This is FRESH AIR. Jazz and pop and classical singer Sarah Vaughan was born 100 years ago today in Newark, N.J. As a girl, she sang in church in Newark before breaking into show business at New York's ...
PITTSFIELD — Through the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan was one of the most popular singers in America. She had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame.