Today in 1924, legendary jazz singer Sarah Lois Vaughan was born. Nicknamed “Sassy” and “The Divine One” Vaughan was a four-time Grammy Award winner, including a “Lifetime Achievement Award” and the National Endowment for the Arts gave her the NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. (Top 10 Sarah Vaughan Songs
#10—Tenderly
#9—I’ts Magic
#8—How Important Can It Be
#7—Nature Boy
#6—Black Coffee
#5—That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
#4—Passing Strangers (featuring Billy Eckstine)
#3—If You Could See Now
#2—Broken Hearted Melody
#1—Send In The Clowns
Complete article & list by Millie Zeller—Classic Rock History (1922)
Picture: Sarah Vaughan in 1963-Riccardo Schwamenthal/CTSIMAGES/Courtesy of Resonance Records
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