Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer, described as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".
Sarah Vaughan was a natural talent whose extraordinary vocal range, which she navigated fluidly, allowed her to reach operatic highs and rich lows. She earned the nickname of “Divine One” for her superb musicianship and was known as “Sassy” to friends.
Although Vaughan is usually considered a "Jazz Singer", she avoided classifying herself as such. Indeed, her approach to her "Jazz" work and her commercial "Pop" material was not radically different.
Vaughan stuck throughout her career to the jazz-infused style of music that she came of age with, only rarely dabbling in rock-era styles that usually did not suit her unique vocal talents.
Vaughan discussed the label in an 1982 interview : "I don't know why people call me a jazz singer, though I guess people associate me with jazz because I was raised in it, from way back. I'm not putting jazz down, but I'm not a jazz singer...What I want to do, music-wise, is all kinds of music that I like, and I like all kinds of music."
In 1982 she won a Grammy for Gershwin Live! and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 1989.
The video includes four songs from "Live In Sweden" on Swedish TV,1958.
"September In The Rain" by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, 1937
"Lover Man" by Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman, 1941
"Mean To Me" by Fred E. Ahlert & Roy Turk
"Tenderly" by Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence, 1946
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