Sarah Vaughan's 100th Birthday (ft Covers by Chantal Chamberland)

Today (March 27, 2024) would have been American Jazz legend Sarah Vaughan's 100th birthday.

Biographic Highlights (From Wikipedia)

• Born in Newark, New Jersey (March 27, 1924)
• Won top prize at the Apollo Theater Amateur Night contest (1942)
• Started working with Earl Hines' band (April 4, 1943)
• Started solo career in 1945
• Started radio show, Songs by Sarah Vaughan (1949)
• Release first solo album: Sarah Vaughan (1950) 
• Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1985)
• Inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame (1988)
• Passed away on April 3, 1990
• Album Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown and the single If You Could See Me Now inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (1999)
• Single Tenderly  inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (2019)

Below are a few local musicians covering songs that Sarah made famous.

Video above courtesy of Chantal Chamberland - Topic

Links: Chantal Chamberland, More Chantal Chamberland Stories, Video above courtesy of Chantal Chamberland - Topic

And now a song from the lady herself

Links: Sarah Vaughan, Video above courtesy of Sarah Vaughan - Topic

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