Saved

Name: Saved
Uploaded: 1961-01-01
Duration: 2 min 58 s
Description: Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, this tongue-in-cheek gospel and R&B song is a satire of African-American religious conversion ecstasy. LaVern Baker's March 1961 Atlantic Records release reached #17 on the R&B chart and #37 on the pop chart, sung from the perspective of someone who has lived a fast life but is now exclaiming they are "saved."

LaVern Baker Play Mix

1961 60s

Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, this tongue-in-cheek gospel and R&B song is a satire of African-American religious conversion ecstasy. LaVern Baker's March 1961 Atlantic Records release reached #17 on the R&B chart and #37 on the pop chart, sung from the perspective of someone who has lived a fast life but is now exclaiming they are "saved."