Baird was from
Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. but another source said that she came "from a theatrical family." She sang in choral groups in grammar school.
Radio Baird's early experiences in radio included a thrice-weekly program of her own on
KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She gained that spot via audition as a high school student. She hosted the radio program
Eugenie Baird Sings on ABC in 1946 and she "was selected from more than 50 girls to sing the top tunes of all time." on Paul Whiteman's
Forever Tops weekly program (also on ABC) that same year For the job, she moved from New York to Hollywood. The show debuted on January 21, 1946 and continued into 1947. on
The Alec Templeton Show (1947–1948), and ''
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club''. Beginning February 12, 1949, she became the "featured female singer" on
Sing It Again. 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. Baird signed with
Lang–Worth in 1950 and was part of the
Remember When series of transcriptions. In 1954, she sang with
Earl Wrightson on
Musicland U.S.A. on CBS. Baird "got her start...with Maurice Spitalny and Benny Burton" and sang with
Jan Savitt before joining
Tony Pastor for 1942-1943. She also appeared with
Ray Eberle at the
Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in August and September 1947. In September 1948, she was the headliner at the Copa nightclub in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. in the Broadway production
Angel in the Wings (1947–1948). With
Pee Wee Hunt and
The Pied Pipers, she was in a
Universal Studios short subject,
Smoke Rings, that featured the Casa Loma Orchestra. Released on July 28, 1943, the film included the songs "Can't Get Stuff in Your Cuff", "That's My Affair", and "Little Man with the Hammer".
Jingles and commercial recordings In 1950, Baird was active in making radio
jingles that an article in
Billboard magazine described as "songs which entertain." She and others worked for George R. Nelson to record jingles and (in the case of the
Pepsi-Cola Company) records that the company could "distribute for home use" on phonographs. ==Discography==