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Pearl Bailey Collection [collection]
- Title
- Pearl Bailey Collection [collection]
- Dates Created
- Span: 1944-1989
- Bulk: 1950s-1970s
- Language
- English
- Form
- collection
- Physical Description
- 62 boxes
- Abstract
- African American entertainer, Pearl Bailey, gained fame for her work in Broadway, cabaret, and Hollywood as vocalist, dancer and actress. Bailey's humorous, sultry, slurred delivery livened up many a standard, including "Baby It's Cold Outside" and her only hit, "Takes Two to Tango." Although there is no sheet music included with the Bailey deposit, arrangements of some of her performance pieces are included with the Louis Bellson materials, Mr. Bellson being the donor of the Bailey materials. Bailey's life and career is chronicled in sound recordings, newsclippings, and photographs and memorabilia.
- Contents Note
- Sound recordings (misc. cassettes), photos (loose and bound in photo albums), scrapbooks, memorabilia, honors & awards, books, realia.
- Note
- Transfer of recorded sound formats expected.
- Microfilm available
- No
- Preferred Citation
- Pearl Bailey Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
- Access Permissions
- Researchers wishing to work with special collections are advised to inquire in advance about availability of material since many special collections are stored off-site.
- Subjects
- African American Music
- American Musical Theater
- Dance
- Jazz
- Women in the Performing Arts
- Bailey, Pearl
- Bellson, Louis
- Calloway, Cab
- Gershwin, George
- Gershwin, Ira
- Hayes, Edgar
- Redman, Don
- Sissle, Noble
- Williams, Cootie
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 02-01-2011