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- NAME: Sarah Lois Vaughan
- OCCUPATION: Singer
- BIRTH DATE: March 27, 1924
- DEATH DATE: April 03, 1990
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Newark, New Jersey
- PLACE OF DEATH: Hidden Hills, California
- AKA: Sassy
- Nickname: the Divine One
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Sarah Vaughan was an American jazz vocalist with an incredibly rich and wide vocal range. Her nicknames were "Sassy" and "The Divine One."
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Sarah Vaughan was a jazz vocalist who sang in her church choir and then won an amateur contest at the famed Apollo Theatre in 1942. By the mid-1940s, she was appearing on television variety show, soon known by the nickname "Sassy." She had a three octave range and is regarded as one of the greatest of all jazz singers. She was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame the same year she died, 1990.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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