1924-03-27 Newark, New Jersey, USA
She began studying music when she was seven, taking eight years of piano lessons and two years of organ. As a child she sang in the choir at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark and played piano and organ in high school productions at Arts High School. She entered an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in New York's Harlem area, singing "Body and Soul", and won the $10 prize and a week's engagement at the Apollo. From 1944 to 1945, she sang with Billy Eckstine and in 1947 she married her manager, trumpeter George Treadwell. Her later husbands included pro football player Clyde Atkins and trumpeter Waymon Reed. She received many awards, including an Emmy in 1981 for a tribute to George Gershwin and a Grammy in 1983.
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure | Self (archive footage) | 2018-12-25 |
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Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 | Self | 2014-01-13 |
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-10 |
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A Música Segundo Tom Jobim | Self (archive footage) | 2012-05-20 |
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…Sings Musicals | Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-15 |
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Simonal - Ninguém Sabe o Duro Que Dei | Self (archive footage) | 2009-05-15 |
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Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 | Self | 2007-08-21 |
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 | Self (archive footage) | 2006-12-06 |
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas | 2005-01-01 | |
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Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One | 1991-07-29 | |
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Count Basie At Carnegie Hall | Self | 1981-03-20 |
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Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II) | 1974-12-17 | |
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Murder, Inc. | Singer | 1960-06-28 |
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Basin Street Revue | 1956-01-01 | |
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Rhythm and Blues Revue | Self | 1955-01-01 |
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Disc Jockey | Herself | 1951-09-30 |
