Sarah Vaughan
Acting
Born March 27, 1924 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
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 tr…
Known For · 30 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Dick Cavett Show
Jake and the Fatman
Le Grand Échiquier
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Oscars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
American Bandstand
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Pearl Bailey Show
Murder, Inc.
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Basin Street Revue
Disc Jockey
…Sings Musicals
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas