Elsie West Baker (September 27, 1886 – April 28, 1958) was an American contralto singer who made hundreds of recordings in the 1910s and 1920s.

In 1910 she sang for a Washington, D.C. audience that included President WIlliam Howard Taft and his wife.

[4][5] She also made hundreds of recordings for the Victor label,[6][7][8] and wrote songs.

[10] Baker recorded under various names, including Edna Brown, Nora Watson, and Mabel West.

[1] Baker was listed as divorced and living with her partner, Ellen F. Johnson, at the Ansonia Hotel, in the 1950 census.