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Pearl Bailey

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American singer, actress, songwriter and author.
Born 29 March 1918 in Newport News, Virginia, USA.
Died 17 August 1990 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA at age 72.
Married to drummer Louis Bellson (1952 -1990, her death).
Mother of jazz singer Dee Dee Bellson.
Pearl was a dancer, then a singer in New York in the early 1940s, touring with the Cootie Williams orchestra, and later a featured singer in night clubs, radio and TV. She was a band vocalist from 1933 - 1945. She appeared in movies, television and Broadway shows.
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.

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Best Of Friends

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Best of Friends - From "The Fox & The Hound" / Soundtrack

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Five Pound Box of Money

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Tired

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A Five Pound Box of Money

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The Record Acting Game

1977

Pearl's Pearls

1971

Back On Broadway

1968

The Real Pearl

1968

For Women Only

1965

Pearl Bailey And Sylvia Lynn

1963

C'est La Vie

1963

For Adult Listening

1962

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PEARL BAILEY Around The World With Me 1954 Guest Star Records Vinyl LP Record

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THE BEST OF PEARL BAILEY ~ 1961 ORIG PRESS Record LP VINYL VG Roulette 25144

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PEARL BAILEY LP - BEST OF Roulette SR-25144 (1961)

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Pearl Bailey – The One And Only LP Record 1959 Mercury Wing Vocal Jazz 33 RPM

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