I had the incredible good fortune to see this production when it came to the Kennedy Center for a limited engagement. After Ms. Bailey and the ensemble performed the title number, the audience gave them a standing ovation for 10 minutes. Finally, Ms. Bailey had to step forward and address the audience directly. She said, “I guess if you enjoyed it that much, we’ll have to do it again”. Then they reset the stage, and did the entire number a second time from beginning to end. Another five minute standing, ovation followed, at which point, Ms. Bailey told everyone they were going to have to get on with the show. I have never witnessed such an amazing energy at any other theater performance before or since; I treasure the memory of that experience to this day.

@yoyodre

Ай бұрын

That's awesome

@callmeonkeshiasphone

15 күн бұрын

that's showmanship or should I say showwomanship!

@LannieLord

4 күн бұрын

What YEAR was it ?????

This was absolutely breathtaking!

So impressive how an actress can catch your attention and share her emotion with a single word or gesture..

@roberthenleynola

3 жыл бұрын

She was totally mesmerizing.

@evonza4858

2 жыл бұрын

True ❤️🖤💚

@JonzStoneroadAvalon808

2 жыл бұрын

I am blessed to be old enough to remember seeing her on TV and with that 'let's get this parade started" attitude. RIL Pearl.

In my humble opinion, Pearl Bailey was the best Dolly. She won a special Tony award. Not usually given for a revival but Pearl Bailey was a Legend on Broadway.

@BrooklynDreaminCG

Жыл бұрын

I think it was actually a re-cast rather than a revival. And that was what made the award so special. I had the LP of the show with her and her cast when i was a teen. Phenomenal.

@classicalaid1

3 ай бұрын

@@BrooklynDreaminCGAs a teen in NYC, I was in the audience for the Pearl Bailey version of Hello Dolly. She was unforgettable. Cab Calloway played her husband, Horace. And sitting behind me was Loretta Young. Ms. Bailey asked Ms. Young to join her on stage for a reprisal of the song Hello Dearie at the conclusion of the performance. That too was an unforgettable moment....Broadway magic! I also saw Ginger Rogers play Dolly before Pearl Bailey. And her energy was larger than life and oh so entertaining. Many years later a friend of mine got to meet Ginger Rogers and I enquired: What was she like? And my friend, with tongue in cheek, said, 'Very Blonde'.

every acting professor says that you should empathize with the character and Pearl Bailey manages to always do that

Wonderful performance.

what a lovely voice

Pearl Bailey was such a talented and versatile performer and she was a knock out in Hello Dolly. My sister came to see this show while it played at the Minskoff Theater...her leading man was Billy Daniel's and they were perfect together. It was a night I will always remember.

I saw Pearl Bailey in Hello Dolly it was one of the greatest performances I've ever seen in a Broadway musical and I'm not easily impressed I'm a serious theater goer!

@Bigbadwhitecracker

Жыл бұрын

I was alive but I was a baby and not in NYC so... I had to be content with the LP years later.

@terrycaro2276

4 ай бұрын

I saw her as well. She was GREAT.

@callmeonkeshiasphone

15 күн бұрын

@@terrycaro2276 I am so envious of your memories, the comments are raving about the production so - even decades and decades later, as if its still running. I want to go out and buy tickets. hahahaha. You know louie remarried after PB passed and now her estate is owned or ran by his 2nd wife. Of course the 2nd wife didnt know pearl and I think that's why she doesn't get mentioned very often like the lenas hornes and ma mables. Im very very glad to see that there is a section of youtube singing her praises and remembers her talent

I saw Pearl in Dolly in April of 1968, from the front row. I was 20 and it was Spring Break from college. My first Broadway show.

Yet another clip that shows just how much superb musical entertainment TV offered up to the mid 70’s. The review shows like Ed Sullivan and Hollywood Palace, the dozens of variety shows, the specials - every great entertainer of the time right in your living room. It really was a golden era of entertainment, but we just didn’t realize it.

Pearl is having a ball and making every person in that audience smile. God Bless you Pearly Mae

This is a wonderful clip of this legend. Totally love it.

Damn. This is good camera quality for the 60s. Great to capture such a phenomenal performance.

@roberthenleynola

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. The closeups were stunning.

@user-yl7hc6zc9q

5 ай бұрын

Sullivan Show spared no expense

@dddddadadad1796

2 ай бұрын

You say that like the 60’s was the stone ages lol

@LannieLord

4 күн бұрын

@@dddddadadad1796 Well, some of those Black & White shows , like the Judy Garland Show look kinda crummy....

The only person I would have wanted to see live in this role. Her voice feeds the soul, either singing or speaking. What a gift to us all. And then there was her personality. She just made you feel great. I miss you so, Pearl Baily.

I named my cat Ephraim... greatest cat in the history of the world. great clip... thanks for posting

Pearl Bailey inHello Dolly was my first Broadwayshow. I stillremember it so clearly. Pearl was a force!

@johnfulton4061

2 жыл бұрын

Yes she was I remember my grandmother saying to me when the show was over HONEY SHE'S A WIZARD!!!!

Ich habe "Hello Dolly" mit Pearl Bailey on Broadway erlebt, es war ein Traum !!!!!

She is wonderful and a hundred other superlatives.

she was a great woman that graced this world !!!!!!!!!!may she rest in peace . love her

Even back then there was perfection and attention to detail. Very impressive 👏 👌

@dddddadadad1796

2 ай бұрын

Even back then? More like back then there was and now there isn’t

jesus her voice is so clean, love it

@callmeonkeshiasphone

15 күн бұрын

i mentioned the same thing, her being a performer before mics were widely available really trained her to project and sing loudly like the hollers ma rainey and bessie smith (tho pearl came after them)

Y you're absolutely amazing I love your stage presence

Super! Wonderful! I love it! Amazing!

@2:06: "Oh, Dolly the world is full of wonderful things." I needed to hear this, today, and will likely need to hear it for some time.

@Bigbadwhitecracker

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I don't believe that anymore.

@dwightpowell6673

6 ай бұрын

​@@Bigbadwhitecrackerme either.

@dwightpowell6673

3 ай бұрын

​@@Bigbadwhitecrackerblame Donald Trump.

What a fabulous voice.

Love this version. I saw Pearl Bailey in this very role on Broadway. What a rich, throbbing voice --it communicates such emotion. Thank you for posting this gem:)

The show was starting to look a little tired (it had been on for three years, which was a good long run in those days) and looked like it was about to close until David Merrick put in Pearl Bailey and the Black cast and made the show a hit all over again. This clip partly shows why.

So Amaaaazing! I'm obsessed now. 😭😍😍😍 so sorry it took so long but just rn I've came across her & im now obsessed so it counts just as much.

@susankaesler5516

3 жыл бұрын

She does the very best SO LONG DEARIE

She is amazing! Love her legendary voice....

Why did this make me tear up?

"Hello, Dolly!" was one of the first shows I ever performed in as a kid, and our director used the cast recording with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway as a temp track so we could learn the choreography without the pianist. To me, she will always be the one and only Dolly Levi.

Love this...”Hello Dolly” has been one of my favorite movies. Didn’t know Pearl Bailey performed in the Broadway production.

@Bigbadwhitecracker

Жыл бұрын

CAN'T STAND that movie (or Mame), but both are two of my favorite musicals. They just don't lend themselves to film.

That was moving!

Beautiful performance and cast!!

What a production. 🙂

This cast looks amazing 😍

Just sheer brilliance by Pearl Bailey

Great American talent, Pearl Bailey!

Very happy to know that a black woman was Dolly. Great Peal Baylei. I feeling good now!

The Beautiful Miss. Pearl Bailey thank you and Mr.Bellson one of the world’s best drummers.

WOW.

i want to see the entire version of this play

I'm so glad to see this!

Great production ❤

Really great and boy can she sing - lovely production too

At a time when it was hard for black performers to get cast in roles for Broadway shows, it must have been great to hear that the hit musical, Hello Dolly, would be doing an all-black version of the show for a time and that they would working with legends like Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway on top of that!

Magnificent! So, inspiring

What a voice

1967, wow! How glorious!

@LannieLord

4 күн бұрын

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper album just came out that last summer.

Ed! I have NO WORDS! Yerah!

Why are there so less viewers for this song this is beautiful

Pearlie Mae! She was magnificent.

Funny how I found an old LP from 1960ish at a thrift store that she did on a budget label just the other day. It's such a budget label (Diplomat is the name, if you can find it) that she has to share the album with another unknown cabaret singer of the day - who is equally as good as Pearl - named Margie Anderson. This was a common practice for this label so they don't have to pay the bigger star more money. And then this video pops up. KZread is reading my record collection apparently. Anyway I recommend the album which is called "Singing and Swinging">

Magnificent. Dolly's depth of feeling for her late husband has never been clearer. Booth and Channing played it a bit more like schtick

@ah7910

6 ай бұрын

No. Watch Carol’s bootleg videos, her acting is unrivaled. You’ve probably just seen her rushed Tony Awards performance… when Carol performed the monologue in an actual show… she broke hearts.

She sounds haunted she plays it really well

Please correct the title: "Before the Parade Passes By." Thank you!

Bomb! The Japanese have just flashed Pearl Baily!

Except the name of the song is, "Before the Parade Passes By".

Morgan Freeman at 4:20 under the barrel

@PRETTYWYV

2 жыл бұрын

Woah! Thanks for pointing him out!! This was his debut, how amazing!!

I thought Pearl baileys version started in 1971

2:20

This episode with an All Black Cast is stupendous

WAS that Thalmus Rulasa back there ??????? 2:05 He was a VERY BUSY black actor in the 1970s on TV. He was on the show What's Happening and Good Times.,

MORGAN FREEMAN in the stage right trio of men...

Watch her hands . She uses her hands …..

@callmeonkeshiasphone

15 күн бұрын

you saw that too. that last tremble, snap, pop reverse on before the paradddddeee Passes by

Спаибо.