Sarah Vaughan
Birthday:
March 27, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name:
Sarah Lois Vaughan
Height:
161 cm
Sarah Vaughan was born March 27, 1924 in Newark, NJ, and died April 3, 1990, in Los Angeles of lung cancer. Her parents were Asbury, a carpenter, and Ada, a laundress. 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...
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Sarah Vaughan was born March 27, 1924 in Newark, NJ, and died April 3, 1990, in Los Angeles of lung cancer. Her parents were Asbury, a carpenter, and Ada, a laundress. 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. Show less «
There are notes between notes, you know.
There are notes between notes, you know.
I've always been a Democrat, it runs in my family.
I've always been a Democrat, it runs in my family.
Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.
Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.
They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't...Show more »
They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't just talk to me without all that question bit. Show less «
When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.
When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.
There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.
My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.
My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.
I dig Doris Day.
I dig Doris Day.
