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Sarah Vaughan
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…
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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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2025
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2014
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2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
The Music According to Tom Jobim
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2012
…Sings Musicals
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2009
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
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2007
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
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2006
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
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- 2005
- 1991
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1987
Jake and the Fatman
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- 1985
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1981
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
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- 1974
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
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1971
The Pearl Bailey Show
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1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
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1960
Murder, Inc.
Movie Singer
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1957
American Bandstand
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
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1956
Basin Street Revue
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1955
Rhythm and Blues Revue
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1953
The Oscars
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1951
Disc Jockey
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1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
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