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The Pearl Bailey Show

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The Pearl Bailey Show
Perry Como and Pearl Bailey on The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
GenreVariety show
Written by
  • Pearl Bailey
  • Buz Kohan
  • Bill Angelos
Directed byDean Whitmore
StarringPearl Bailey
ComposerLouis Bellson
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes15
Production
ProducerBob Finkel
Running time60 mins
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJanuary 23 (1971-01-23) –
May 8, 1971 (1971-05-08)

The Pearl Bailey Show is an American variety show that aired on ABC Saturdays 8:30–9:30 P.M. from January 1971 to May 1971.[1] A Cooper-Finkel Company production in association with the Pearl Bailey Production Corporation, the show starred veteran entertainer Pearl Bailey.

Overview

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Pearl Bailey had a decades long successful career as a singer and stage and film actress by the time she was given her her own variety show in 1971. Bailey's husband, drummer Louis Bellson, was the conductor of the Orchestra for the show. The Robert Sidney Dancers and the Allan Davies Singers were regulars, performing a variety of musical entertainment.[citation needed]

The Pearl Bailey Show featured an array of guest performances by prominent entertainers, including Lucille Ball, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, The Supremes, Tony Bennett, Ike & Tina Turner, and Liberace.[citation needed] "She got everybody she wanted. Nobody would turn her down," recalled the show's producer Bob Finkel.[1] Despite the array of guests, the show was cancelled in less than four months, Finkel suggests due to Bailey "harassing" the executives at ABC with "suggestions and complaints."[citation needed]

Episodes

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Episode No. Airdate Guests
1 January 23, 1971 Louis Armstrong

Bing Crosby

Andy Williams

2 January 30, 1971 Lucille Ball

George Kirby

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

3 February 6, 1971 Liza Minnelli

Steve Lawrence

Cab Calloway

4 February 13, 1971 Ethel Waters

Robert Goulet

Hines, Hines and Dad

5 February 20, 1971

(reaired on May 8, 1971)

Phil Harris

Kate Smith

George Kirby

6 February 27, 1971 Perry Como

B.B. King

Little Steps

7 March 6, 1971 Jimmy Durante

Tony Bennett

The Supremes

8 March 13, 1971 Wayne Newton

Joan Rivers

Moms Mabley

9 March 20, 1971 Debbie Reynolds

Erroll Garner

Perle Mesta

Sarah Vaughan

10 March 27, 1971 Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

The Ike & Tina Turner Revue

David Merrick

George Kirby

11 April 3, 1971 Danny Thomas

Lola Falana

Carmen McRae

Orie Sasaki

12 April 10, 1971 Peggy Lee

Moms Mabley

Erroll Garner

The Pastor Brothers

Ray Brown

13 April 17, 1971 Gregory Peck

Mike Douglas

Carol Lawrence

Phyllis Diller

14 April 24, 1971 Ella Fitzgerald

Donna McKechnie

15 May 1, 1971 Liberace

Leontyne Price

May 8, 1971 Rerun of episode #5

References

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  1. ^ a b Hyatt, Wesley (2003). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 199. ISBN 9781476605159. OCLC 606977128.