Pearl Bailey - Pearls: The Albums 1952-1957 (CD)

Details: Two CD set. One of the most beloved and highest profile American entertainers of the 20th Century, singer/actress/author Pearl Bailey spent over 50 years of her life on stage, in films, on TV and in record studios. Hers was the very definition of a prolific career, and one that brought her international fame in every area where she chose to leave her imprint. Even though her chart success was small, Pearl's vocal talent was large and she was never without a recording contract for the whole of the 1950s and beyond. Jasmine's set brings together as many of Pearls' recordings from the '50s as we could cram in - five complete albums, in fact, that show her larger than life personality off to the full. Pearl was never about hit records - although her biggest chart success 'Takes Two To Tango' inevitably features here - but she sold a lot of long players and her singing career was perpetually an extension of her brash and frequently bawdy personality, which spills cheerfully out of the grooves of every track here. A long overdue tribute to a genuine entertainment legend, Pearls is perhaps the definitive collection of 'Pearlie Mae' featuring, as it does, a great many tracks that are totally new to UK CD - all remastered, as always, from the finest available sources!

Tracklist:

1. Say "Si Si"
2. Ciribiribin
3. Strike While the Iron's Hot
4. I Love My Argentine
5. Fernandeez of the Andes
6. Alla en El Rancho Grande
7. I Wouldn't Walk Across the Street
8. She's Something Spanish
9. Takes Two to Tango
10. Let There Be Love
11. My Ideal
12. Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye)
13. Nothing
14. 8th Street Association
15. The Birth of the Blues
16. I Heard
17. That's Gratitude
18. Somebody Else Not Me
19. It'll Get Worse
20. When Your Guy Is Gone
21. Drunk with Love
22. Changeable You
23. I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody
24. Cares for Me
25. Nobody
26. Runnin' Wild
27. Big Words
28. Me and My Shadow
29. What's Happened to the Hair (On the Head of the Man I Love)
30. He May Be Your Man
31. I Cried for You
32. I Always Shake the Tree
33. He's Gone
34. As Long As I Live
35. Hug Me a Hug (Kiss Me a Kiss)
36. World Weary
37. Nothin' Nothin' Baby (Without You)
38. A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid
39. A Man Is a Necessary Evil
40. The Gypsy Goofed
41. My Man
42. You Waited Too Long
43. Sweet Georgia Brown
44. Easy Street
45. I Can't Rock 'N' Roll to Save My Soul
46. There's a Man in My Life
47. Everybody Loves My Baby
48. There's Plenty More Where That Came from
49. That's My Weakness Now
50. I'm Gonna Keep on Doin' What I'm Doin'
51. I've Taken a Fancy to You
52. Here You Come with Love
53. That's What You Think
54. Call Me Again When You're in Town
55. It Figures
56. The Saga of My Life
57. What Will We Do on Sunday
58. You've Got It Made
59. Who Me? I'd Love It
60. Empty House Blues
61. Love 'Im Love 'Im Love 'Im