
Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a 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. She received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1976 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988. |
- Show Less...
- Continue reading at Wikipedia...
- Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
- Show More...
- Continue reading at Wikipedia...
- Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Birth and Death Data: Born 1918 (Newport News), Died August 17th, 1990 (Philadelphia)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1950 - 1964
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 44 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bailey, Pearl," accessed March 1, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/302559.
Bailey, Pearl. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 1, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/302559.
"Bailey, Pearl." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 1 March 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bailey, Pearl - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50016101
Wikidata: Pearl Bailey - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q462118
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/91241649/
MusicBrainz: Pearl Bailey - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/312f7705-d15e-478d-aa13-0a5c05113c31
Feedback
Send the Editors a message about this record.