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Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed “Sassy” and “The Divine One”) (March 27, 1924, Newark, New Jersey – April 3, 1990, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz singer, described as “possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century”. Jazz critic Leonard Feather called her “the most important singer to emerge from the bop era.” Ella Fitzgerald called her the world’s “greatest singing talent.” When introduced in her two-part interview of 1980 on The Dick Cavett Show, Cavett quipped (in a takeoff on a well known Sarah Lee product advertising slogan of the time), “Everybody doesn’t like something, but nobody doesn’t like Sarah Vaughn.” During the course of a career that spanned nearly fifty years, she was the singer’s singer, influencing everyone from Mel Torme to Anita Baker. She was among the musical elite identified by their first names. She was Sarah, Sassy — the incomparable Sarah Vaughan.
Sarah Vaughan’s father, Asbury “Jake” Vaughan, was a carpenter and amateur guitarist. Her mother, Ada, was a laundress. Jake and Ada Vaughan migrated to Newark from Virginia during the First World War. Sarah was their only natural child, although in the 1960s they ...
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Top 10 Sarah Vaughan Songs
Misty
Summertime
Lullaby Of Birdland
Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project Remix)
Lover Man
Stormy Weather
Black Coffee
Peter Gunn (Max Sedgley Remix)
My Funny Valentine
Fever (Adam Freeland Remix)
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Top 10 Sarah Vaughan Albums
Lover Man
This Is Jazz, Volume 20
Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown
Sweet Affection
In Hi-Fi
Jazz Masters 18
Sarah Vaughan - The Very Best Of
Ultimate Sarah Vaughn
Golden Hits
Embraceable You
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