Pearl Bailey "Bye Bye Blackbird & Hello Dolly!" on The Ed Sullivan Show

[@terrycaro2276]

Saw her in Hello Dolly on Broadway. She came out after the show and chatted with the audience. A great lady and performer.

[@njplr]

This was Grand Prize. A TRUE entertainer, in that five minute span, she sings, she dances, she wins over the audience (and us too!), she displays comedic skills and perfect timing, and does all this OOZING class and showmanship. Nothing vulgar about this lady. I don’t know if it’s all her or partly due to the era, but I rue the day we lost this type of entertainment. I always wanted to see Latifah play Pearl in a biopic but it has never happened. Anyway, thank you for posting.

[@minasaint9992]

If they should ever make a movie biography, Queen Latifa would be the part for her to play Pearl Bailey, it’s so eerie to see her n the likeness n look alike and Queen Latifa can sing, imo❤️

[@candleshoemanor]

I CAN NOT STOP SMILING. What a treasure she was.

[@WellbredNfedKembleTV]

Tap dancing is hard... But in stiletto heels.. I've never seen that. I can't even see ankle straps across the shoes. Pearl Bailey was a force of nature that many performers could do well to emulate. XoXo 😘❤

[@laststopbeforeheaven]

That is her husband on the drums. Louie Bellson. I always loved her!

[@Weesperbuurt]

Pearl was so original. That’s her husband, Louis Bellson on drums. Pearl would eventually take over the lead, Dolly Levi in the original long-running Broadway production of Hello Dolly in November 1967 until December 1969.

[@patrickmiller1834]

I didn’t know that. Wow thanks for sharing. I met her once in 1985

[@misspad7282]

I thought that was him!

[@brucep9729]

Loved Pearl Bailey! She was a true American classic

[@wookinooki9023]

wow Pearl Bailey tap dancing and doing the charleston. and i think she even tapped DURING the charleston.

[@NonaTut]

Aw, I love Pearl Bailey! She was around 50 here. What a beautiful lady. Her smile was infectious 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@lilychu8912]

I love her classy black sheath dress and heels. Her being able to move in it so gracefully is a bonus.

[@realcanadiangirl64]

I was just thinking that very same thing right when I read your comment! 💗

[@nickriggio8807]

She was instrumental in assisting Tony Bennett's career. The drummer Louis Bellson was her husband.

[@theronedawson3236]

She was a true entertainer. To see her in person was something else.

[@havingagr8time]

An entertainer like no other--a true original. Supremely talented, she oozed confidence and charisma. Great singer and dancer too!

[@Jasper7182009]

Miss Pearlie Mae should have been the movie’s Hello Dolly!

[@DLFfitness1]

She was a good entertainer.

[@hudsony777]

I think this is the best rendition of "Hello Dolly" I've ever heard or seen.

[@johnbollen1322]

Wow, the first time I have come across Pearl Bailey, what an entertainer and a lovely sense of humour.

[@TheNelsonmonteiro]

That's one powerful voice !

[@recordguy4321]

that's her husband the great Louie Bellson on drums

[@thomasgriffith2953]

Well, this made me smile! 👍😃

[@realcanadiangirl64]

She's a very beautiful woman!

[@tjasmine1]

I just love her instantly!!

[@hnc52]

No one could ad lib like Pearl!

[@lisablack8804]

Pearl Bailey was a beautiful woman is that her husband playing the Drums Belson a great drummer.

[@toshawhatareyoudoing6410]

I am feeling this dress Pearl is rocking.

[@Jasper7182009]

Pearl Bailey was the quintessential Dolly Levi! Wow!

[@TomElvisSmith]

Ah, this was great! I love Pearl's sense of humor; you never know what she's going to do next! A really great entertainer!

[@showtunestarpower]

Brilliant! I've never seen Pearl dance before! This is what a star can do with a few simple steps - bring the house down! Pearl just gave me a smile on my face that's going to be there for hours!

[@that70sgirl90]

Love how expressive she is." It's not always about having the Greatest voice... it's how you use it. She's a master... she definetly knows how to use it! Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@tyrellanderson4722]

She had an AMAZING voice.

[@19ccj65]

Miss Pearl Bailey brings me joy.

[@MostlyBrenda]

In 1967, Pearl starred in "Hello Dolly!". I think may have been the first all-black cast on Broadway, Wonder if this performance had an effect on the producers.

[@lisablack8804]

Just think how Carol Channing sang on Broadway with her horrible voice . But hid the fact she was a so called Black person until she revealed the fact in her autobiography. 🤫🤫🤫🤫🧐🧐😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Not first by a long shot ... Porgy and Bess, Carmen Jones, The Emporor Jones to name a few

[@kpitt1204]

I miss this type of entertainment.

[@Nobody-m4t]

😂😂😂😂 pearl ❤❤❤❤

[@rosajohnson5212]

She was a beautiful and comical entertainer.

[@Jasper7182009]

WOW! I may be using an iPhone and watching videos on KZbin and using technology that was unheard of in the 60s. But nothing in this world can compare to the talent of Pearl Bailey. She’s untouchable and irreplaceable. 🥰 FOREVER !!

[@johnoh1374]

what a genius!

[@williamdane4194]

To the very talented Miss Pearl Bailey!

[@janedow1319]

Love her. Great talent. Brings a smile to your face. I saw her in Hello Dolly in 1975 with Billy Daniels, another great singer. Her brother, Bill Bailey, who was a great dancer, created the moon walk (check out the old movie Cabin In The Sky).

[@bethjaynes795]

What a talent….

[@nikkijamesy]

As a young person I really really enjoy Ms Pearl Bailey performances. I'm sure back in the day many many other people feels the same. Such a legend 👏 🙌 ❤️

[@misspad7282]

Back when this first air, my family sat and watched this for the first time and enjoyed every minute of it. It is so good to see it again after all these years. Pearl Bailey was one heck of an entertainer.

[@vino1954]

she was very beautiful i see Queen Latifah bio pic role

[@misspad7282]

I thought the same thing! Two beautiful women and Queen Latifah would be great to play Pearl Bailey.

[@catholicfaithofmine2664]

Pearl Baily was such an Awesome entertainer. Truly one of the Greats.

[@mikebland4935]

Magnificent.

[@davidraymer397]

I saw saw a clip about her incredible life story. What an amazing woman she was.

[@williamunsworth933]

Classy lady , and a true great❤❤

[@dajnyc1]

spectacular!!!

[@mikebland4935]

She was just a genius performer.

[@rebeccalee5674]

She’s a one women show👍

[@ricardosierra-show4855]

Wonderful !!... Please we would like to see " Los 5 Latinos" who were on May 10, 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show ... THANK YOU !!!

[@susanmoore7229]

Fantastic!

[@tomatlanta2665]

Damn she is amazing!

[@karenlouisewagner4427]

I wanna make a living watching Pearl dance and clap

[@richardshannon3033]

Class and more class

[@tj921able]

Thank you for sharing this! She was such a great performer.

[@ricardosierra-show4855]

What beautiful videos, thanks to the Ed Sullivan show and to all those who have kept these videos for so many years, it is admirable because today many remember and others of us know great artists of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Thank you and hopefully you can share Latino artists who were on the Ed Sullivan show.

[@lindaburns5817]

OMG, just love her!!! I do remember this, wow!!! Thank you, 🎶⚘❤🌹💜🎵🦋🥰

[@sherirobinson6867]

A class act

[@mhhh327]

💖💗💓💞💕❤

[@kpitt1204]

Such talent!!!

[@akrenwinkle]

How does she keep landing perfectly in those ultra-thin stiletto heels?

[@shaftjudgedme3130]

Amazing

[@brucescargill1567]

I was waiting for her to sing Bill Bailey won't you come home ( her wayward husband lol)

[@Arkelk2010]

I don't have the link, but on KZbin is a clip of her singing Bill Bailey and performing with her brother. They looked as though they were having lots of fun. I think it was also from the Ed Sullivan show.

[@VicR914]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@toshawhatareyoudoing6410]

"Don't do that on Edward's piano!" 😄

[@1dannaa]

love her

[@lolitatsitskieva3095]

👍👏👏👏

[@sharonstone8245]

😅❤😍

[@nightowl5475]

Back in those days, entertainers had to have talent.

[@adambrocklehurst4211]

With her husband! Very progressive of Ed.

[@yellowlight2563]

She looks like Queen Latifah

[@lonestarfriend]

Pearl didn't have the best voice, but she had personality and presence.

[@RamardoTHunt]

The perfect way to sum her voice, the personality and presence makes up for what she lacks in voice.

[@too2great8]

I beg to differ, but I understand it's a matter of preference and opinion.

[@hudsony777]

@@too2great8 She was a natural. Her voice is actually so good it just seems like part of the whole great package.

[@KristineMaitland]

I like to put it this way. Pearl Bailey was the best singer at doing patter on the beat. She would sing, then patter, then land on the beat to sing again. It is VERY hard to do.

[@lisablack8804]

Carol Channing had a horrible voice but she sang on Broadway.

[@AdrianDeVore]

Her voice was annoying!

[@johnderham2829]

Oh give me Miss Streisand any day what an awful row tone deaf

[@johnpopo8440]

A matter of taste/opinion--many find Striesand's singing over rated

[@Marcel_Audubon]

huh? Pearl Bailey was a universally beloved performer ... Babs, not so much

[@dman221]

Pearl Zaddy husband Louis used to beat more than just the drums. 😂😂😂