Caption: Pearl Bailey and her husband Louie Bellson backstage at "House of Flowers" where she is starring in the show in New York City 01-22-1955
Music Department, Soundtrack, Actor
Born: July 6, 1924
Star sign: Cancer
Known for: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), The Pearl Bailey Show (1971), Rock 'n' Roll Revue (1955), Louie Bellson and His Big Band (2003)
Source: IMDB
Drummer, composer, author and conductor. He performed with the orchestras of Ted Fiorito, Benny Goodman, the Dorsey brothers, Harry James, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. He toured with Jazz At the Philharmonic, and later organized his own band and did a concert tour with his wife Pearl Bailey. In 1965 he rejoined the Ellington orchestra. He has ...