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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1924-03-27
- event Death Date 1990-04-03
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.8
- info Birth Place Newark, New Jersey, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Sarah Vaughan
6.4
Murder, Inc.
1960-06-28
0
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005-01-01
0
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
1991-07-29
0.5
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014-01-13
0
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006-12-06
0
Basin Street Revue
1956-01-01
7
…Sings Musicals
2012-01-15
0
Disc Jockey
1951-09-30
10
Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
1981-03-20
7
Music According to Tom Jobim
2012-05-20
6
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955-01-01
0
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013-05-10
9
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2018-12-25
7.9
Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
2009-05-15
0
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
2007-08-21
7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10
8.4
American Bandstand
1957-08-05
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
5.9
Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26
5.8
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969-01-22
4
The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
4.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
0
The Pearl Bailey Show
1971-01-23
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
8
Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
6.6
The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06