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Sarah Vaughan

1924 - 1990

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Sarah Lois Vaughan (, March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Vaughan is the 83rd most popular singer (down from 68th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from United States (down from 405th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Singer.

Sarah Vaughan is most famous for her jazz vocal style and for being the first African-American woman to sing with a major symphony orchestra.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sarah Vaughan ranks 83 out of 4,381. Before her are Ian Gillan, Billie Holiday, Ice Cube, Françoise Hardy, Salvatore Adamo, and Amália Rodrigues. After her are Miriam Makeba, Prince, Alla Pugacheva, Morrissey, France Gall, and The Notorious B.I.G..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Sarah Vaughan ranks 19. Before her are James Black, Süleyman Demirel, Khamtai Siphandon, Jean-François Lyotard, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Maurice Jarre. After her are Georges Charpak, Lauren Bacall, Roger Guillemin, Jacques Le Goff, Sergei Parajanov, and Paul Feyerabend. Among people deceased in 1990, Sarah Vaughan ranks 15. Before her are Yun Posun, Ava Gardner, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, B. F. Skinner, Roald Dahl, and Pavel Cherenkov. After her are Sergei Parajanov, Norbert Elias, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Ronald Evans, Ilya Frank, and John Bowlby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Vaughan ranks 540 out of 20,380. Before her are Gertrude Stein (1874), Harriet Tubman (1820), Joe Frazier (1944), Willem Dafoe (1955), Jim Belushi (1954), and Kim Basinger (1953). After her are Daniel Boone (1734), Joseph Henry (1797), Anne Hathaway (1982), Buffalo Bill (1846), Robert Woodrow Wilson (1936), and Danny Trejo (1944).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Sarah Vaughan ranks 36. Before her are Eminem (1972), Harry Nilsson (1941), Jennifer Lopez (1969), Stevie Wonder (1950), Billie Holiday (1915), and Ice Cube (1969). After her are Prince (1958), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), Steven Tyler (1948), Glen Campbell (1936), Tiny Tim (1932), and Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944).

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