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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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".
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).
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!
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.❤❤❤
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…😇🥰😎
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 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.😀😀
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.
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....
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 ❤️♥️😍🥰😎😘😏🎥🎬🍿🥤💕💗😉🍸🍷🥃🙌🏾😇.
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.
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 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.
❤️❤️ 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!!! 😊❤️
@@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.
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.
@@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 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
@@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 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 😢
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Pearl was so special, she is so missed, and Carol was an institution. These ladies helped to make America great.
Love Ms Bailey I was blessed to see her in Hello Dolly she was awesome
@Peter Reilly wow never liked the Johnsons anyway
@Peter Reilly got to watch out for those Democrats.
@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!
Tosha, what are you saying6410
Pearls voice is like velvet with a shot of whiskey… soft, soothing and a touch of heat…love her timing too…!!
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.
Lucky!!!
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.
CAROL CHANNING & PEARL BAILEY are simply priceless
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.
I can see Queen Latifah playing Pearl Bailey in a biopic.
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.
@@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".
Indeed!
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).
Absolutely
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!
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.
Sad, but true.
The only time I've been able to tolerate the song Little Green Apples and the way Pearl does it ...I love it
Isn’t it magic?
The engaged couple Pearl Bailey sang to Isabelle Farrell and Don Slaton. Believe it was the St. James
@@donslaton8576 That was you????? Your wife was adorable!!!
These two ladies were 'it.' Utterly unique Pearl & Carol.
3 great stars !!! Carol Channing. Pearl Bailey .. and Bob Mackey !!
A couple of years ago while updating my family tree using Ancestry, I discovered Pearl Bailey was distant relative of mine.
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…😇🥰😎
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
After years of hoping that the tape existed, I finally saw this one the first time via the DVD around 2003. PERFECTION!!
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!!!!!!
Legends Pearl and Carol fabulous ❣
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.😀😀
Great to hear Pearl's husband Louis Bellson playing drums with the orchestra and sounds like his arrangements too.
Thanks for the upload ❤
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?
I don't know, but I am so glad you found her!
Too young?
I think for many years I got bluffed, reading Pearl Barley and skipped past the entry every time.
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....
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.
Two amazingly talented and professional performers who don’t miss a beat. Such quality and show-woman-ship of a past bye era.
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore 🥺🥺 icons icons icons
Wow! What a pair of ladies!
This show is an absolute joy!
Loved the style of Pearl Bailey
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 ❤️♥️😍🥰😎😘😏🎥🎬🍿🥤💕💗😉🍸🍷🥃🙌🏾😇.
These 2 beautiful talented ladies brings me to a happy place!!
Really enjoyed this....Pearl wore those costumes. Love her first dress with the pockets.
"PB" and absolutely gorgeous lady she was.✅🍀
This was actually really funny
I wasnt expecting that at all
Yes two black queens!
That part!!!
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.
Just imagine how different her life would have been if she’d went to Hollywood claiming her blackness.
“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”
EXACTLY!!!!!
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.
I love this!
They were the greats!
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 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.
❤️❤️
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!!! 😊❤️
I have been looking for this for YEARS!!
It's been sitting on an old Tivo of mine for 16 YEARS!!! When I found out it wasn't anywhere on RUclips, I knew what I had to do. :)
Honestly thank you sooooo much! Lol I love this it was on RUclips like 5 years ago then disappeared randomly.
@@jasonpowell98 I remember wanting to watch this like 5 years ago! Thanks so much for the upload! Love both of these fabulous ladies!
@@jasonpowell98 Is TiVo still a thing?
@@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.
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!! Both of them are LEGENDARY!!! I love to see Queen Latifah bring Pearl Bailey to the big screen.. Thanks for posting!!
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.
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS.....THEY DONT MAKE ARTIST LIKE THIS ANYMORE WITH REAL TALENT.
I think the main thing back then was that everyone had big personalities. Everyone was really unique.
Perfect
Carol and Pearl together positively Brilliant
This my first time seeing this lady and i love this lady
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.
It's amazing how much Queen Latifah looks so much like Pearl Bailey!
The Flower 🌹
I've always said that.👍😊
What an absolute treat 🥰🥰🥰🌺🙏🏽
THIS WAS AMAZING!!!
Two black giants of stage film and studio. I bet that whole house was on fire 🔥
Yeah, one drop and you want to appropriate her.
@@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.
Carol Channing was white. They were both giants...superceded skin color. Caramel needs a little more education
@@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
@@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
Brilliant and Beautiful!💞💞
Pearl's arms are do beautiful
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.
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.
Queen Latifah could play Pearl Bailey, if they did a movie about her.
Or Taraji
@@mikashae8651 ... NOT TARAJI, please
Just incredible……
Tysm for this! Two of my favorite stars together is just wonderful!!
What a trio! Pearl, Carol and me singing along.
Lmao 🤣
What a pleasure to see and listen these two wonderful ladies 😍😍😍
Love them both so much
They Gave You Your Money's Worth Back Then.
19:11
I love this!! And Pearls singing, what there is to say. Thank you for uploading this!
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.
Loved these ladies! Talented and beautiful. They lived through and dealt with some hard times but you never heard scandals of either one.
Thank you for this service to LadyWatchers everywhere
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!
Pearl walking was so graceful on wives and lovers
Oh my! What an absolute delight! Thank you for the fabulous post 🙏🏼
Another of my old favorites: falling in love again
Thanks to Jerry Herman and all of Jerry's Girls, Dolly will NEVER go Away! 🌹 💐
Thank you for sharing. They were breathtaking!
Loved this
Those ladies really put the FAB in FABULOUS! Thank you for uploading this!
Thank you so much for posting this!!!!
These 2 Black women are theater legends!
True talent!
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.
Oh wow. Its carol channing and queen latifah
Lmao...someone made a joke about that on Living Single in season 4.
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.
Yeagh but I have a cush on ,Carol. She's so lovely and sweet!
Wow!!! Beautiful
So this is where micheal got the billie jean sparkle jacket idea from!
This is good stuff!
Chills. What talent!
16:44 timestamp for myself so I can listen to that gorgeous Bb2.
Awesome 😆
I think Ari Lennox could possibly play Pearl Bailey. They have a similar attitude, figure and humorous nature.😍😍😍
I can totally see that. they're both Aries as well ;)
I could see that tbh. I wonder if Ari’s voice could go as low as Pearl’s?
@@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.
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!
OMG I want that dame clip alone as wanna post it! It feels very fitting to do so.
The talent of Black Women on display
They were magnificent
Titans.
SUPER CLASSIC
SUPER STARS ❤️❤️⭐️⭐️
Ever since she came out and finally told everyone she was black doesn't Carol Channing remind you of a light-skinned Diana Ross
Sometimes I forget how old Queen Latifah really is
😂
omg, the dig at Barbra
💖💗💓❤
She remind me of the lady on girls trip I can think of her name
Hello, Queen Latifah, God bless you, amen 🙏🙌