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Eileen Barton (November 24, 1924 – June 27, 2006) was an American singer best known for her apostrophic 1950 hit song, "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake." She was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her birthdate is often given as 1929, but a certified copy of her birth certificate shows that she was born in 1924. This was done commonly, to shave a few years from a performer's age. Eileen's parents, Benny and Elsie Barton, were vaudeville performers. She first appeared in her parents' act at age 2-1/2, singing "Ain't Misbehavin'," on a dare to her...

Eileen Rose is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She recorded 2 albums, SHINE LIKE IT DOES and LONG SHOT NOVENA, for seminal UK label, Rough Trade Records (in the US, Sanctuary Records and Compass Records). Her third album, COME THE STORM was released in July 2007 on Banana Recordings (Sony) in the UK and, in the US, on folk legend Judy Collins' label, Wildflower Records in July 2007. She tours frequently both in the US and Europe (where she lived from 1991- 2003). "SHINE LIKE IT DOES" (1999), recorded with country-techno mavericks, THE ALABAMA THREE was produced...

Although she doesn't tour nearly as much as she probably could, Austin-based vocalist Lou Ann Barton is one of the finest purveyors of raw, unadulterated roadhouse blues from the female gender that you'll ever hear. Like Delbert McClinton, she can belt out a lyric so that she can be heard over a two-guitar band with horns. Born February 17, 1954, in Fort Worth, she's a veteran of thousands of dance hall and club shows all over Texas. Barton moved to Austin in the 1970s and later performed with the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although she...