Another selection, “Two to Tango,” refers to Bailey’s final controversial marriage to Louie Bellson, a white jazz drummer. They were married from 1952 until Bailey’s death in 1990.

Its book, by White and Thomas W. Jones II, makes a few quick references to the parts of Bailey’s life that were severely criticized (her interracial marriage to drummer Louie Bellson and her ...

AAMP held a Pearl Bailey exhibition in the early 1990s, but without the scrapbooks. They’ve never been on display before this, but have been available to scholars upon request.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- "AAMP Presents: The Pearl Bailey Showcase" documents the rise of a dynamic American entertainer. "Though she was born in Newport News, Virginia, she really started her ...

Pearl Mae Bailey, born in Virginia on March 29, 1918, was an American actress and singer. Bailey began by singing and dancing in Philadelphia’s black nightclubs in the 1930s, and soon started ...

And America loves Pearl Bailey, for her songs and for her soul,” Reagan said. Bailey died in 1990 at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia at the age of 72, after a career that spanned decades.

Pearl Mae Bailey was born March 29th, 1918 and died on August 17th, 1990.