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Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake
Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake

Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake

Date3/27/1979
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  • Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake. She and Louis Jannetta, maitre d' of the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room, both celebrate birthdays today--he's 51 and she's 61. The jazz singer opens a 10-day engagement at the hotel tonight.
  • Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dee-licious! Pearl Bailey samples the icing on her birthday cake. She and Louis Jannetta, maitre d' of the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room, both celebrate birthdays today--he's 51 and she's 61. The jazz singer opens a 10-day engagement at the hotel tonight.
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0030303F
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