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Sarah Vaughan. Sarah Vaughan, born March 27, 1924, was very talented and everyone
knew this. ... Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan. New York: Macmillan, 1993. ...
... The band included Dizzy Gillespie, "Little" Benny Harris, Bennie Green, Wardell
Gary, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, and Charlie Parker. ...
... Jazz Age Many of the influential artists of the past came from the jazz age such
as Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Basie and Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Cab Calloway ...
... Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Barbra
Streisand, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis Jr., Mel Torm?Sarah Vaughan, Eydie Gorme ...
... Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Toni Morrison
and Richard Wright offer antidotes to black anguish. ...
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Sarah Vaughan, born March 27, 1924, was very talented and everyone knew this. The word was passed along so even those that never went to church knew how gifted she was. The word got around to Newark’s Little Jimmy Scott, a jazz singer himself. He remembered the gossip being that Sarah Vaughan could become another Marian Anderson.
Because Sarah grew up hearing her mother sing in the church choir, it seemed only natural for her to follow her mothers’ footsteps and become involved with the musical life of the church. By October of 1942, 18 year old Sarah had already been playing the organ for years for choir rehearsals on Saturday mornings and for Sunday services. In addition to weekend services, she also played during the week for the children of the congregation. Sarah’s parents found themselves in Newark, New Jersey after migrating from Virginia during the First World War. They also found that the church was growing because of the waves of people migrating from the south.
It started with trumpet player, Jabbo Smith, who recalls encouraging young Sarah to try to win an amateur night contest at the Apollo. For Sarah to try to win the contest was natural. She knew of many professional musicians who tried for prizes there and won. Before deciding she would perform on the Apollo stage herself, she encouraged Doris Robinson to compete and Sarah would accompany her on the piano. As a result, Doris won second place and split the money with Vaughan fifty-fifty. On an October night in 1942, Sarah “went on a dare” to the Apollo on the condition that her friends would be in the audience to cheer her on. Sarah Vaughan arrived so late on the night she was supposed to perform that Ralf Cooper, Sr., master of ceremonies, didn’t want her to sing. He eventually changed his mind and gave her a chance. Although she forgot to kiss “the tree of hope” everyone cheered her on when she began to sing “Body and Soul”. Sarah impressed Cooper with her “in-depth...
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