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Pearl Bailey

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Aliases
Pearl Bailey and Company
Real name
Pearl Mae Bailey
Born
March 29, 1918
Died
August 17, 1990
Country
United States
IPI
00001833818 1 work
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Actress and singer
Family
Louie Bellson Spouse (1952-1990)
Bill Bailey [US1] Brother
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
August 13, 1945 (5 artists)
 REL April 8, 1946 (9 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey PRF
 REC,REL April 8, 1946 (9 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey with "St. Louis Woman" Orchestra under the Direction of Leon Leonardi PRF
 PRF July 1946 (9 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REC,REL
August 1952 (19 artists)
1953 (2 artists)
 PRF (3 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey REL
 REL 1955 (23 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey PRF
 REL 1955 (3 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey PRF
October 1957 (3 artists)
1981 The Hound + The Fox
 PRF (23 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey REL
 PRF (9 artists)
Originally by Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REL
 PRF Teddi King
Originally by Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five - Vocal Chorus by Mary Ann McCall REC,REL
 PRF (2 artists)
Originally by Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five - Vocal Chorus by Mary Ann McCall REC,REL

Covers by Pearl Bailey

Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive 1944 Dinah Shore
listen on Internet Archive 1944 Dinah Shore
August 13, 1945 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Mitchell
  February 1946 Dinah Shore with Russ Case and His Orchestra REL, Dorothy Lamour BRD
  July 1946 Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REL, Pearl Bailey PRF
listen on Internet Archive March 10, 1947 Elizabeth Brice
listen on Internet Archive March 10, 1947 Gertrude Niesen with Orchestra directed by Bob Haggart
listen on Internet Archive August 25, 1947 Prince's Band
July 1949 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
  July 1949 Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Paul Weston's Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
July 1949 Doris Day with The Mellomen - Orchestra under the direction of John Rarig
July 1949 Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers REC,REL, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra BRD, Roy Milton and His Solid Senders
  August 1949 Perley Stevens and His Orchestra (Ben Selvin) REC, Helen Morgan REL, Helen Morgan and Robert Chisholm PRF
  August 1949 Marilyn Miller and Paul Frawley PRF, Eddie Elkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Frankie and Johnny Pearl Bailey 1949 Unverified
March 1950 Larry Darnell
February 1952 Don Redman and His Orchestra
February 1952 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
August 1952 Henry King and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tony Russell
  November 1952 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
  November 1952 Al Jolson PRF,REC
October 1953 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano
1953 Cantantes de la Orquesta Típica Mexicana, The Light Crust Doughboys
  1953 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
1953 (unknown), (unknown)
1953 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Pedro Berrios & Chorus, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
March 1955 Beatrice Lillie
1955 Lem Fowler
1955 Marion Harris
June 1956 Allen Kearns and Queenie Smith
  June 1956 Hal LeRoy & Eunice Healy PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC
The Gypsy Goofed Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman July 23, 1956 Unverified
December 1956 Alabama Washboard Stompers – Vocal Chorus by Jake Fenderson
December 1956 Martha Tilton with Orchestra directed by Gordon Jenkins
December 1956 Aileen Stanley
December 1956 Mary Martin, Dick Powell and The Golden Gate Quartette
December 1956 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
December 1956 Paul Johnson and His 4 Hawaiians (Jack Kaufman)
December 1956 Muriel Angelus
June 1957 Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi
June 1957 Prince's Band
June 1957 Arthur Collins
June 1957 Lilo and Peter Cookson
June 1957 Flora Donaldson
June 1957 Sylvana Mangano [dubbed by Flo Sandon's] BRD, Flo Sandon's - Orchestra diretta da Federico Bergamini REL, Frankie Day
June 1957 Bagelman Sisters (The Barry Sisters) REC,REL, Menasha Skulnik and Gertie Bulman PRF, (unknown)
  June 1957 Betty Garrett with Call Me Mister Orchestra under direction of Lehman Engel REC, Betty Garrett, Chandler Cowles, Fred Danieli, Howard Malone, Alan Manson PRF
June 1957 John W. Bubbles
June 1957 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
  October 1957 Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrains by Lilyann Carol REC, Gertrude Niesen PRF
October 1957 Gretchen Wyler and Chorus
  October 1957 Irving Aaronson and His Commanders REC, Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson PRF
October 1957 Johnny Messner and His Orchestra
  October 1957 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
  October 1957 Vivienne Segal PRF, Vivienne Segal with Connecticut Yankee Orchestra under direction of George Hirst REC,REL
  October 1957 Jean Castro PRF, Jo Hurt with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel REL
1957 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
  1957 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
1958 Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four
1958 Prince's Band
1958 (unknown)
1958 (unknown)
1958 Prince's Band
1958 (unknown)
1958 Scott Joplin, (unknown)
1958 Prince's Band
November 1959 Edison Male Quartette
  1959 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
  1959 Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Edward Matthews PRF
  1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
  1959 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
1959 Ethel Merman
  1959 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
  1959 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
  1959 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
  1959 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
  1959 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
  1959 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
  January 1960 Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators REC, Florence Mills PRF
  January 1960 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
  January 1960 Charlotte Greenwood PRF, Dinah Shore with Henri René's Orchestra REL
January 1960 Nora Bayes
  January 1960 Lorenzo Fuller, Jerry Laws and Lewis Sharp REL, Robert Pitkin, Jerry Laws, Lorenzo Fuller and Louis Sharp PRF
January 1960 Irving Kaufman
  August 1960 Lisa Kirk PRF,REL, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC
August 1960 Odette Myrtil & Carol Brice
  August 1960 Patricia Morison REL,REC
  August 1960 Lilo - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Lilo PRF
  August 1960 Millie Weitz PRF,REC,REL
August 1960 Gretchen Wyler
  August 1960 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen REC,REL, Bette Davis BRD
1960 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
  1960 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1960 Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, The California Ramblers REC
  1960 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
  1960 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
1960 Adelaide Hall
  1960 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
  1960 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
1960 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
  1960 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
1960 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
  November 29, 1961 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
November 29, 1961 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
November 29, 1961 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  November 29, 1961 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
November 29, 1961 Henry King and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Tony Russell
November 29, 1961 Allen Kearns and Queenie Smith
  1961 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
  1961 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
1961 Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra
  1961 Diahann Carroll and Rawn Spearman REL,PRF, Tony Bennett arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser REC
1961 June Hawkins
  1961 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
  1961 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1961 Judy Garland REC,BRD, Jeri Southern with Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke REL
  1961 Ada Moore & Enid Mosier PRF, The Four Lads REL
listen on Internet Archive 1962 Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four
listen on Internet Archive   1962 Sandra Church and Company PRF, Sandra Church REL
listen on Internet Archive 1962 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL, Elizabeth Spencer
listen on Internet Archive 1962 Haydn Quartet
listen on Internet Archive   1962 Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman REL, Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman PRF
  1963 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
1963 Bing Crosby
1963 Sunny Gale
  1963 Dorothy Shay and Her Kinfolk - Orchestra under the Direction of George Wyle REL, Carol Channing PRF
1963 Mildred Bailey
1963 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
  1963 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
  1963 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
1963 Al Hibbler
  1963 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
1963 Ethel Waters - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson
  1963 Dick Haymes BRD, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Michael Douglas and The Campus Kids REL, Dick Haymes with Orchestra directed by Victor Young REC
1963 Inez Matthews
1963 Ethel Waters
  1964 Frank Sinatra REL, Jackie Gleason BRD
1964 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Billy May
1964 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
1964 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
1964 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
  1964 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
  1964 Dinah Shore with Russ Case and His Orchestra REL, Dorothy Lamour BRD
1964 Bing Crosby with Pete King and His Orchestra
  1964 Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
1964 Dean Martin with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Gus Levene
  May 1965 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
May 1965 Anthony Newley
May 1965 Vivian Blaine
  May 1965 Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC, Lisa Kirk PRF
  May 1965 Vivienne Segal with Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel REC,REL, Vivienne Segal PRF
April 18, 1966 Gwen Verdon
April 18, 1966 Charles Braswell and All
December 1967 Carol Channing, David Burns, and Company
December 1967 Carol Channing, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jerry Dodge, Sondra Lee, Eileen Brennan
  December 1967 Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
December 1967 Charles Nelson Reilly, Jerry Dodge, Carol Channing, Igors Gavon and Alice Playten
  March 1968 Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, James Stewart and Eleanor Powell [dubbed by Marjorie Lane] BRD
March 1968 Jessie Matthews
March 1968 Luella Gear
March 1968 Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra - Vocal by Fredda Gibson
1970 Bonnie Franklin and the "Gypsies"
1970 Gene McDaniels - With The Johnny Mann Singers
1970 Jack Jones
  1970 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
1970 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
1971 Brook Benton
1971 Dolores Gray
1971 Jacques Brel avec François Rauber et son orchestre, Rod McKuen
1971 Armando Manzanero, Perry Como - Arranged and conducted by Marty Manning
1971 Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
1971 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
1971 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness], The Royalettes featuring Sheila Ross
  June 2005 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL

Web Covers by Pearl Bailey

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
All About Good Little Girls & Bad Little Boys Pearl Bailey 1963 Roulette
Applause! and Other Showstoppers Pearl Bailey 1970 Project 3 Records
C'est la vie Pearl Bailey 1963 Roulette
Come On Let's Play with Pearlie Mae Pearl Bailey 1962 Roulette
Cultured Pearl Pearl Bailey 1957 Coral
For Adult Listening Pearl Bailey September 1959 Wing
For Women Only Pearl Bailey – Orchestra conducted by Louis Bellson May 1965 Roulette
Gems Pearl Bailey – Orchestra directed by Don Redman 1958 Vocalion [US]
Happy Sounds Pearl Bailey – Louis Bellson & His Orchestra November 29, 1961 Roulette
I'm with You Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman 1953 Coral
More Songs for Adults Only Pearl Bailey January 1960 Roulette
Naughty but Nice Pearl Bailey August 1960 Roulette
Pearl Bailey A-Broad Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Don Redman June 1957 Roulette
Pearl Bailey Sings for Adults Only Pearl Bailey October 1957 Roulette
Pearl Bailey Sings Porgy & Bess and Other Gershwin Melodies Pearl Bailey 1959 Roulette
Pearl Bailey Sings the Cole Porter Songbook Pearl Bailey March 1968 Roulette
Pearl Bailey Sings the Songs She Loves... By Her Favorite Composer, Harold Arlen Pearl Bailey 1961 Roulette
Pearl's Pearls Pearl Bailey 1971 RCA Victor
Say "Si Si" Pearl Bailey – Orchestra directed by Don Redman 1953 Coral
Songs of the Bad Old Days Pearl Bailey with Orch. cond. by Don Redman 1960 Roulette
St. Louis Blues Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman 1958 Roulette
The One & Only - Pearl Bailey Sings Pearl Bailey - Orchestra conducted by Don Redman December 1956 Mercury
The Songs of Academy Award Winner James Van Heusen Pearl Bailey 1964 Roulette

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Ain't Nothin' Nothin' Baby Without You Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman 1953 Coral
Baby, It's Cold Outside Pearl Bailey and Hot Lips Page July 1949 Harmony [US]
C'est magnifique Pearl Bailey July 1957 Roulette
Hug Me a Hug (Kiss Me a Kiss) Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman 1953 Coral
I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman 1955 Coral
I Love My Argentine Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman October 1953 Coral
It's a Great Feeling Pearl Bailey and Hot Lips Page July 1949 Harmony [US]
It's a Woman's Prerogative Pearl Bailey April 8, 1946 Columbia [US]
Jingle Bells Cha Cha Cha Pearl Bailey November 1959 Roulette
Mame Pearl Bailey April 18, 1966 Columbia [US]
Mamie Is Mimi Pearl Bailey with Tony Pastor and His Orchestra March 1950 Columbia [US]
My Ideal Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman November 1952 Coral
Now I Know Cootie Williams and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Pearl Bailey 1944 Hit [US]
Personality Pearl Bailey February 1946 Columbia [US]
Saturday Night Fish Fry Pearl Bailey and Jackie Mabley December 1949 Columbia [US]
St. Louis Blues Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres August 25, 1947 Columbia [US]
Takes Two to Tango Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman August 1952 Coral
That Certain Feeling Pearl Bailey with Orchestra conducted by Ruby Raksin December 1956 London Records
That's Good Enough for Me Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres March 10, 1947 Columbia [US]
The Birth of the Blues Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman February 1952 Coral
Tired Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres August 13, 1945 Columbia [US]
Who Pearl Bailey and The Charioteers August 1949 Harmony [US]
World Weary Pearl Bailey with Orchestra directed by Don Redman March 1955 Coral
Zing Went the Strings of My Heart Pearl Bailey - Orch. Ruby Raksin June 1956 Sunset Records [US-CA]

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