Pearl Bailey

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Pearl Bailey

Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress, singer and author. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She received a Special Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952. In 1976, she became the first African-American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 29, 1918 (Newport News), Died August 17, 1990 (Philadelphia)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950 - 1964

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 44 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	75897	2/27/1950	Nothin' for nothin'	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	75899	2/27/1950	There must be somethin' ; better than love ; Curtain music	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	82045	12/28/1951	8th Street association	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	82046	12/28/1951	The birth of the blues	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	82047	12/28/1951	Nothing, nothing baby	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	82048	12/28/1951	I heard	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83150	7/24/1952	My ideal	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83151	7/24/1952	Let there be love	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83152	7/24/1952	Takes two to tango	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83153	7/24/1952	Toot, toot, tootsie goodbye	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83913	2/6/1953	Hug me a hug (Kiss me a kiss)	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83914	2/6/1953	I always shake the tree	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83915	2/6/1953	As long as I live	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83916	2/6/1953	Big words	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83966	2/18/1953	Drunk with love	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83967	2/18/1953	Changeable you	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83968	2/18/1953	World weary	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	83969	2/18/1953	Ain't nothin' nothin' baby (without you)	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	85200	9/10/1953	I love my Argentine	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	85201	9/10/1953	Me and my shadow	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	85202	9/10/1953	She's something Spanish	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	85804	2/1/1954	Come rain or come shine	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	85805	2/1/1954	Alla en el rancho grande	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	85806	2/1/1954	What happened to the hair (on the head of the man I love)	Pearl Bailey	vocalist
Decca	85807	2/1/1954	I wouldn't walk across the street	Pearl Bailey	vocalist

(Results 1-25 of 44 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bailey, Pearl," accessed December 5, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/302559.

Bailey, Pearl. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 5, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/302559.

"Bailey, Pearl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 5 December 2023.