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Sarah Lois Vaughan (, pronunciation respelling ; March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century". Early life Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Asbury "Jake" Vaughan, a carpenter by trade who played guitar and piano, and Ada Vaughan, a laundress who sang in the church choir, migrants from Virginia. The Vaughans lived in a house on Brunswick Street in Newark for Vaughan's entire childhood. Jake was deeply religious. The family was active in New Mount Zion Baptist Church at 186 Thomas Street. Vaughan began piano lessons at the age of seven, sang in the church choir, and played piano for rehearsals and services. She developed an early love for popular music on records and the radio. In the 1930s, she frequently saw local and touring bands at the Montgomery Street Skating Rink. By her mid-teens, she began venturing illegally into Newark's night clubs and performing as a pianist and singer at the Piccadilly Club and the Newark Airport.

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Notable quotes

“My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.”
— Interview Los Angeles Times (1948)
“I've always been a Democrat, it runs in my family.”
— Interview The Washington Post (1964)
“Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.”
— Interview Los Angeles Times (1969)
“There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.”
— Interview The Hollywood Reporter (1974)
“They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't just talk to me without all that question bit.”
— Interview The Montreal Mirror (1976)
“When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.”
— Interview The New York Times (1988)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Sarah Lois Vaughan (, pronunciation respelling ; March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century". Early life Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Asbury "Jake" Vaughan, a carpenter by trade who played guitar and piano, and Ada Vaughan, a laundress who sang in the church choir, migrants from Virginia. The Vaughans lived in a house on Brunswick Street in Newark for Vaughan's entire childhood. Jake was deeply religious. The family was active in New Mount Zion Baptist Church at 186 Thomas Street. Vaughan began piano lessons at the age of seven, sang in the church choir, and played piano for rehearsals and services. She developed an early love for popular music on records and the radio. In the 1930s, she frequently saw local and touring bands at the Montgomery Street Skating Rink. By her mid-teens, she began venturing illegally into Newark's night clubs and performing as a pianist and singer at the Piccadilly Club and the Newark Airport.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sarah Lois Vaughan (, pronunciation respelling ; March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.

Notable quotes

“My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.”
— Interview Los Angeles Times (1948)
“I've always been a Democrat, it runs in my family.”
— Interview The Washington Post (1964)
“Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice.”
— Interview Los Angeles Times (1969)
“There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.”
— Interview The Hollywood Reporter (1974)
“They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don't understand why they can't just talk to me without all that question bit.”
— Interview The Montreal Mirror (1976)
“When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.”
— Interview The New York Times (1988)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Sarah Vaughan: debut 1950 LP album of Sarah Vaughan with George Treadwell a · British writer

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