Marvelous Sarah Vaughan, pictured here in 1958, was born on this day in 1924 in Newark, New Jersey.

Sarah Vaughan shot by Charles “Teenie” Harris with legendary Pittsburgh Courier reporter Frank Bolden (far left) and friends in an undated photo. I’m guessing late 1940s.

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Sarah Vaughan — Over The Rainbow (live)

Sarah Vaughan — Over The Rainbow (live)

(Source: oldhollywood)

Sarah Vaughan sings “Perdido.”

Dorothy Dandridge and Sarah Vaughan Jet, April 16, 1953.

At Sarah Vaughan Opening: Glamorous singer Dorothy Dandridge was among the scores of well-wishers who welcomed home star songstress Sarah Vaughan, just back from Paris, in her opening at New York’s Birdland Cafe. 

Sarah Vaughan in a 1959 Rheingold beer ad. 

Sarah Vaughan rehearsing in 1950.

Sarah Vaughan and Dorothy Dandridge in Jet, April 16, 1953.

At Sarah Vaughan Opening: Glamorous singer Dorothy Dandridge was among the scores of well-wishers who welcomed home star songstress Sarah Vaughan, just back from Paris, in her opening at New York’s Birdland Cafe. 

Sarah Vaughan sings “Perdido.”

Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.