Virginia Plain Virginia Plain "Virginia Plain" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, the song was recorded by the band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. Backed with "The Numberer", an instrumental composed by Andy Mackay, as a single the song became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number four. The song was not included on the band's original UK debut album, "Roxy Music", having not even been recorded when the album was released. After the success of the album in the
Virginia S. Baker Virginia S. Baker Virginia S. Baker (1921 – July 29, 1998) was an American civil servant and employee of the Department of Recreation and Parks in She was known by a number of nicknames, such as Queenie, Queen of Fun, Baltimore's First Lady of Fun, "queen of the hill", and "Baltimore's oldest kid". In 1984, the recreation center in Patterson Park was named the Virginia S. Baker Recreation Center to honor Baker's years of service to the center and to the children of Baltimore. Baker started her career as a volunteer playground monitor at the old Patterson Park recreation center