Dick "Two Ton" Baker was literally and figuratively a giant from the late 1930s until his death in 1975. He played piano quite well and sang in a pleasing, infectious baritone voice, but mainly, he entertained, in whatever medium. His radio show on WGN went out nationwide over the Mutual network and he was on the first television broadcast on WGN-TV (April 5, 1945), and later had a very popular children's program on that and other Chicago TV stations. As a kid, I thought his songs were the best, especially his 1947 hit, "I'm A Poor Little Petunia In An Onion Patch".
