Sarah Vaughan
The Divine One.
Sarah Vaughan at Café Society in New York City, circa August 1946
About The artist
Along with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, the Divine One completes the holy trinity of female jazz singers. Sarah Vaughan was one of the first singers to fully incorporate bop phrasing in her singing. Ella Fitzgerald called her the world’s “greatest singing talent.”
Did you know...
Sarah Vaughan's first husband, George Treadwell was the manager of the Doo-Wop group The Drifters and the R&B singer Ruth Brown.
