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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229513
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Filmography (Movies)
Quincy Jones | Music Man
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/09/2025
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/12/2018
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Character:Self
Release Date:13/01/2014
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/05/2013
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/05/2012
…Sings Musicals
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/01/2012
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/05/2009
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
Character:Self
Release Date:21/08/2007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/12/2006
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
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Release Date:01/01/2005
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
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Release Date:29/07/1991
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
Character:Self
Release Date:20/03/1981
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)
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Release Date:17/12/1974
Murder, Inc.
Character:Singer
Release Date:28/06/1960
Basin Street Revue
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Release Date:01/01/1956
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1955
Disc Jockey
Character:Herself
Release Date:30/09/1951
Television Appearances
Jake and the Fatman
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Le Grand Échiquier
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The Pearl Bailey Show
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Merv Griffin Show
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The Mike Douglas Show
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American Bandstand
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The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Singer
The Oscars
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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