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Biography
Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One", and the "Queen of Bebop", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".
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Awards & recognition
- New Jersey Hall of Fame · 2012
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · 1989
- Primetime Emmy Award · 1981
- NEA Jazz Masters
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography7 titles
Basin Street Revue
1956
1956
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
1962as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950as Self
1950as Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969as Self
1969as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968as Self - Guest
1968as Self - Guest
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955as Self
1955as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
1948as Self