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.
Filmography (30)
Quincy Jones, Music Man2025
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure2018
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 19892014
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas2013
…Sings Musicals2012
The Music According to Tom Jobim2012
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was2009
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '642007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.22006
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas2005
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One1991
Jake and the Fatman1987
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall1981
Sarah Vaughan and her Trio play Jazz from Newport (part II)1974
Le Grand Échiquier1972
The Pearl Bailey Show1971
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1969
The Dick Cavett Show1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
The Merv Griffin Show1962
The Mike Douglas Show1961
Murder, Inc.1960
American Bandstand1957
Basin Street Revue1956
The Steve Allen Show1956
Rhythm and Blues Revue1955
The Oscars1953
Disc Jockey1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
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