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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan. Christina Chung #4 10/9/12. Birth place and date. Sarah Vaughan was born in the year 1924 and was raised by her parents in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey’s geographic feature of the Delaware River:. Instruments.

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Sarah Vaughan

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  1. Sarah Vaughan Christina Chung #4 10/9/12

  2. Birth place and date • Sarah Vaughan was born in the year 1924 and was raised by her parents in Newark, New Jersey. • New Jersey’s geographic feature of the Delaware River:

  3. Instruments • Sarah Vaughan has played the piano ever since she was seven years old. She sang songs and made popular albums.

  4. Influential Environment • She was surrounded by music as she grew up: her father was an amateur guitarist and her mother was a church vocalist. • She played the piano from the age of seven and at the age of twelve, became an organist and choir soloist at Mount Zion Baptist Church.

  5. Four Facts • Sarah Vaughan entered the Wednesday Night Amateur Contest when she was eighteen years old and won first place by singing the song “Body and Soul.” • After being in Billy Eckstine’s band for a year, she decided to try a solo career and her song “Tenderly,” was on the top of the charts by late 1947. • She won the Grammy for Best jazz Vocalist for her album “Gershwin Live” in 1982 in her late fifties. • Sarah Vaughan passed away at the age of 66 on the year 1990.

  6. Reference Material • October 8th 2005. About Sarah Vaughan. pbs.org. 10/16/12. http://school.nettrekker.com/goExternal?np=/sections/external/web/external.ftl&pp=/includes/widgets/errors/error.ftl&evlCode=269704&productName=school&al=Middle • Frank Driggs Collection. n.d. Sarah Vaughan. pbs.org.10/16/12. http://school.nettrekker.com/goExternal?np=/sections/external/web/external.ftl&pp=/includes/widgets/errors/error.ftl&evlCode=269704&productName=school&al=Middle • n.d. imgp5675.jpg. multimedialibrary.com. 10/16/12. http://school.nettrekker.com/goExternal?np=/sections/external/image/imageexternal.ftl&pp=/includes/widgets/errors/error.ftl&al=Middle&evlCode=1736067021145610EwrNUm&imageEvalID=697774&pass=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.multimedialibrary.com%2Fcamping%2Fdelaware%2Fimage%2Fimgp5675.jpg&imgClass=resultsWidth&productName=school&doNotRedirect=1 • David C. Kelvenzberg. n.d. What are historical keyboard instrumets. mhks.org. 10/16/12. http://school.nettrekker.com/goExternal?np=/sections/external/image/imageexternal.ftl&pp=/includes/widgets/errors/error.ftl&al=Middle&evlCode=80365&imageEvalID=229716&pass=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mhks.org%2Fpiano.jpg&imgClass=resultsHeight&productName=school&doNotRedirect=1

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