Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) Signed: 'Love, Pearl Bailey' Size: 3.5'x5.5' A b/w gloss autographed photo of Pearl Bailey Composer, singer and songwriter. She was a dancer, then a singer in New York in the early 1940s, touring with the Cootie Williams orchestra, and later a featured singer in night clubs, radio and television. She made stage appearances in "Arms and the Girl", "St. Louis Woman"; and "House of Flowers". She starred in the film St. Louis Blues opposite Nat King Cole. Her greatest theater role was in the broadway musical "Hello Dolly". She made many records, her popular-song compositions include: "A Five Pound Box of Money" "Jingle Bells Cha Cha Cha" "I'm Gonna Keep On Doin" and "Don't Be Afraid to Love". [gc]
