| LaVern | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | LaVern Baker |
| Cover: | LaVern Baker - LaVern.jpg |
| Alt: | A photo of Baker reclining, looking up, and singing |
| Recorded: | October 19, 1956 (second half of album) |
| Studio: | New York City, New York, United States (second half of album) |
| Genre: | Rhythm and blues |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Next Title: | LaVern Baker |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
LaVern is the debut studio album from American rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker, released by Atlantic Records in 1956.
Editors at AllMusic rated this release 3 out of 5 stars. A 1998 repackaging of this with 1958's LaVern Baker received 4.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writing that "both records are excellent" and recommending it to listeners because it collects hard-to-find tracks, but complains that "a couple of cuts fall a little flat" and "the remastering and packaging aren't quite up to the standard of the music itself". In the 2004 edition of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, the two-album compilation was rated 4.5 out of 5 stars and the editors write that this material features Baker as a "gut-bucket R&B singer" that combines blues and pop music.