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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Sassy canonical 3

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

song "Misty" ⓘ
song "Tenderly" ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
EmArcy Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
Pablo Records ⓘ
Roulette Records ⓘ
refersTo Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
vocalRange contralto ⓘ

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Sarah Vaughan → alsoKnownAs → Sassy ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan → nickname → Sassy ⓘ
subject linked to: Sassy
Sarah Vaughan → alsoKnownAs → Sassy ⓘ
subject linked to: Sarah