1965

This sixteen-year old was not the first to sing religious rock music as some Internet writers claim  who ignore black gospel stalwarts such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and James Cleveland, British Christian beat bands like the Pilgrims, or the Pentecostal tradition of Brother Claude Ely. But Isabel Baker was ahead of her time in terms of having the gumption to write and perform enough of her own songs in rockabilly style for an entire album. Whatever one thinks of the quality of her voice and music, the Internet has deservedly rescued Isabel from obscurity. (See also the freek_kinkelaar  September 18, 2017 review at www.discogs.com/Isabel-Baker-I-Like-Gods-Style/release/5582426). 

Isabel Baker “I Like God’s Style”