Haiti Blues - Musique

Pearl Mae Bailey March 29 1918 – August 17 1990 Was An American Singer And Actress. 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. Bailey Began By Singing And Dancing In Philadelphia’s Black Nightclubs In The 1930s And Soon Started Performing In Other Parts Of The East Coast. In 1941 During World War II Bailey Toured The Country With The USO Performing For American Troops. After The Tour She Settled In New York. Her Solo Successes As A Nightclub Performer Were Followed By Acts With Such Entertainers As Cab Calloway. In 1946 Bailey Made Her Broadway Debut In St. Louis Woman. Bailey Continued To Tour And Record Albums In Between Her Stage And Screen Performances. In 1954 She Took The Role Of Frankie In The Film Version Of Carmen Jones And Her Rendition Of "Beat Out That Rhythm On The Drum" Is One Of The Highlights Of The Film. She Also Starred In The Broadway Musical House Of Flowers. In 1959 She Played The Role Of Maria In The Film Version Of Porgy And Bess Starring Sidney Poitier And Dorothy Dandridge. Also That Year She Played The Role Of "Aunt Hagar" In The Movie St. Louis Blues Alongside Mahalia Jackson Eartha Kitt And Nat King Cole. In 1968 She And Cab Calloway Headlined An All-Black Cast Version Of HELLO DOLLY!. The Touring Version Was So Successful David Merrick Took It To Broadway Where It Played To Sold Out Houses And Revitalized The Long Running Musical. Also In The Cast Was Emily Yancy As Irene Molloy. Pearl Bailey Was Given A Special Tony Award For Her Role And RCA Made A Second Original Cast Album.. That Is The Only Recording Of The Score To Have An Overture Which Was Written Especially For That Recording. The Following Year She Sang The National Anthem At Shea Stadium Prior To Game 5 Of The 1969 World Series. During The 1970s She Had Her Own Television Show And She Also Provided Voices For Animations Such As Tubby The Tuba 1976 And Disney's The Fox And The Hound 1981 . She Returned To Broadway In 1975 Playing The Lead In An All-Black Production Of Hello Dolly!. She Earned A B.A. In Theology From Georgetown University In Washington D.C. In 1985. Later In Her Career Bailey Was A Fixture As A Spokesperson In A Series Of Duncan Hines Commercials. read less