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 Mike Douglas Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Jake and the Fatman

The Dick Cavett Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Oscars

The Colgate Comedy Hour

All Movies (17)

• Quincy Jones, Music Man2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 19892014 · as Self
• Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Music According to Tom Jobim2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• …Sings Musicals2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '642007 · as Self
• Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.22006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas2005
• Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One1991
• Count Basie At Carnegie Hall1981 · as Self
• Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)1974
• Murder, Inc.1960 · as Singer
• Basin Street Revue1956
• Rhythm and Blues Revue1955 · as Self
• Disc Jockey1951 · as Herself

All TV Shows (13)

• Jake and the Fatman1987
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• The Pearl Bailey Show1971 · as Self
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• American Bandstand1957 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Singer
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self