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  1. Mar 27, 2024 · Jazz and pop and classical singer Sarah Vaughan was born 100 years ago today in Newark, N.J. As a girl, she sang in church in Newark before breaking into show business at New York's Apollo Theater ...

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  2. Mar 27, 2024 · Born in 1924 in Newark, N.J., Vaughan came up in the '40s, alongside bebop, a new jazz style she instantly took to. In the following decades, she proved to be one of the best singers of any genre.

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  3. Mar 27, 2024 · History Highlight. Today in 1924, legendary jazz singer Sarah Lois Vaughan was born. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One," Vaughan was a four-time Grammy Award winner, including a "Lifetime Achievement Award" and the National Endowment for the Arts gave her the NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Vaughan died on April 3, 1990, at the age of 66.

  4. Mar 27, 2024 · As we celebrate the 100th Centennial of Sarah Vaughan on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, it’s impossible not to marvel at the indelible mark she left on the world of jazz. From the moment she burst onto the scene in the mid-1940s, Vaughan’s mesmerizing voice captivated audiences and solidified her place among the greatest jazz singers of all time.

  5. Apr 12, 2024 · Roulette Records (1960–1963) In 1960, Sarah Vaughan made the move from the Mercury Record label to Roulette Records. Her labelmates on Mercury, Dinah Washington and Billy Eckstine, did the same ...

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  7. Mar 26, 2024 · As far as Manhattan is concerned, the big event is the two-night “Sarah Vaughan Centennial” at Jazz at Lincoln Center April 19-20. The two concerts will be hosted by a veteran Grammy-winning singer, Dee Dee Bridgewater, who was a friend and a devotee as well as a disciple of The Divine One. Yet, even though the emphasis is on jazz history ...

  8. Mar 27, 2024 · Sarah Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey, on 27th March 1924. She was an only child. Her parents were amateur musicians who attended New Mount Zion Baptist Church, Newark. When she was 8, she began studying piano and organ, and at the age of about 12, Sarah became the church organist. Her ambition at the time was to become a good choir ...

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