The Raw Pearl

by Pearl Bailey

"The Raw Pearl is a most unusual book to come from a famous entertainer, singer, actress. Most such books are either ghosted or written 'with the collaboration of.' This book was written by Pearl Bailey. The result, instead of a slick formalized autobiography, is a fresh and vivid human document. The voice is Pearl Bailey's witty, informal, honest, and magnetic. One reads the book with a sense of listening to Miss Bailey...."

Genres: Music, Memoir, Nonfiction

189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1968

About the author

American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.

Reviews

[Steven]

Scattered all over but filled with some wonderful anecdotes. Pearl has a cleat voice to her life story but often there is no idea of structure to the book.