PEARL BAILEY - 16 Most Requested Songs (1991) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Some of the most productive years for the inimitable Pearl Bailey were those she spent recording for Columbia Records, between 1945 and 1950. Columbia paired the singer with other luminaries of the day, including Frank Sinatra. This album culls 16 of Bailey's best songs made during that magic time. The tunes are lovingly remastered to present the engaging vocalist at her very best. On this record, she is joined by colleagues she worked with regularly: singer/comedienne Moms Mabley and trumpeter/vocalist Oran "Hot Lips" Page. Also adding their gospel harmonies to the musical experience are the Charioteers. Together, they produced some of the best music in Bailey's long career. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is immediately evocative of the season as well as a bygone era. Arlen/Mercer tunes, such as "Legalize My Name" and "A Woman's Prerogative," have just the right degree of sophistication under Bailey's expert touch. Bailey and Mabley, surely two of the greatest female comedic singers of all time, team up on the delightful "Saturday Night Fish Fry." The songstress turns soulful on "Who?" and "Don't Ever Leave Me," accompanied by the Charioteers. Bailey and Page show why they were so popular on the classic "Ain't She Sweet?" Standards such as "St. Louis Blues" and "Here You Come With Love" bear witness to the sultry charm of the talented lady with the twinkle in her eye and to the hint of suggestion in her song. Whether remembering Pearl Bailey or discovering her for the first time, the listener cannot do better than this recording for its fidelity to the legacy of one of America's greatest singers. by Rose of Sharon Witmer 
Tracklist:
1    Legalize My Name 3:18 
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
2    Tired 3:17 
Doris Fisher / Alan Roberts
3    St. Louis Blues 2:10   
W.C. Handy
4    It's a Woman's Prerogative 3:09
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
Pearl Bailey
5    Baby, It's Cold Outside 2:57   
Frank Loesser
Pearl Bailey feat: Hot Lips Page
6    Who? 2:48 
Otto Harbach / Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
Pearl Bailey feat: The Charioteers
7    Don't Ever Leave Me 2:14
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
Pearl Bailey feat: The Charioteers
8    Saturday Night Fish Fry 02:53
Louis Jordan / Ellis Walsh
Pearl Bailey feat: Jackie Mabley
9    Personality 3:11    
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
10    Ain't She Sweet? 2:57    
Milton Ager / Jack Yellen
Pearl Bailey feat: Hot Lips Page
11    Get It off Your Mind 3:05
Claude Demetrius / Fleecie Moore
12    The Hucklebuck 3:13 
Roy Alfred / Andy Gibson
Pearl Bailey feat: Hot Lips Page
13    They Didn't Believe Me 2:35
Jerome Kern / Herbert Reynolds
14    Frankie and Johnny 3:02 
Traditional
15    That's Good Enough for Me 3:18
Doris Fisher / Allan Roberts
16    Here You Come With Love 3:02

Neil Moret (Chas. N. Daniels) / Harry Tobias / Jo Trent