(LA Times) Dee Dee Bellson, 49 - singer and daughter of Pearl Bailey & Louis Bellson
Bob Feigel
From the Los Angeles Times
PASSINGS
Dee Dee Bellson, singer and daughter of Pearl Bailey and Louie
Bellson, dies at 49
July 20, 2009
Dee Dee Bellson
Singer, daughter of Bailey, Bellson
Dee Dee Bellson, 49, the daughter of Broadway entertainer and singer
Pearl Bailey and jazz drummer Louie Bellson who went on to craft her
own singing career, died July 4 at her home in Charlottesville, Va.,
after a heart attack, according to her friend and producer Rod Nave.
Bailey and Louis Bellson married in London in 1952 and later adopted
two children, Dee Dee and Tony. The family settled in Northridge.
Dee Dee, who was born April 20, 1960, often traveled with her mother
on tour. She began singing as a youngster and sometimes appeared with
Bailey on television variety shows.
She attended Pierce College in Woodland Hills, then as a vocalist
toured with various jazz groups. She sang on recordings by Weather
Report and Wayne Shorter, among others.
She also performed with her father's big-band ensemble at many venues
across the Southland. He died in February; Bailey died in 1990.
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