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Sarah Vaughan

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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Born:
Mar 27, 1924 In Newark, New Jersey, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Disc Jockey 1951-09-30
Latest Project:
Movie Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure 2018-12-25
Known For
Filmography
Movie Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure Self (archive footage) 2018-12-25
Movie Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas Self (archive footage) 2013-05-10
Movie Music According to Tom Jobim Self (archive footage) 2012-05-20
Movie Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was Self (archive footage) 2009-05-15
Movie Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 Self (archive footage) 2006-12-06
Movie Murder, Inc. Singer 1960-06-28
Movie Rhythm and Blues Revue Self 1955-01-01
Movie Disc Jockey Herself 1951-09-30