Pearl Bailey
The Best Of [ Hallmark / Pickwick / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] The daughter of a preacher, Pearl Bailey achieved success over several different levels of the entertainment industry, including recording, Broadway, films and television. Her first major record success came with Takes Two To Tango, a track that... |
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Carmen Jones BLU-RAY Dorothy Dandridge [singing voice Marilyn Horne], Harry Belafonte [singing voice LeVern Hutcherson], Olga James, Joe Adams, Pearl Bailey [ 20th Century Fox Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2018 ] Carmen Jones had its world premiere at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on October 28, 1954. The following February, it opened in London and Berlin, and in both cities it played for more than a year in exclusive first-run engagements. |
Pearl Bailey
Ain't She Sweet!: 23 Of Her Greatest Recordings [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2000 ] Although it was not Pearl Bailey's lot in life to be a huge commercial success in terms of record sales and international acclaim, like her peer Ella Fitzgerald, she was nevertheless a very classy singer with a large stage presence... |
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Carmen Jones (Original Broadway Cast Recording 1943) / Carmen Jones (1954 Film Soundtrack) (excerpts) Muriel Smith, Luther Saxon, Glenn Bryant, Marilyn Horne, Pearl Bailey & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "the performances are gripping. Mezzo-soprano Muriel Smith sizzles as Carmen, the doomed parachute-factory seductress ("Dat's Love" / Habanera), tenor Luther Saxon as Don José/Joe is sublime singing "Dis Flower" (Flower Song)" |