Pearl Bailey

Songs Performed or Written by Pearl BaileyTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress, singer, comedian 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... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Takes Two to Tango - #2: Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time) - #3: Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time) - #4: Applause - #5: I'd Rather Be Rich
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  Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
1.
1945
#2  Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time)
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra

33 pts




4
R&B
written by Allan Roberts, Pearl Bailey greentick, Doris Fisher & Mitchell Ayres
  Pearl Bailey
2.
01/1946
#3  Fifteen Years (And I'm Still Serving Time)
Pearl Bailey greentick

33 pts




4
R&B
[Columbia 36837]
written by Allan Roberts, Pearl Bailey greentick, Doris Fisher & Mitchell Ayres
Takes Two to Tango
3.
09/1952
#1  Takes Two to Tango
Pearl Bailey greentick

128 pts
7
US




[Coral 60817]
written by Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
4.
09/1964
#5  I'd Rather Be Rich
Pearl Bailey greentick

3 pts
132
US




[Decca 31667]
written by Richard Maltby Jr. & David Shire
5.
04/1970
#4  Applause
Pearl Bailey greentick

3 pts


37
AC


[Project 3 1376]
written by Lee Adams & Charles Strouse

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