Pearl Bailey - Pearl Bailey at Her Best

Styles: Vocal
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:42
Size: 73,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:12) 1. Come Rain or Come Shine (St. Louis Woman)
(3:00) 2. Takes Two to Tango
(2:17) 3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
(2:43) 4. The Man That Got Away
(3:04) 5. Fifteen Years
(2:40) 6. I've Got the World on a String
(3:08) 7. Love for Sale
(1:44) 8. There's a Little Bit of Bad on Every Good Little Girl
(3:02) 9. Solid Gold Cadillac
(2:23) 10. That Certain Feeling
(2:35) 11. Hit the Road to Dreamland
(2:48) 12. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart

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. Bailey was born in Newport News, Virginia to the Reverend Joseph James and Ella Mae Ricks Bailey. She was raised in the Bloodfields neighborhood of Newport News and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in nearby Norfolk, the first city in the region to offer higher education for black students. Blues singer Ruth Brown was one of her classmates. Bailey later moved to Philadelphia with her mother and siblings.

Bailey made her stage-singing debut at the age of 15. Her brother Bill Bailey was beginning his own career as a tap dancer and suggested that she enter an amateur contest at the Pearl Theatre in Philadelphia. Bailey won and was offered $35 a week to perform there for two weeks. However, the theater closed during her engagement and she was not paid. She later won a similar competition at Harlem's famous Apollo Theater and decided to pursue a career in entertainment. She was also known to have performed in the church choir at St Peter Claver Catholic Church in Brooklyn, at the behest of Msgr Bernard J. Quinn, More..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Bailey

Pearl Bailey at Her Best

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Various - Heart & Soul: Celebrating The Unforgettable Songs Of Frank Loesser

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:16
Size: 147.1 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[2:51] 1. Helen Forrest - I Don't Want To Walk Without You
[3:06] 2. Bea Wain - Heart And Soul
[3:45] 3. Della Reese - Two Sleepy People
[2:31] 4. Kay Kyser - Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
[2:48] 5. Sarah Vaughan - Can't Get Out Of This Mood
[2:59] 6. Vaughn Monnroe - Let's Get Lost
[2:49] 7. Johnny Mathis - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
[2:40] 8. Sarah Vaughan - Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
[2:55] 9. Dinah Shore - I Wish I Didn't Love You So
[2:56] 10. Pearl Bailey - Baby, It's Cold Outside
[7:32] 11. Four Lads - Where's Charley
[3:01] 12. Doris Day - I've Never Been In Love Before
[2:15] 13. Barry Manilow - Luck Be A Lady
[2:50] 14. Four Lads - Standing On The Corner
[2:51] 15. Doris Day - Somebody Somewhere
[3:55] 16. Johnny Mathis - Joey, Joey, Joey
[2:40] 17. Vic Damone - Never Will I Marry
[3:21] 18. Michele Lee - I Believe In You
[6:22] 19. Arthur Fiedler - Hans Christian Anderson Medley

There may be no better shorthand for Frank Loesser’s genius than the words “heart and soul.” They never deserted him, from the dapper hit-parade favorites he wrote for Hollywood, to his ambitious Broadway career that produced – in little more than a decade – Where’s Charley?, Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. A complex and sophisticated man, Loesser somehow managed to keep the essence of “heart and soul” in everything he wrote, without ever seeming glib. His craft deepened and broadened, but it never lost an almost streetwise honesty that is as dazzling and sharp as a diamond. You never feel cheated or manipulated in a Frank Loesser song. Seduced, maybe. Teased and kidded, certainly. Moved, almost always. And joyously entertained. ~ David Foil

Heart & Soul: Celebrating The Unforgettable Songs Of Frank Loesser

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Pearl Bailey - The Best

Size: 152,5 MB

Time: 64:44

File: MP3 @ 320K/s

Released: 2016

Styles: Jazz Vocals

Art: Front

01. Blue Grass (3:19)

02. I Ain't Talking Though It's All Over Town (2:42)

03. Personality (3:11)

04. Me And My Shadow (2:42)

05. Don't Ever Leave Me (2:13)

06. Old Man, You Been Gone Too Long (2:58)

07. It's A Woman's Prerogative (3:08)

08. Legalize My Name (3:09)

09. As Long As I Live (2:28)

10. Who (2:50)

11. Row, Row, Row (3:03)

12. A Little Learnin' Is A Dangerous Thing (6:31)

13. Baby, It's Cold Outside (2:56)

14. Vagabond Shoes (2:30)

15. I'm Lazy That's All (2:34)

16. Nothin', Nothin' Baby Without You (3:19)

17. Let There Be Love (2:46)

18. Fifteen Years And I'm Still Serving Time (3:02)

19. She's Something Spanish (2:50)

20. That's No Way To Do (3:02)

21. Protect Me (3:20)

An uninhibited vocalist who gave more to her performances than any other singers around, Pearl Bailey gained fame for her work in Broadway, cabaret, and Hollywood. Bailey's sultry, slurred delivery livened up many a stale standard, including "Baby It's Cold Outside" and her only hit, "Takes Two to Tango." The daughter of a preacher, Bailey began singing at the age of three (her brother, Bill Bailey, also taught her a few dance steps). She was performing professionally by her early teenage years and after touring as a dancer for several years, she featured both as a singer and dancer with jazz bands led by Noble Sissle, Cootie Williams, and Edgar Hayes. She began performing as a solo act in 1944, and wooed night club audiences with her relaxed stage presence and humorous asides. After briefly replacing Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Cab Calloway's Orchestra during the mid-'40s, she debuted on Broadway during 1946 in the musical St. Louis Woman. Bailey earned an award for most promising newcomer, and made her first film, Variety Girl, in 1947. Though it wasn't a hit, her version of "Tired" (from Variety Girl) increased her standing in the jazz community. She recorded for several different labels, including Columbia, during the '40s and finally found a hit in 1952 after signing to Coral. Her version of "Takes Two to Tango," backed by Don Redman's Orchestra, hit the Top Ten. That same year, she married drummer Louie Bellson, and he left his position with Duke Ellington to become her musical director. Bailey recorded several albums for Coral during the early '50s, and starred as a fortune teller in the 1954 film Carmen Jones. More starring roles followed, in the W.C. Handy biopic St. Louis Blues as well as the first filmed version of Gershwin's classic operetta Porgy and Bess. In 1959, a new recording contract (with Roulette) resulted in a change of direction. After her double-entendre LP For Adults Only was banned from radio play, it became a big seller and occasioned a string of similar albums during the early '60s. She continued to perform on Broadway, and won a Tony award in 1970 for her title role in Hello, Dolly!. She led her own television variety show in 1971, but retired from active performance several years later. Pearl Bailey was named to the American delegation to the United Nations in 1976, and awarded the Medal of Freedom in 1988. ~John Bush

The Best  

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Pearl Bailey - 16 Most Requested Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 47:08

Size: 107.9 MB

Styles: R&B, Vocal, Traditional pop

Year: 1991

Art: Front

[3:18] 1. Legalize My Name

[3:17] 2. Tired

[2:09] 3. St. Louis Blues

[3:08] 4. It's A Woman's Prerogative

[2:56] 5. Baby, It's Cold Outside

[2:47] 6. Who

[2:15] 7. Don't Ever Leave Me

[2:52] 8. Saturday Night Fish Fry

[3:11] 9. Personality

[2:57] 10. Ain't She Sweet

[3:04] 11. Get It Off Your Mind

[3:12] 12. The Hucklebuck

[2:35] 13. They Didn't Believe Me

[3:02] 14. Frankie And Johnny

[3:16] 15. That's Good Enough For Me

[3:02] 16. Here You Come With Love

Some of the most productive years for the inimitable Pearl Bailey were those she spent recording for Columbia Records, between 1945 and 1950. Columbia paired the singer with other luminaries of the day, including Frank Sinatra. This album culls 16 of Bailey's best songs made during that magic time. The tunes are lovingly remastered to present the engaging vocalist at her very best. On this record, she is joined by colleagues she worked with regularly: singer/comedienne Moms Mabley and trumpeter/vocalist Oran "Hot Lips" Page. Also adding their gospel harmonies to the musical experience are the Charioteers. Together, they produced some of the best music in Bailey's long career. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is immediately evocative of the season as well as a bygone era. Arlen/Mercer tunes, such as "Legalize My Name" and "A Woman's Prerogative," have just the right degree of sophistication under Bailey's expert touch. Bailey and Mabley, surely two of the greatest female comedic singers of all time, team up on the delightful "Saturday Night Fish Fry." The songstress turns soulful on "Who?" and "Don't Ever Leave Me," accompanied by the Charioteers. Bailey and Page show why they were so popular on the classic "Ain't She Sweet?" Standards such as "St. Louis Blues" and "Here You Come With Love" bear witness to the sultry charm of the talented lady with the twinkle in her eye and to the hint of suggestion in her song. Whether remembering Pearl Bailey or discovering her for the first time, the listener cannot do better than this recording for its fidelity to the legacy of one of America's greatest singers. ~Rose of Sharon Witmer

16 Most Requested Songs

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