Sarah Vaughan
Musician
Bill Putnam...Universal Recording in Chicago. His reputation grew quickly thanks to his work with artists as Patti Page, Vic Damone, Duke Ellington , Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Little Walter, and Dinah Washington. His period at Universal saw a number... In this article: Bill Putnam Sr, Patti Page, Les Paul, Hollywood, Universal, Frank Sinatra, and WDZ |
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National Public Radio | October 17, 2009
Ran Blake: Solo Piano, In Concert
...I first heard "Dancing in the Dark," but certainly know I've always loved it. Most listeners are familiar with the definitive version by Sarah Vaughan on Mercury. Martin Williams loved her last note, but I remember telling him that the...
In this article: Ran Blake, Gunther Schuller, George Russell, Nat King Cole, Mahalia Jackson, Abbey Lincoln, and Billie Holiday
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Wikipedia | July 11, 2009
Poor Butterfly
...Should I Cry Over You? ") Sarah Vaughan released by Mercury Records in the United States as catalog number 71085 and in Australia as catalog number 45169, both with the flip side "April Give Me One More Day" Paul Weston Orchestra...
In this article: Columbia Records, Decca Records, Poor Butterfly, Coral Records, Capitol Records, Mercury Records, Madame Butterfly, Pathe Records, and Dot Records
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Wikipedia | October 01, 2009
Belford Hendricks
...Song. As Hendricks' stature as an arranger grew, it was inevitable that Mercury Records would pair him with one of their biggest names, Sarah Vaughan, for some of the great jazz singer's forays onto more commercial territory. His...
In this article: Belford Hendricks, Brook Benton, United States, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Clyde Otis, Al Martino, and New York
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Wikipedia | September 17, 2009
Bob Shad
...Records, where he founded the EmArcy label. There he produced, among others, jazz musicians Sarah Vaughan, Maynard Ferguson, the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet Billy Eckstine and Dinah Washington. He also worked in pop (with Patti Page, Vic...
In this article: Bob Shad, Janis Joplin, Pete Yellin, The Platters, Maynard Ferguson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Patti Page, Ted Nugent, Clifford Brown, and Brownie McGhee
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Wikipedia | May 29, 2009
Irving Green
...co-founder and president of Mercury Records. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was instrumental in promoting African-American artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and the Platters. In 1945, he founded Mercury Records, in Chicago,...
In this article: Irving Green, Mercury Records, Berle Adams, Quincy Jones, Dinah Washington, and Brooklyn
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Wikipedia | September 16, 2009
EmArcy Records
...Mercury early in 1958, Jack Tracy took over producing the likes of Roach and Cannonball Adderley, he also began to produce singers like Vaughan and Washington in a style that was increasingly distant from the normal jazz string orchestra...
In this article: EmArcy Records, Bob Shad, Mercury Records, Irving Green, Clifford Brown, Dinah Washington, Clyde Otis, and Philips Electronics
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Wikipedia | November 22, 2008
Hal Mooney
...the late 1960s. There, he provided arrangements for another raft of top singers, including Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Helen Merrill, Ernestine Anderson and, on Mercury's parent label, Philips Records, Nina Simone. Mooney was...
In this article: Hal Mooney, Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin, Nina Simone, Mercury Records, Joseph Schillinger, Dinah Washington, Brooklyn, and Hollywood
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NPR | July 18, 2008
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One : NPR Music
...by Quincy Jones, Benny Carter, and Gerald Wilson. In 1978, she recorded a legendary album with pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Louie Bellson. She followed this with two albums of Duke Ellington's...
In this article: George Gershwin, Billy Eckstine, Mercury, Grammy Award, Oscar Peterson, Quincy Jones, Marian McPartland, and Duke Ellington
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
Sarah Vaughan
...to show for their efforts other than some excellent records. When her contract with Roulette ended in 1963, Vaughan returned to the more familiar confines of Mercury Records. In the Summer of 1963, Vaughan went to Denmark with producer...
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Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One") (March 27 1924, – April 3 1990) was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".
Sarah Vaughan was a three time Grammy Award winner. The National Endowment for the Arts bestowed upon her its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989.
- Also Known As:
- "Sassy", "The Divine One"
- Years Active:
- 1942–1989
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