Sarah Vaughan
Actor
Born March 27, 1924 in 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.
Filmography
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
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Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
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The Music According to Tom Jobim
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…Sings Musicals
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Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
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Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
Jake and the Fatman
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
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Le Grand Échiquier
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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The Dick Cavett Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Merv Griffin Show
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The Mike Douglas Show
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Murder, Inc.
Singer
American Bandstand
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The Steve Allen Show
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Basin Street Revue
Rhythm and Blues Revue
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The Oscars
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Disc Jockey
Herself
The Colgate Comedy Hour
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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