1924-03-27 ( 101 years old ) in 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 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.
Movies
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018-12-25
Music According to Tom Jobim
2012-05-20
…Sings Musicals
2012-01-15
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
2009-05-15
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
2007-08-21
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006-12-06
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005-01-01
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991-07-29
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
1981-03-20
Murder, Inc.
1960-06-28
Basin Street Revue
1956-01-01
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955-01-01
Disc Jockey
1951-09-30
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