Pearl Bailey was an internationally beloved entertainer. “Feeling good was simply a more desired emotion than feeling hate.” What the Journal didn’t say was that Pearl Bailey and Louie Bellson were perceived as non-threatening. Note that Pearl Bailey did not appear at Atlantic City’s Steel Pier. Joan Myers Brown, founder of Philadelphia’s acclaimed modern dance company Philadanco, got to know Pearl Bailey well. Louie Bellson, born Luigi Paolino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, was one of those rare people in entertainment who seemed universally loved.