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Author:

Hayes, Elaine M., author.

Title:

Queen of bebop : the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan / Elaine M. Hayes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Eccoan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Vaughan, Sarah,--1924-1990.
Jazz singers--United States--Biography.
African American women--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-401) and index.

Contents:

Part I: An artist is born, 1924-1947. "There was no sign of any kind of voice" ; "Ah mon vieux, this chick is groovy!" ; "I'm not singing other people's ideas" ; "The most talked about voice in America" -- Part II: A star is born, 1948-1958. "The girl with the magic voice" ; "She's vaughanderful. She's marvelous" ; "Sarah Vaughan and her Pygmalion" ; "Sarah Vaughan is finally on the way to the pot of gold" ; "The high priestess of jazz" -- Part III: A career is reborn, 1959-1990. "They say you can't teach new tricks to old dogs--so get new dogs!" ; "The no. 1 singer of a decade ago" ; "I'm not a jazz singer. I'm a singer" ; "Here I go again" ; "The Marian Anderson of modern jazz" ; "I'm just coming into my prime" -- Epilogue: "The greatest vocal artist of our century"

ISBN:

0062364685
9780062364685

OCLC:

(OCoLC)992118662

LCCN:

bl2017020231

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)