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Also known as The Divine One, Divine One, Sassie Vaughan, Sassy Vaughan

American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

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Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American singer, jazz musician, and pianist. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she began her work period in 1942. Her musical genres included jazz, bebop, cool jazz, and bossa nova. She performed as a contralto and played the piano.

Vaughan was affiliated with Columbia Records and Mercury Records. She received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the NEA Jazz Masters award. She died of lung cancer in Hidden Hills on April 3, 1990. Her remains were buried in New Jersey.

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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…

Known for

  • Quincy Jones, Music Man — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 — Self2014
  • Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas — Self (archive footage)2013
  • …Sings Musicals — Self (archive footage)2012
  • The Music According to Tom Jobim — Self (archive footage)2012
  • Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 — Self2007
  • Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 — Self (archive footage)2006
  • Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas2005

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1924-03-27
Active to
1990-04-03
bebopbopbossa novacoolcool jazzjazz

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1,192,922
Total plays
12,588,186

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jazzfemale vocalistsbluesvocal jazzjazz vocal

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 <a href="https://

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Key facts

Born
Sarah Lois Vaughan , ( 1924-03-27 ) March 27, 1924, Newark, New Jersey , U.S.
Died
April 3, 1990 (1990-04-03) (aged 66), Hidden Hills, California , U.S.
Genres
Jazz bebop vocal pop bossa nova
Occupation
Singer
Instruments
Vocals, piano
Years active
1942–1990
Labels
Columbia Mercury Verve Roulette Pablo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lois
Family name
Vaughan
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Newark
Place of death
Hidden Hills
Occupation
pianist
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Cadet Records
Image
Sarah Vaughan 1955.jpg
Voice type
contralto
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Commons category
Sarah Vaughan
date of birth
1924-03-27
date of death
1990-04-03
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
ethnic group
African Americans
location of formation
New Jersey
birth name
Sarah Lois Vaughan
start of work period
1942-00-00
name in native language
Sarah Vaughan
end of work period
1990-00-00
nickname
The Divine One
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Encyclopedic overview

Sarah Lois Vaughan (/vɔːn/, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", 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

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