Mickey Baker

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 be 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.