The Pearl Bailey Show

The Pearl Bailey Show
Perry Como and Pearl Bailey on The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
Genre	Variety show
Written by	Pearl Bailey Buz Kohan Bill Angelos
Directed by	Dean Whitmore
Starring	Pearl Bailey
Composer	Louis Bellson
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15
Production
Producer	Bob Finkel
Running time	60 mins
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 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.

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]}

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