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  Pearl Bailey Collection - Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)
African-American entertainer Pearl Bailey gained fame for her work in Broadway, cabaret, and Hollywood as a vocalist, dancer and actress.
Bailey's humorous, sultry, slurred delivery livened up many a standard, including "Baby It's Cold Outside" and her only hit, "Takes Two to Tango." Although there is no sheet music included with the “Bailey” deposit, arrangements of some of her performance pieces are included with the Louis Bellson materials, Mr.
Bailey’s life and career are chronicled in sound recordings, newsclippings, and photographs and memorabilia.
www.loc.gov /performingarts/encyclopedia/collections/bailey.html   (138 words)

  
 Pearl Mae Bailey : Legends of Music - The City of Norfolk, VA
Bailey was honored by the Screen Actors Guild in 1978 for “outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession,” and by the Women’s International Center in 1989 for her active support of human rights around the world.
Bailey served as Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations under the administrations of Presidents Ford, Reagan and George Bush.
Pearl Bailey returned to school in 1978, and received a bachelor’s degree in theology from Georgetown University at the age of sixty-seven, as well as an honorary doctorate degree from the school.
www.norfolk.gov /WalkOfFame/Pearl_Bailey.asp   (309 words)

  
 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Pearl Bailey Bellson
As a girl, Pearl Bailey began singing in her father's church in Virginia and kept singing all the way to Broadway and into America's heart.
And America loves Pearl Bailey, for her songs and for her soul.
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress.
www.medaloffreedom.com /PearlBaileyBellson.htm   (240 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey's grave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Pearl Mae Bailey was an American singer and actress.
She was born in Southampton County, Virginia, to Rev. Joseph and Ella Mae Bailey.
Pearl Bailey died from heart failure in 1990 at the age of 72.
www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GravesOutofLA/bailey.htm   (220 words)

  
 WIC Biography - Pearl Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
If AIDS is the issue, Pearl rolls up her sleeves and wades right in to see that the humane thing be done.
And as magnificent as she is as an entertainer, Pearl Bailey's personal commitment to helping others is greater.
Pearl Bailey genuinely deserves this recognition, for she cares about people with all her heart-and she does something positive about her concerns.
www.wic.org /bio/pbailey.htm   (309 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey : The One and Only Pearl Bailey Sings - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
The latter is only marginally closer to the mark, and reissue's voyeuristic cover shot -- showing Pearl Bailey through a keyhole wearing a spaghetti strap dress -- only adds to the ruse that something naughty is in store (the original Mercury LP shows the same photo but without the keyhole effect).
The One and Only Pearl Bailey Sings has only a few moments that could be considered even mildly suggestive by '50s standards, but the tantalizing reissue must have sold reasonably well because it spawned a sequel, More Songs for Adults Only.
As a star of stage and screen, Bailey was an all-around entertainer closer in spirit to the vaudeville age than the increasing juvenilia of pop music circa 1956, and The One and Only Pearl Bailey shows it.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,47265,00.html   (476 words)

  
 Extravagant Crowd | Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey’s remarkable career as a singer and stage and film actress lasted nearly sixty years.
In spite of this, the little taste of success she experienced winning the contest convinced Bailey to give up her plans to become a teacher and pursue a career on the stage.
Bailey sang two songs in the show: “A Woman’s Prerogative,” and “Legalize My Name.” Audiences were thrilled by her performance and critics singled out her numbers for praise.
beinecke.library.yale.edu /cvvpw/gallery/bailey1.html   (555 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When she was about 5 years old, Pearl Bailey was given enough money from her mother, to go to the barbershop and get a haircut.
Pearl is an amazing singer and actress who has been in movies such as: "Porgy and Bess", "Carmen Jones", "That Certain Feeling", "St. Louis Blues", "Variety Girl", and "Isn't That Romantic." She has also received the theater's highest honor, the Tony Award.
So, from now on, when you see something signed, "All love, Pearl," you know that, A: Pearl Bailey signed it, and B: she means what she says.
www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/bailey.html   (245 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey On Broadway DVD - Michael Weise Productions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Carol Channing is a riot and Pearl Bailey smolders with her top-notch delivery and improvisations.
Pearl tries to improvise, but it doesn't appear as if she is in control of her performance most of the time.
Pearl's lack of preparation defintely took away from her performance - but ya gotta love her anyway.
www.mwp.com /shop/dvd.php4?asin=B00004Z4W5   (294 words)

  
 African American Registry: Entertainer, Pearl Bailey was an audience favorite..
Bailey’s brother Bill was beginning his own career as a tap dancer, and suggested she enter an amateur contest at Philadelphia’s Pearl Theater.
Bailey continued to tour and record albums in between her stage and screen performances.
Bailey was also named a special delegate to the United Nations under the Ford, Reagan, and Bush administrations.
www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/780/Entertainer_Pearl_Bailey_was_an_audience_favorite   (371 words)

  
 TimesDispatch.com | Pearl Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
earl Mae Bailey was born March 29, 1918, in Newport News, the youngest of four children of the Rev. Joseph James and Ella Mae Bailey.
In 1970, President Nixon named Bailey America's "Ambassador of Love." She was a special delegate to the United Nations under the Ford, Reagan and Bush administrations.
Drummer Louis Bellson, who left the Duke Ellington band to further Bailey's career, was her fifth husband, and the union lasted 37 years, until her death at age 72.
www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780058680   (434 words)

  
 VH1.com : Pearl Bailey : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
The daughter of a preacher, Bailey began singing at the age of three (her brother, Bill Bailey, also taught her a few dance steps).
Bailey recorded several albums for Coral during the early '50s, and starred as a fortune-teller in the 1954 film Carmen Jones.
Pearl Bailey was named to the American delegation to the United Nations in 1976, and awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1988.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/bailey_pearl/bio.jhtml   (467 words)

  
 pearl - Definitions from Dictionary.com
Pearls form as a reaction to the presence of a foreign particle, and consist of thin layers of mother-of-pearl that are deposited around the particle.
The pearls of oysters are often valued as gems.
The pearl oyster is found in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
dictionary.reference.com /browse/pearl   (1188 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey at Classic Movie Stars
Talented vocalist, movie and stage actress Pearl Bailey was born on March 29, 1918 in Newport News, Virginia the daughter of a preacher.
Pearl made her legitimate stage debut in the musical St Louis Woman, for which she received an award as the most promising newcomer of 1946.
Her autobiography The Raw Pearl was published in 1968.
www.angelfire.com /ri2/rebeccastjames/pearl.html   (183 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey | MTV Movies
Spirited fl singer and actress of stage and screen, Bailey is the daughter of a preacher.
She started her performing career at age 15 after winning an amateur contest, then went on to tour as a dancer appeaedr as a singer-dancer with various jazz bands.
Bailey became known for her throaty, sexy voice, down-to-earth personality, and jokey mischiev
www.mtv.com /movies/person/2942/personmain.jhtml   (111 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey On Broadway: DVD: Carol Channing,Pearl Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A few years later, Pearl Bailey played Dolly on that same stage and brought her own magical personality to the role.
Pearl Bailey seems like she likes to work without a net and even tries to through Carol Channing with her unscripted asides.
Pearl Bailey plays second fiddle here, but her solo sequence is marvelous--earthy and torchy, and as risque as television would allow for the time.
www.amazon.com /Carol-Channing-Pearl-Bailey-Broadway/dp/B00004Z4W5   (1666 words)

  
 A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Pearl Bailey | PBS
Bailey was the daughter of the Reverend Joseph James Bailey, and she attributed much of her vocal ability to her childhood singing in church.
At the age of 15 she quit her high school in Philadelphia for a career as a singer and dancer.
Bailey, who continued to sing in a number of nightclubs, also took secondary roles in many films, among them Carmen Jones (1954), Porgy and Bess (1959), and All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960).
www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/pearl_bailey.html   (340 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey Biography, Photos, News for Pearl Bailey | TVGuide.com
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 Pearl (Mae) Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Pearl Mae Bailey was born in Newport News, Virginia, on March 29, 1918.
Born Pearlie Mae Bailey, she was the daughter of Joseph James Bailey, a minister, and Ella Mae Bailey.
Bailey died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 17, 1990 of a heart attack.
www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu /LitMap/bios/Bailey__Pearl.html   (373 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey Biography at Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bailey began her career performing in amateur shows and as a band singer in vaudeville and cabarets where she was known at first as the younger sister of dancer Bill Bailey.
Bailey triumphed on Broadway as a practical-minded madam in the Truman Capote/Harold Arlen collaboration "House of Flowers" (1955) and as the perennial matchmaker Dolly Levi in the all-fl production of "Hello, Dolly!" (1967).
By the 1970s, Bailey was a familiar presence, chatting on talk shows, posing with innumerable presidents and hosting her own TV series in 1971.
www.hollywood.com /celebritydetail/Pearl_Bailey/199927   (432 words)

  
 Official Website of Leslie Pearl Bailey-Clarke
Leslie Pearl Bailey-Clarke, a singer, songwriter, gospel recording artist and vocal instructor sold out to getting out the life changing message of Jesus Christ and His ability to heal, save and deliver.
She has a testimony to share of great triumph through life's many tribulations.
In August 2005 Leslie and her family relocated to Atlanta, Georgia and now she serves in the Music Ministry of the Ray of Hope Christian Church under the leadership of Pastor Cynthia L. Hale, in Decatur, GA.
www.baileysprovoice.com /index.html   (607 words)

  
 Playbill News: Hello, Dollys! : PBS Airs Vintage Carol Channing-Pearl Bailey Concert March 10
Taped at New York's Winter Garden Theatre, "Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey on Broadway" was originally aired on ABC.
Bailey eventually played the spirited Levi on Broadway as well.
The late Pearl Bailey made her Broadway debut in 1946 in St.
www.playbill.com /news/article/84846.html   (427 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey
Born in Newport News, VA, Pearl Mae Bailey was an American singer and actress.
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 Pearl Bailey - AOL Music
Pearl Bailey in ?St. Louis Woman?, photographed by Carl Van Vechten,.
Pearl Bailey in ?St. Louis Woman?, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1946...
And as magnificent as she is as an entertainer, Pearl Bailey's personal commitment...
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 StarTracker.info - women b directory - pearl bailey
The singer, actress Pearl Bailey was born on March 29 1918 in the country USA.
Below this part you will find a list of Pearl Bailey fan sites, picture galleries, wallpaper sources, biographies, filmographies and much more interesting sites about her.
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www.startracker.info /women/b/pearl_bailey   (166 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey sings for adults only - RL162
There was the Pearl Bailey of night clubs and the Pearl Bailey of recordings.
In this album it's the Pearl Bailey without a cover charge.
The cover which has a photo of Pearl Bailey peering out of a rack of fur coats has a small stain on lower left cover.
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 Pearl Bailey News
News about Pearl Bailey continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
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Christina Aguilera may not have a title or a release date for her new album, but as she hinted to EW back in January, she's finding inspiration in the music of jazz legends such as Billie Holiday and Pearl...
www.topix.net /who/pearl-bailey   (308 words)

  
 Pearl Bailey MP3 Downloads - Pearl Bailey Music Downloads - Pearl Bailey Music Videos
Delightfully wicked set of standards done up in the inimitable Pearl Bailey manner, with immaculately swinging support from husband/drummer/bandleader Louis Bellson.
She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor
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www.mp3.com /pearl-bailey/artists/2563/discography.html   (1427 words)

  
 Daily Celebrations ~ Pearl Bailey, Less Paperwork ~ March 29 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Born on this day in Newport News, Virginia, passionate singer and actress Pearl Mae Bailey (1918-1988) was the youngest of four children and started her performing career at age 15.
Star of stage, films, and music, the beloved entertainer made her Broadway debut in 1946.
Her co-star and friend Cab Calloway said that "Pearl was love, pure and simple love."
www.dailycelebrations.com /032903.htm   (237 words)

  
 Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey On Broadway - Rotten Tomatoes
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Carol Channing & Pearl Bailey On Broadway to receive a rating.
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey both performed in the mid-Sixties' Broadway production of "Hello, Dolly!" In 1969, ABC Television broadcast a live performance by these two magical singers and performers.
An American woman searching for her birth parents falls for the old "you've inherited a house in the middle of a Russian forest" trick in "The Abandoned," coming to theaters and mean-spirited orphanages everywhere.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/carol_channing_and_pearl_bailey_on_broadway   (370 words)

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