Pearl was so special, she is so missed, and Carol was an institution. These ladies helped to make America great.

@billpar

3 жыл бұрын

Love Ms Bailey I was blessed to see her in Hello Dolly she was awesome

@billpar

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Reilly wow never liked the Johnsons anyway

@stevepope6095

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Reilly got to watch out for those Democrats.

@stevepope6095

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Reilly are you insane ?

Can I just take a moment to admire Pearl's outfit? It's got pockets, REAL pockets! I'm here for the pockets!

@mopaper3000

7 ай бұрын

Tosha, what are you saying6410

I always loved the way Pearl Bailey would phrase completely without regard to the meter of the band and yet always ease right back into the rhythm to finish the phrase in perfect time. That’s Jazz.

You can't get better than Bailey and Channing. I covered Ms. Bailey as a journalist. She was brilliant, classy and sassy, and wonderful to be around. My wife covered Ms. Channing and said the same about her. They were the very BEST.

@josephfeeley3476

8 ай бұрын

Lucky!!!

Pearls voice is like velvet with a shot of whiskey… soft, soothing and a touch of heat…love her timing too…!!

CAROL CHANNING & PEARL BAILEY are simply priceless

I can see Queen Latifah playing Pearl Bailey in a biopic.

@DavidMcFarner

3 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD IVE SAID THAT FOR ALMOST TWENTY YEARS!!! How amazing would that be? Maybe Latifah has that idea in her back pocket... Ive always hoped as much, it’s just so prefect.

@Doone226

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidMcFarner I remember an episode of Living Single where they were doing some event at an elder facility and one of the older men said to Khadijah (Queen Latifah) "you know you look like a young Pearl Bailey".

@jcnyc9087

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@eb12b9

3 жыл бұрын

I have thought this very same thing!! I think she has the talent to faithfully channel Miss Bailey! Not to mention, there is definitely some resemblance there in looks and vocal tone (speaking at least).

@angelicaterry3367

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

I saw Pearl perform in a NYC night club around 1980. A great opportunity!❤❤❤ I saw Carol perform in HELLO DOLLY in her last tour on Broadway. When she walked on stage for her entrance to the restaurant, she looked at the audience with those big eyes, as if she was saying, "Now you applaud!" Of course it became a standing audience of love.❤❤❤

Fabulous. They don't make them like this anymore. Carol and Pearl -- what a great show!! Thanks so much for sharing.

@DavidMcFarner

3 жыл бұрын

Sad, but true.

Back when famous women looked beautifully unique, their personalities just beam from them. They're dressed beautifully, elegantly, and they are enjoying each other and the crowd so much.

These two ladies were 'it.' Utterly unique Pearl & Carol.

Carol's impersonation of Marlene really got me, she was an incredible performer. The funniest thing is that when she was on stage she was so heightened that it seemed like she was doing a Carol Channing impersonation!

3 great stars !!! Carol Channing. Pearl Bailey .. and Bob Mackey !!

Pearl Baily in complete control. Her phrasing is incredible

So beautiful to see these fashionistas. Such elegance and talent. Thnks for internet technology and social media. Magnificent

The only time I've been able to tolerate the song Little Green Apples and the way Pearl does it ...I love it

@jasonpowell98

3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it magic?

@donslaton8576

3 жыл бұрын

The engaged couple Pearl Bailey sang to Isabelle Farrell and Don Slaton. Believe it was the St. James

@jasonbeard4713

2 жыл бұрын

@@donslaton8576 That was you????? Your wife was adorable!!!

A couple of years ago while updating my family tree using Ancestry, I discovered Pearl Bailey was distant relative of mine.

@danielalexandrecastillomar4858

4 ай бұрын

W. O. W. ! ! ! That is definitely 💯 % a Claim To FAME…!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m German/Jewish on my Mamá’s side and on my Papá’s side Italian/Jewish…and NOW with DNA Testing we ~found~ out my Mamá’s people: Got Around!!!…LOL…she had 20% Irish ☘️/15% English 🇬🇧/10% AFRICAN!!!!!!!! AND Papá’s people got around too, but not AS MUCH!!!…40% Native American…😇🥰😎

Yes two black queens!

@brandonmills9577

2 жыл бұрын

That part!!!

@louisguerra5532

2 жыл бұрын

Yes even though Carol was part Black. At the time nobody knew until decades later. One of few who had African blood that passed for full White.

@slarvadain188

Жыл бұрын

Just imagine how different her life would have been if she’d went to Hollywood claiming her blackness.

@slprice5677

Жыл бұрын

“2 Black Queens” that’s what came to my mind too when I saw who were the HEADLINERS… 🎉AWESOME Ladies so much talent in two Ladies hehe “dames”

@ndemone

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!!!!

After years of hoping that the tape existed, I finally saw this one the first time via the DVD around 2003. PERFECTION!!

They don’t make ‘em like this anymore 🥺🥺 icons icons icons

Pearl on Sullivan was always an event. I was just a child and knew I was in the witness of greatness. Now at an advanced age, I still am when I see her.

Pearl Bailey's voice is heavenly. Why have I never heard of her?

@jasonpowell98

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know, but I am so glad you found her!

@withgoddess7164

3 жыл бұрын

Too young?

@stanibol

2 жыл бұрын

I think for many years I got bluffed, reading Pearl Barley and skipped past the entry every time.

@Kevin-ui9ek

2 жыл бұрын

She was incredible and could sing and act anything. I'd give anything to have seen her play Dolly in her own unique way. I got to see Carol Channing in the role and it was the first time I ever saw anyone play the role that actually made sense and totally made the show the comedy it is. And I'd bet Pearl Bailey was just as spectacular in her own way....

@lettiegrant9447

2 жыл бұрын

You're just young. We older ones know all about her. She was one of the best entertainers. I'm surprised they never even mention her.

Astounding! Carol Channing was the first-ever Dolly in the 1960's run of "Hello, Dolly!" and Pearl Bailey was one of the last (Ethel Merman closed the multi-year run.) The notion of putting Channing and Bailey together was inspired. There could not be two more dissimilar performers, and yet - they each have a sense of tremendous humor, ebullience, and freedom as performers. They complement each other beautifully. Some people have carped, online, about the fact that this concert-for-television was rough around the edges, but --- with two stars who are not afraid to be silly, that "looseness" (with costume malfunctions and occasional uncertainty about blocking) only adds to the buoyant sense of fun. I wouldn't change a moment of this priceless concert. It's marvelous. I must add that I sat in the audience for a 1978 revival of "Hello, Dolly!" starring Channing and Eddie Bracken, in New York, in 1978 -- and some eight years later, at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida, I saw Pearl Bailey in concert with her drummer husband, Louie Bellson, and orchestra. I am so pleased to have seen two great female stars, in person, who were larger than life. Oh, the energy and joy that each of them radiated! Would that it could have been bottled and sold.

I wish i had been around when this happened ...they are fabulous!!!!!!

These 2 beautiful talented ladies brings me to a happy place!!

Legends Pearl and Carol fabulous ❣

@garycooper8974

2 жыл бұрын

I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS ONE HELLUVA AGE TO BE ALIVE IN I GREW UP IN A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY BUT I STILL COULDN'T AFORED TO SEE AS MUCH OF WHAT THE WORLD HAD TO OFFER.NOW KIDS CAN EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO ANY THING THEIR 'HEART DESIRES AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON. WHAT A WONDERFUL AGE TO BE ALIVE IN.😀😀

Two amazingly talented and professional performers who don’t miss a beat. Such quality and show-woman-ship of a past bye era.

This show is an absolute joy!

Loved the style of Pearl Bailey

Wow! What a pair of ladies!

Really enjoyed this....Pearl wore those costumes. Love her first dress with the pockets.

Great to hear Pearl's husband Louis Bellson playing drums with the orchestra and sounds like his arrangements too. Thanks for the upload ❤

Well well well I remember this from years ago and always wanted to see it again. I've just showed my 8 year old nephew who's theater mad and he couldnt take his eyes off them. He said they dont make them like this any more and they never will again he laughed everytime something went wrong and said if that happened now a fuss would be made not a joke and a laugh and carry on with the show.

@jasonpowell98

3 жыл бұрын

I love this!

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!! Both of them are LEGENDARY!!! I love to see Queen Latifah bring Pearl Bailey to the big screen.. Thanks for posting!!

@toshawhatareyoudoing6410

Жыл бұрын

I remember an episode of Living Single where a character followed Khadijah around all night at a party and finally when she'd had enough, the man said, "You remind me of a young Pearl Bailey." Then she started singing Jazz. Now that I see Pearl Bailey that episode makes perfect sense.

It's amazing how much Queen Latifah looks so much like Pearl Bailey! The Flower 🌹

@lettiegrant9447

2 жыл бұрын

I've always said that.👍😊

This reminded me of my grandmother. I know these great entertainers and many more because of her. She was big on live music and going to see entertainers like Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington before I was even born.

"PB" and absolutely gorgeous lady she was.✅🍀

This was actually really funny I wasnt expecting that at all

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS.....THEY DONT MAKE ARTIST LIKE THIS ANYMORE WITH REAL TALENT.

@withgoddess7164

3 жыл бұрын

I think the main thing back then was that everyone had big personalities. Everyone was really unique.

Two black giants of stage film and studio. I bet that whole house was on fire 🔥

@RandomHud

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, one drop and you want to appropriate her.

@StrongCaramel

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomHud Jesus really??? I didn’t make her family tree or make the rules for how people are categorized racially. But thanks to you and your asinine remark we all get to see why we will continue to have problems in our society.

@TF-gh8wv

3 жыл бұрын

Carol Channing was white. They were both giants...superceded skin color. Caramel needs a little more education

@StrongCaramel

3 жыл бұрын

@@TF-gh8wv Do I? I suggest you do a five second google search before you offer an opinion on my education, or how informed I am. I’ll even help you by providing a link, so that you don’t have to expend any energy or effort. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Channing

@StrongCaramel

3 жыл бұрын

@@TF-gh8wv if you do decide to look there, look At the Early Life section. That will tell you. I also direct you to her biography entitled Just Lucky I Guess, 2002. Where she revealed this. That’s of course if it doesn’t hurt your brain too much. Like I said to another heckler, I don’t write history or decide who is who in society I just state what I see hear and read. Thanks

This my first time seeing this lady and i love this lady

Queen Latifah could play Pearl Bailey, if they did a movie about her.

@mikashae8651

Жыл бұрын

Or Taraji

@tdad8683

Жыл бұрын

@@mikashae8651 ... NOT TARAJI, please

Two legendary musical comedy stars performing together is amazing. What a fabulous moment for television history! Wonder if she confided to Pearl that she was had African blood in her Cain’s. Had she revealed that earlier she would never have become a star. Wonder however if those other black celebrities know. Nevertheless both she and Pearly Mae became legends in their own time.

This tears 😭 me up because it’s beautiful 🤩 to me I hope who watches it feels like a wonderful feeling to let it all go it s okay 👍🏿 love both of them so much happy birthday 🎉🎊🎂🎈🎁 to ms. Carol ( the comedian queen 👑) Channing sweetness ❤️♥️😍🥰😎😘😏🎥🎬🍿🥤💕💗😉🍸🍷🥃🙌🏾😇.

OMG! My thoughts are the same. I can totally see Ms. Daena Owens (Queen Latifah) playing her in a bio-pic or movie!

Carol’s Cecelia Sisson was the true highlight of the show, I was laughing so hard. What a talent she was.

I have been looking for this for YEARS!!

@jasonpowell98

3 жыл бұрын

It's been sitting on an old Tivo of mine for 16 YEARS!!! When I found out it wasn't anywhere on KZread, I knew what I had to do. :)

@imaunimccoy631

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly thank you sooooo much! Lol I love this it was on KZread like 5 years ago then disappeared randomly.

@TheLolbot3000

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpowell98 I remember wanting to watch this like 5 years ago! Thanks so much for the upload! Love both of these fabulous ladies!

@MediaLover194

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpowell98 Is TiVo still a thing?

@jasonpowell98

3 жыл бұрын

@@MediaLover194 No clue! I just have the Series 2 box from 2003 with old stuff still on the hard drive. It literally doesn't even have an HMDI output on the back.

Carol and Pearl together positively Brilliant

Pearl's arms are do beautiful

Brilliant and Beautiful!💞💞

THIS WAS AMAZING!!!

Perfect

Admired, respected, beloved; both of them!!!!!

Class, sass and brass. They had it all. These are the type of shows that you just won't experience on today's stages. However, it is shows like this that set the pace great shows, comics and more. They sang, danced and gave their audience a real show without stripping and gyrating. The costumes are gorgeous. They worked so well together. I enjoyed EVERY moment and hated to see it end. Thank you for posting this marvelous Broadway production.

❤️❤️ And how beautiful is Pearl!! She glows and I admire and love how she owns that stage equally. Beautiful and a real credit to her soul or amazing parents. Such repression back then, so I admire and love both these women's hearts! Real love and soul is NOT prejudice. Anyone who disagrees is a racist! 😂🤣 ..I'm laughing, but I'm actually serious! I just wanna touch hearts with real people... Don't care what race creed or colour.. bring it on!!! 😊❤️

This was so amazing! ❤‍🔥💝💘Brought back a gazillion memories for me and my childhood. All the people from that time who enjoyed these talents with me are all gone. I'm not crying YOU're crying 😢

There will never be another one like these two, ever, they were Americas great.

They were the greats!

A friend was in final 3 up for Cornelius in Channing’s last Dolly on Broadway. He was 6’4” flat foot and they cut him because of his height. Miss Channing ran and caught him at the door. wrapped her arms around his waist (as far as she could get) and said “You’re fantastic my dear, but you’re just too TAWLL” He floated home. 2 days later he was called in to audition for a scheduled revival of Guys and Dolls. The director hired him and said that “Carol was right,,,tall as a redwood and voice like Howard Keel.” Rick danced all the way back to Brooklyn.

What a trio! Pearl, Carol and me singing along.

@taemac10

Жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣

Just incredible……

What a pleasure to see and listen these two wonderful ladies 😍😍😍

Tysm for this! Two of my favorite stars together is just wonderful!!

Love them both so much

They Gave You Your Money's Worth Back Then.

@jasonpowell98

3 жыл бұрын

19:11

I love this!! And Pearls singing, what there is to say. Thank you for uploading this!

Pearl walking was so graceful on wives and lovers

Loved these ladies! Talented and beautiful. They lived through and dealt with some hard times but you never heard scandals of either one.

These 2 Black women are theater legends!

Thank you for this service to LadyWatchers everywhere

@jasonpowell98

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this acknowledgment! It's been one of my treasures for about 17 years, I'm glad I can share it with the world!

Loved Pearl Bailey and she was "older" when I came along. She just had that something that made you interested. I did go back and see Carmen Jones (which Dorthy Dandridge certainly deserved an Oscar for hr acting. My girl was running and jumping on and off trains in heels and tight skirts! Women were So Bad Back Then. Still Are, but differently. ) Beat Out That Rhythm On The Drum! And She told Carmen, Keep One Man For The Ride and One Man For Something Else. Lol. Carol Channing saying that she never touched sugar still strikes with me.

Thank you for sharing. They were breathtaking!

Another of my old favorites: falling in love again

Loved this

Oh my! What an absolute delight! Thank you for the fabulous post 🙏🏼

Notice how Carol keeps coming into a musical phrase late or finishing it late. She is always a beat slower than the music, dragging it back a little. That is 100% intentional. Carol said if you keep the band and the audience waiting for you , they listen harder, anticipating for your entrance and wondering when you will arrive. That means you have them paying attention. Every time I hear Carol sing one her standards, she decides her own pacing, not the band.

Those ladies really put the FAB in FABULOUS! Thank you for uploading this!

Thank you so much for posting this!!!!

True talent!

Thanks to Jerry Herman and all of Jerry's Girls, Dolly will NEVER go Away! 🌹 💐

What an absolute treat 🥰🥰🥰🌺🙏🏽

Oh wow. Its carol channing and queen latifah

@seanpowell1661

Ай бұрын

Lmao...someone made a joke about that on Living Single in season 4.

I think Ari Lennox could possibly play Pearl Bailey. They have a similar attitude, figure and humorous nature.😍😍😍

@HoneyGoldJasmine

3 жыл бұрын

I can totally see that. they're both Aries as well ;)

@vintageincolor

3 жыл бұрын

I could see that tbh. I wonder if Ari’s voice could go as low as Pearl’s?

@neillomarispringle4860

Жыл бұрын

@@vintageincolor She can't. She's a high soprano. Pearl is WAY below Ari's range. Someone with a voice like TeyanaTaylor's would match Pearl better.

@seanpowell1661

Ай бұрын

Have you not read the comments in this video? Everyone agrees that Queen Latifah looks like a modern day version of Ms. Bailey. Only Latifah could play her in a movie or mini-series!

So this is where micheal got the billie jean sparkle jacket idea from!

16:44 timestamp for myself so I can listen to that gorgeous Bb2.

Yeagh but I have a cush on ,Carol. She's so lovely and sweet!

The talent of Black Women on display

OMG I want that dame clip alone as wanna post it! It feels very fitting to do so.

This is good stuff!

Chills. What talent!

Sometimes I forget how old Queen Latifah really is

@jasonpowell98

9 ай бұрын

😂

They were magnificent

Wow!!! Beautiful

Ever since she came out and finally told everyone she was black doesn't Carol Channing remind you of a light-skinned Diana Ross

Awesome 😆

Titans.

SUPER CLASSIC SUPER STARS ❤️❤️⭐️⭐️

They don’t make them like this anymore.

omg, the dig at Barbra

💖💗💓❤