Sarah Vaughan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

30

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-03-27

Day of death

1990-04-03 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Sarah Vaughan

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 trumpeter Waymon Reed. She received many awards, including an Emmy in 1981 for a tribute to George Gershwin and a Grammy in 1983.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

    The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

  • American Bandstand

    American Bandstand

  • Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas

    Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas

  • Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was

    Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was

  • Quincy Jones - Music Man

    Quincy Jones - Music Man

  • Disc Jockey

    Disc Jockey

  • The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

  • …Sings Musicals

    …Sings Musicals

  • Count Basie At Carnegie Hall

    Count Basie At Carnegie Hall

  • Murder, Inc.

    Murder, Inc.

  • Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

  • Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2

    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2

  • Rhythm and Blues Revue

    Rhythm and Blues Revue

  • Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

    Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

  • The Music According to Tom Jobim

    The Music According to Tom Jobim

  • Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64

    Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64

  • Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One

    Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One

  • Basin Street Revue

    Basin Street Revue

  • Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

    Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

  • Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)

    Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)