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Birth Name: MacHouston/McHouston Baker
Date of Birth: October 15, 1925
Place of Birth: Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: November 27, 2012
Place of Death: near Toulouse, France
Ethnicity: * father – possibly European * mother – African-American
Mickey Baker was an American guitarist. He was part of R&B duo Mickey & Sylvia, with Sylvia Robinson.
He was born in Louisville. His mother, Lillian Smith, was African-American. His father, whom he had never met, was believed to have been white. Mickey was put into an orphanage when he was eleven, and escaped, living in St. Louis, New York City, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. He later remained in New York City.
Mickey had two children.