Efua Baker

Efua Baker (/ˈɛfwə/ EF-wə; born c. 1967 in Ghana)[1] is a British celebrity fitness expert and trainer who also had a music career in the 1990s.

Efua Baker
Birth nameEfua Baker
Bornc. 1967
Ghana
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • fitness expert
  • personal trainer
LabelsVirgin

Career

In 1993, Baker, then known as just Efua, released three singles: "Down Is the Drop", "Strawberry Boy", and "Somewhere". "Somewhere" was her biggest hit, reaching the top 50 in the UK,[2] and the top 20 in Australia.[3] "Strawberry Boy" charted on the US Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.[4] An album, Dream Juice, was released in June 1993 in the US,[1] and in November 1993 in Australia.[5]

Prior to releasing her own music, Efua worked as a model and a dancer, and appeared in a number of music videos for other artists,[6] including Clive Griffin's "The Way We Touch" and "Don't Make Me Wait", Lil Louis's "I Called U", Soul II Soul's "A Dreams a Dream" (sic), and one of the two videos filmed for Maxi Priest's "Close to You". In 1996, she appeared in Yazz's music video for "Good Thing Going". In 2019, Baker appeared in the music video for FKA Twigs' "Cellophane".[7]

Baker's best known work as a fitness expert was on the BBC One programme Fat Nation - the Big Challenge in late 2004.

Personal life

She is married to Soul II Soul frontman Jazzie B.

Discography

Albums
Year Album Peak chart positions
AUS
[3]
1993 Dream Juice 140

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[2]		 AUS
[3]		 US
R&B/
Hip-Hop
Bubbling
Under
[8]
1993 "Down Is the Drop" (European release) 87 – – Dream Juice
"Strawberry Boy" – – 8
"Somewhere" 42 16 –
1994 "Down Is the Drop" (Australian release) – 122 –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

References
  1. White, Timothy (22 May 1993). "Efua: The Sweet Science of a 'Dream'". Billboard. New York, N.Y.: BPI Communications. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. UK chart peaks:
  3. Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  4. "Bubbling Under > Hot R&B Singles – August 14, 1993 (from Billboard magazine)". Imgur.com (original document published by Billboard). Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  5. "New Release Schedule – Product Available from: 15/11/93 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 197)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. Wells, Chris (30 January 1993). "Drop Shop". Echoes. Ipswich, Suffolk, UK: East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  7. "FKA twigs – Cellophane". YouTube. Retrieved 1 June 2019. N.B. Efua Baker is listed in the video credits displayed beneath the video.
  8. "Efua > Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.


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