Pearl Bailey has been played on NTS in shows including The Opera Show, featured first on 22 March 2016. Songs played include Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child and I Hate Men.

Pearl Mae Bailey ( 29/3 /1918 to 17/08/1990) American singer and actress. Pearl made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in Hello, Dolly! in 1968. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.

She was born in Southampton County, Virginia, to Rev. Joseph & Ella Mae Bailey. In 1954, she took the role of Frankie…