Ethel Waters duet with Pearl Bailey

[@itsthehumor95]

NOTICE HOW THEY LET THE SONG BREATHE!!! No unnecessary runs, no excessiveness, just good amazing singing.

[@kenyettaready]

Bless her 💗. Ethel Waters looks like somebody's young looking grandmother. She's absolutely beautiful. She aged so gracefully. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@johnhalbert3575]

😊 😊 😊 I'm very vpls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

[@garo3115]

Both ladies are classy, lovely, beautiful women from my grandmother's, "Greatest or GI Generation" time!!!! Ms. Waters was a seemingly jovial, sweet spirited, talented pretty actress. Ms. Bailey was a foxy, sassy entertainer, who always loved to dress, wearing a stunning cut!!!! My brother and I were always curious Boomers, asking my grandmother a multitude of questions about her era!! My grandmother, expressed that they worked very hard, they enjoyed a simple life, where family/friends were close knit, they loved the LORD/the church!!!!!!!

[@John-ok4zh]

What a wonderful comment What a beautiful song, it brings peace to my heart, I sound of hope, how lovely What do you admire most about them?

[@jeannie1renee2]

​@@John-ok4zh Ethel's faith. She loved the Lord!

[@MissPoochSmooch]

Thank GOD this still exists! May these legends never be forgot by the next generation.

[@christinapowers5827]

Rare and absolute joy

[@CosmicMomDove]

Thank you for posting this gem.

[@kevinp.knoblett2212]

I don't think you can watch and listen to these two legends and not smile.

[@carolsayers5741]

Agreed‼️ ❤

[@jeannie1renee2]

I'm smilin!😄

[@jeannetteduette6704]

This is how I love to hear sacred songs sung. Todays sings shout and do not enunciate words well enough to be heard or understood. Loved this clip.

[@lennybuttz2162]

OMGosh today's gospel singers make me so angry, they sing every gospel song in a sort of whispery voice like it's a pop love song.

[@davelegget1000]

love these Lady. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@elsangrecaliente]

Pearl Bailey and Ethel Waters together? I had no idea. Wonderful!

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

Ethel Waters (1896-1977), was my maternal Great-Grandmother's cousin. She could be a difficult person but by all accounts was a revered, professional, exacting, dedicated, and a fine actress; receiving an Academy Award nomination for her role of Aunt Dicey in Pinky. She was the second Black actress ever to be nominated for the Academy Award (Pinky), and the first Black actress to be nominated for the Emmy Award (Route 66). Incidentally, Gail Fisher of Mannix fame, was the first Black actress to win the Emmy Award. A renowned blues singer, dancer, and actress, she was known as "Sweet Mama Stringbean" during her heyday of the 1920's & 30's. Notable songs include: Am I Blue?, Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe, Taking A Chance On Love, His Eye Is On The Sparrow. Waters was also the first Black to host and star in her own television special. Having long since lost her svelte figure, by the late 40's she was relegated to and made the best of matronly supporting roles-usually as domestics- in Pinky, and The Member Of The Wedding. Occasionally, she turned a starring role such as in Cabin In The Sky. Although lifelong friends, Waters gave director Vincente Minnelli fits during the filming of Cabin In The Sky due to her demanding nature and her cruelty towards then ingenue singer and co-star Lena Horne. Horne in turn took out her frustrations on co-star Butterfly McQueen. Because of racism and her difficult reputation, she was blackballed by Hollywood studio execs for years until Pinky. Later film roles include: Carib Gold, The Heart Is a Rebel, The Sound and The Fury. She continued to work in television during its Golden Age : The Ethel Waters Show (1939), Beulah (1951-52), Daniel Boone, Owen Marshall, Route 66, Encounter, The Hollywood Palace, The Barbara McNair Show, Texaco Star Theater, General Electric Theater, Climax!. In middle-age, she became a born again Christian and worked/sang fervently for the Billy Graham Crusade until her death in 1977 aged 80 (Cancer). She was married and divorced three times without issue (children). In her own words, Waters was openly and unapologetically bisexual, "The BEST that ever did it!" during her early career heydey. Her Grand-Niece is 90's R&B/House singer-songwriter Crystal Waters (Gypsy Woman-She's Homeless, Relax, Regardless, What I Need, Say, If You Feel Alright!). 👍🏽💯⭐🤗🕊️

[@cherrymedina3504]

​@Dee Dee Really enjoyed your post, always nice to revisit fond memories ❤

[@moshe2495]

Hope your bio reads better. Your are just as "exacting and cruel".

[@truincanada]

Whos watching September 2024?.Wonder Full singers 😊

[@marilynfosseen1541]

Me, in October '24

[@lennybuttz2162]

That was really wonderful. Maybe it was my imagination but it seemed like Pearl looked at Ethel with such reverence. Both of them looked so beautiful like the beauty came from deep within and burst out all around.

[@louismorselli9969]

I truly wish they were with us now. What wonderful people and entertainers

[@Juliaflo]

I second that.

[@mjrotondi5086]

They ARE "UP THERE".

[@carolcheny]

Pearl Bailey was one of the smartest performers of her time. like most comic performers, she's not comfortable to be genuine in public. Leave it to the legendary Ethel Waters to bring out the peaceful beauty in Bailey.

[@08CARIB]

what a treasure, Pear's face/bone structure is breath taking

[@hcombs0104]

Great cheek bones.

[@chiara1194]

Virginia’s own Pearl Bailey is one of the most beautiful women of all time; she is beautiful inside and out. ❤️

[@anoodono1841]

Agree

[@usereEyez8890]

Omg Pearl Bailey was so beautiful .

[@anoodono1841]

Agree

[@davidanthonystone5165]

yes indeed I love Ethel Waters and Pearl Bailey Trail Blazers

[@mariemarchesani1595]

love them!,

[@ahmad.tillery.1987]

This brings joy to my spirit you can't help but love these two. #RIPEthelWater#RIPPearlBailey

[@janettucker3196]

Two rays of sunshine. Did not appreciate Ethel Waters when I was a kid. I had to grow up to get her. And Pearl Bailey had her own unique style, voice and sense of humor. I miss them.

[@johnhalbert3575]

😊 😊 I'm very vpls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

[@mitchgrube2480]

This is how gospel music works. True voices , true spirits , true believers.

[@MrCrowebobby]

First time I've ever heard Pearl sing with no comic undertone. Beautiful. I saw her at the Apollo Theater a hundred years ago. Great show.

[@carolcheny]

Because she was singing with Ethel Waters. Ethel Waters makes everybody warm and fuzzy.

[@RanBlakePiano]

crowe bobby I believe she released an LLP mid fifties with here s that Rainy Day soul !pearl was something

[@opheliumzone4671]

100? 🤣

[@MrCrowebobby]

@@opheliumzone4671 Close enough. In a famous screen writer's bio (Moss Hart's if I remember correctly) he tells of going backstage to Ethel's dressing room before a performance of "Member of the Wedding." Miss Waters was there with the rest of the cast for a pre-performance prayer. Young Brandon deWilde was asleep on her lap. It was a truly moving scene. Ethel thanked the Lord for their good health and for the success they were having and probably would continue to have "if only this little bastard don't fuck up."

[@shirleymosley8962]

That was cute how Ethel Waters made her voice deeper in the their duet towards the end .

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

Shirley Mosley She often did that in her early years. Listen to "I Can't Give You Anything But Love." That's a different Pearlie Mae that we see in duet with the former "Sweet Mama Stringbean."

[@showtunestarpower]

This duet is as glorious as it gets. What great team work. The ladies are so different - yet so with each other in this song.I love how Pearl gently supports Ethel - and what a dynamo is Ethel.

[@hcombs0104]

I wish I could see when Ethel Waters was a guest on The Pearl Bailey Show, in 1971. That was my introduction to Ms. Waters.

[@blueskye6372]

Fantastic. Rest in Paradise Pearl and Ethel. ✌️👌🙏💜

[@mreunome]

This is great! I love Pearl....such a great personality and voice to match. Always made me happy to see her, and Della Reese another great beauty and singer!!

[@1927Norma]

wow oh wow I never saw this before. Pearl Bailey also had great pipes. Great duet. Thank you for this rare post.

[@BlakeBarbieDoll]

Pearl Bailey was truly beautiful.

[@classanddignity]

I like Pearl Bailey, especially in musicals. She for some reason looks very much like Queen Latifah to me.

[@murrayaronson3753]

+classanddignity She does look like Queen Latifah to me too.

[@StrongCaramel]

classanddignity you are so right.. Queen Latifah not only looks like Miss Pearl she sounds like her at times too.. eerie 😳❤️

[@nesieg.984]

I thought the same thing. The resemblance between Pearl Bailey and Queen Latifah is uncanny!!

[@artisttemple8268]

My sentiments exactly.

[@UncleDuTheWatchman]

classanddignity I've always said that! Queen looks like Mahalia too!

[@2eleven48]

Oh my, Pearl Bailey. I'd forgotten about her. That warm smooth silky voice. I need to rediscover her. Thank you.

[@michemiche7294]

Angels singing in heaven who where practicing on earth ❤❤❤❤

[@garyroberts9517]

Does not get any better than to listen to these special ladies.

[@terrenceragin5555]

These were two of the Best Entertainers of all time. Pearl Bailey and Ethel Waters.

[@Alma-h9e]

This is the sweetest thing I've ever heard ❤❤❤

[@davidwalsh3439]

Two of Americas greatest stars. I love both of them.

[@StrongCaramel]

Wow.. these ladies had hellacious range!! Who knew?? 😳👍🏾

[@jasonpatten4574]

Thanks for sharing! There's SO MUCH going on in this 3 minute segment and it touches the heart on so many levels. So lovely to see this side of Pearl Bailey her reverence and sweetness and giving Ethel Waters the spotlight with grace and humility... Both of them such accomplished and timeless entertainers... We won't see the likes of them again.

[@MICHGO1]

ABSOLUTELY, I JUST WATCHED A DUET SHE DID WITH DINAH SHORE AND SHE HAD DINAH GASPING FOR AIR. GREAT REVERENCE SHOW ETHEL. LIKE WHEN STREISAND SANG OVER THE RAINBOW. SHE COULD HAVE BELTED IT OUT BUT SHE PULLED BACK.

[@cherrymedina3504]

​@@MICHGO1 11:40 am Friday, the 16 th.

[@alisialewis3066]

This is so beautiful the flow between them 😂

[@danielrobinson9270]

I love them both..Two magnificent legends...Awesome!!!

[@potdog1000]

love the way she called her Pearly May

[@mamatibborscassady9388]

+john e Lawler She was often called Pearlie Mae, with great affection.Loved both, Waters had a very difficult early life, and if I remember right Pearlhad a good life, was a good will ambassador, and happily married....

[@voceval1]

+mamatibbors cassady I remember one night seeing Pearl and husband Louie Bellson strolling down the street in NYC arm-in-arm. She chatting away and he the attentive listener. They were a striking couple for sure and lit up the block, I'll never forget it.

[@potdog1000]

+voceval1 you were lucky , I wish i'd seen her

[@charleslawrence3689]

2 fantadtic black singers that were uplifting no matter what great songs they were singing with their inimatable styles and voices. gld bless them both

[@jeannie1renee2]

Love Ethel! She was such a character! I'll bet she would have been fun to spend a day with.

[@BarbItalia]

My two favorite ladies growing up. I wanted them to be my mom.

[@John-ok4zh]

What a wonderful comment What a beautiful song, it brings peace to my heart, I sound of hope, how lovely What do you admire most about them?

[@jeffgosney4344]

Thank God for these Legends.

[@ericevearitt3317]

WE'LL BE UP THERE FOREVER AND EVER TO BEHOLD HIS FACE BRIGHT AND FAIR. AMEN.

[@travisjohnson5978]

I can't watch this enough! One of my favorite performances on KZbin! 2 ICONS!!

[@withgoddess8029]

I loved them both since I was a little girl. I miss them much ⚘❤

[@Ibelieveinlov]

What a delight to be able to see these two legends...Thanks U Tube...

[@sluggzmcgee7420]

Pearlie Mae Bailey {1918-1990} Ethel Waters {1896-1977}

[@zuazhar1630]

Tears are flowing watching these two Saints!

[@johnhalbert3575]

😊 😊 😊 I'm very vpls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

[@John-ok4zh]

What a wonderful comment What a beautiful song, it brings peace to my heart, I sound of hope, how lovely What do you admire most about them?

[@nolitetebastardescarborund9761]

Yes, it brought tears to my eyes, so moved by these beautiful women.

[@jdd9993]

These are the icons I grew up idolizing. They were the best!

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

Two wonderful women!!! Legends in their own time.

[@michaeltaubenhaus6032]

This is great. I was looking for some relaxing music for a short nap. This is perfect. Such beautiful harmonies and the sound of the Hammond organ is awesome. Reminds me of the working men's and social clubs in Manchester UK, in the 70's and 80's.

[@robertrhodessr3664]

I'm so thankful we can still see their testimony & joy in song! Beautiful!

[@glenngill8716]

Who ever gave this a thumbs down has no appreciation of great talent

[@UncleDuTheWatchman]

THIS MAKES ME HAPPY AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME!!! Happy that talent like this existed and that you had to have it to become a star and SAD that although this level of talent still exist, these platforms have long since gone to the dogs. I know KIDS who can do this right now but will never become a celebrity because they don't know how to dumb down to what we now push as talent...

[@MissCraig]

I love Pearl's voice.

[@japhya0378]

WOW, Pearl Bailey and Ethel Waters together. Makes me tear up

[@jemarikyewilkins8494]

I LOVE U-TUBE LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN SEE.... I HATE ALL THIS CRAZY TECHNOLOGY BUT STUFF LIKE THIS KIS SO GOOD THANS FOR POSTING

[@Mzamela]

YES, WHEN OUR NAME IS CALLED IN GLORY, WE'L BE UP THERE..meet you soon Ethel

[@haroldstella1398]

LEGENDS ❤️❤️⭐️⭐️🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@janedow1319]

Stringbean, which was Ms. Waters' nickname, and Pearlie Mae. Two of the greatest performers ever.

[@JosephR.H.]

Oh man what a wonderful performance by two of our great ladies of stage and screen . Thank you so much for this post . God bless you .

[@noemiencarnacion7077]

Blessed EXTRA SPECIAL MEMORIES!!!❤❤

[@davidanthonystone5165]

wonderfully talented people.

[@gaylegreene1006]

thank you! made me cry, I miss both these beautiful ladies.

[@terib6270]

man what a beautiful personality!! Ms Waters!

[@varadero1839]

Thanks morefun2me2! These 2 beauties really ruled the roost, vocally, in the 20s-30s, and 40s-50s! They were both huge stars on Broadway, and did just fine in the movies! Such a treat for me! I've never seen them as a duo. Thanks so much for posting! This is wonderful!

[@mamatibborscassady9388]

absolutely fabulous.

[@johnhalbert3575]

😊 😊 😊 I'm very vpls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

[@jspud10]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️. Pure Joy!

[@africansuperhero]

Witnessing torches being passed 🙏🏿!

[@Yrr666]

They are the blessed and lovely women.

[@cajsheen2594]

Lovely ladies! I saw Miss Waters in Pinkie with Jean Crane and Ethel Barry more, she gave a wonderful performance, and I've been a fan ever since. ❤ XXX

[@anthonylester2624]

Simply Beautiful and Awesome. Golden Age Black Royalty. Rest in Power and Peace Beautiful Nubian Queens.

[@proudamerican9438]

These women came from the best generations of African American history. (I'm black by the way..,,)

[@trenthesterman2665]

This is awesome, two god given talents , I love them !!!!

[@gerrygeorge1468]

Two Truly-Blessed Human Beings ! Gosh, how I love and respect everything they've done, and stand for ! Gerry George.

[@524kirkd]

Very cool! Wish we had this kind of TV entertainment today.

[@dj4123]

Two of the finest and most talented women!

[@artisttemple8268]

Wow, what a treasured, heartfelt, and cherished performance from two greats!

[@kazkazzie3906]

Wow two legends! Sing ladies, sing.

[@Marybellb]

Wonderful smile. Wonderful woman.

[@glp329]

My father loved all this singers now I do.

[@stevevandien310]

Two of our greatest performers, kicking some serious butt for Our Lord --

[@herbertmarques4424]

What a wonderful anointing is upon them!

[@backwardmen8090]

Two incomparable performers together. Bless them to Glory!

[@gnirol]

Great to be reminded of the musical and spiritual tradition from which they, and so many other great singers came. Thank you.

[@davep1103]

THAT WAS..... BEAUTIFUL ! 😢

[@patrickryan1515]

Luminaries, sweet.

[@andrewedwards9539]

Two Beautiful & Talented Icons!!!

[@deanna3301]

LOVE IT!

[@johnhalbert3575]

😊 😊 😊 I'm very vpls to know I'm not the only one that loves😍 👆 the song but when last did you play it

[@claudetteholloway1126]

Her range...❤❤❤❤❤

[@markdorais2846]

Love these Ladies 🌸✨👍🌸✨👍

[@shirleybowers7251]

Amen! Love these saints!❤❤

[@claudiascott6484]

Love these two ladies.

[@augusto3965]

unforgettable actresses!

[@marilynfosseen1541]

Glory hallelujah that's good! I love these two women.

[@lumberjack6c]

What a treasure ! Thank you for posting 2 legends!!

[@whirlaway05]

This is so great!

[@letsdealwithit8493]

Now That’s TRUE CLEAN N PURE GOSPEL MUSIC 🎶 Sung By Two Absolutely Beautiful Beloved Precious ANOINTED Sisters IN JESUS CHRIST GLORY HALLELUJAH BLESS N PRAISE N WORSHIP YAHWEH N OUR LORD N SAVIOR YESHUA HAMASHIACH OUR VERY SOON COMING HOLY KING 👑 👑 👑 👑 ❤️🙏🏽📖🙏🏽❤️