Sassy

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Sassy is the nickname of Sarah Vaughan, the legendary American jazz singer renowned for her rich, expressive voice and virtuosic vocal technique.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
jazz singer
nickname
activeYearsStart 1940s
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female NERFINISHED
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED
NEA Jazz Masters Award NERFINISHED
birthDate 1924-03-27
birthPlace Newark, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1990-04-03
deathPlace Hidden Hills, California, United States NERFINISHED
fullName Sarah Lois Vaughan NERFINISHED
genre bebop
jazz
traditional pop
vocal jazz
influenced Aretha Franklin NERFINISHED
Cassandra Wilson NERFINISHED
Dianne Reeves NERFINISHED
influencedBy Billie Holiday NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
instrument piano
voice
knownFor rich, expressive voice
virtuosic vocal technique
memberOf Billy Eckstine's band NERFINISHED
Earl Hines Orchestra NERFINISHED
nickname Sassy NERFINISHED
The Divine One NERFINISHED
notableEvent won Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem
notableWork album "Sarah Vaughan" (1954, often called the "Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown" album) NERFINISHED
song "Broken-Hearted Melody" NERFINISHED
song "Lullaby of Birdland" NERFINISHED
song "Misty" NERFINISHED
song "Tenderly" NERFINISHED
occupation bandleader
pianist
singer
placeOfBurial Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED
recordLabel Columbia Records
EmArcy Records NERFINISHED
Mercury Records
Pablo Records NERFINISHED
Roulette Records NERFINISHED
refersTo Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED
vocalRange contralto

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Sarah Vaughan alsoKnownAs Sassy