Why don’t you do right, like some other men do. Get outta here and get me some money, too.

Pearl recorded two songs before her performance on Major Bowes Radio Show at age 12.  This was one of them — later made famous by the inimitable Peggy Lee, heard here.  Benny Goodman, on his licorice stick, reminds me of Pearl’s father, Bill, from pictures I’ve seen of him.

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