1960Nominee
Best Performance
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Sarah Vaughan
Actor
Newark, New Jersey, USA
March 27, 1924
Biography
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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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2018Winner
Best Performance
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
2012Nominee
Best Performance
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Performance
Quincy Jones, Music Man
1955Highlight
Best Performance
Rhythm and Blues Revue
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