"[2] This originally was a serious musical act with Baker on accordion and Bernie on violin but eventually ended up with comic elements.

His solo act included him singing, playing the accordion, telling jokes and being heckled by a planted audience member called Jojo.

[3] In 1923, Baker appeared in an early DeForest Phonofilm short A Musical Monologue in which he played the accordion and sang.

In the 1940s he appeared on Duffy's Tavern on February 22, 1944, and was the host of the quiz show Take It or Leave It,[4] which later changed its name to The $64 Question.

Baker's likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for the walls of Sardi's, the New York City Theater District restaurant.

[7] Baker appeared in a number of Broadway musicals: He also produced Geraniums in My Window (1934) and Cafe de Danse (1929).