"[8] on Paul Whiteman's Forever Tops weekly program (also on ABC) that same year[9] For the job, she moved from New York to Hollywood.

Also in 1949, she was one of a group of female vocalists who participated in a 13-disk series of electrical transcriptions that featured Eddy Duchin promoting the United States Navy Reserve.

"[16] Baird "got her start...with Maurice Spitalny and Benny Burton"[17] and sang with Jan Savitt before joining Tony Pastor for 1942-1943.

[20] With Pee Wee Hunt and The Pied Pipers, she was in a Universal Studios short subject, Smoke Rings, that featured the Casa Loma Orchestra.

An article in The New York Times reported that Baird, "who sang with Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra and who has been inactive for a number of years, will be making a return appearance.