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Sarah Vaughn, jazz entertainer, was born in Newark, NJ, on this date March 27, 1924.
Vaughan grew up with a love of music and performing. Winning a talent competition held at Harlem’s Apollo Theater launched her singing career. She worked with bandleaders Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine-working with Eckstine were trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Charlie Parker, who introduced the group to a new form of jazz, known as bebop.
An inspired Sarah Vaughan brought bebop into her singing, which can be heard in the 1945 recording of “Lover Man” that she made with Parker and Gillespie.
Some of her popular songs were: “It’s Magic,” “Black Coffee,” “Broken-Hearted Melody,” “Make Yourself Comfortable,” and “A Lover’s Concerto.”
Portrait of Sarah Vaughan. Printed on front: "Sarah Vaughan. Personal management, George Treadwell. Tour direction, Gale Agency, Inc., 48 West 48 St., New York, City. James Kriegsmann, N.Y."
E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library
Sarah Lois Vaughan (Mar 27, 1924 – Apr 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.
Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", she won four Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989; "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century". via Wikipedia