Sarah Vaughan albums discography

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Sarah Vaughan albums discography
Sarah Vaughan performs at the White House in 1977.
Sarah Vaughan at the White House, 1977.
Studio albums48
Live albums10
Compilation albums35
EPs2
Box sets5
Other appearances8

The albums discography of American jazz artist Sarah Vaughan contains 48 studio albums, ten live albums, 35 compilation albums, two extended plays, five box sets and eight album appearances. Her debut studio album was issued in 1950 and was followed by her second self-titled studio recording was released on EmArcy Records in 1954. The later was a collaborative effort with Clifford Brown.[1] Vaughan's 1958 album titled Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin later would chart in the top 50 of the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[2] In 1959, No Count Sarah (a collaborative release with the Count Basie Orchestra) reached the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart.[3] Vaughan recorded three live records for Mercury Records during the 1950s, beginning with 1957's At Mister Kelly's.[4]

In the 1960s, Vaughan recorded a series of albums for Roulette Records, beginning with 1960's ballad-focused Dreamy.[5] She and the Count Basie Orchestra released a second studio album in 1961.[6] The decade was further highlighted by further Roulette projects, such as the Sarah Slightly Classical (1963) and Sarah Sings Soulfully (1965).[7] She later moved back to Mercury Records and released several albums beginning with the Latin-flavored ¡Viva! Vaughan.[8] Her final album releases for Mercury were issued in 1967.[7] Vaughan then recorded several albums for Mainstream Records between 1971 and 1974.[9] This included 1973's Live in Japan.[7] Additionally, an album with Michel Legrand reached the Billboard 200 chart during this time.[10] Vaughan then recorded for Pablo Records and released several albums through 1982, ending with Crazy and Mixed Up. Her final studio effort was 1987's Brazilian Romance.[7] In later years, her compilation albums would reach charting Billboard positions on the Jazz charts. This included Ken Burns Jazz (2000) and Sarah for Lovers (2003).[2]

Studio albums[]

1950s[]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, showing other details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Trad.
Jazz

[2]
UK
[3]
Sarah Vaughan
(with George Treadwell and his All Stars)
  • Released: 1950
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan
(with Clifford Brown)
  • Released: 1954
  • Label: EmArcy
  • Formats: LP
In the Land of Hi-Fi
  • Released: 1955
  • Label: EmArcy
  • Formats: LP
Sassy
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: EmArcy
  • Formats: LP
Swingin' Easy
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: EmArcy
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan in a Romantic Mood
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing
the Best of Irving Berlin

(with Billy Eckstine)
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great
Songs from Hit Shows
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
(with Hal Mooney & His Orchestra)
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
44
No Count Sarah
(with Count Basie Orchestra)
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
19
Vaughan and Violins
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
The Magic of Sarah Vaughan
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1960s[]

List of studio albums, showing all relevant details
Title Album details
Close to You
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Dreamy
  • Released: April 19, 1960
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
The Divine One
  • Released: December 1960
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
My Heart Sings
  • Released: 1961
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan
(with Count Base Orchestra)
  • Released: 1961
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
After Hours
  • Released: September 1, 1961
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
You're Mine You
  • Released: March 1962
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
Sarah + 2
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Sings Soulfully
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
Snowbound
  • Released: October 1962
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Slightly Classical
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
Star Eyes
  • Released: September 1963
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
The Lonely Hours
  • Released: March 1964
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
Vaughan with Voices
  • Released: July 1964
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Sweet 'n' Sassy
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
¡Viva! Vaughan
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini
Songbook
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Pop Artistry of Sarah Vaughan
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
The New Scene
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
It's a Man's World
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Sassy Swings Again
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP

1970s[]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, showing other details
Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
US
[10]
A Time in My Life
  • Released: December 1971
  • Label: Mainstream
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand
(with Michel Legrand)
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Mainstream
  • Formats: LP
173
Feelin' Good
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Mainstream
  • Formats: LP
Send in the Clowns
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Mainstream
  • Formats: LP
I Love Brazil!
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette
How Long Has This Been Going On?
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Copacabana
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s[]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, showing other details
Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
US Jazz
[2]
Songs of the Beatles
  • Released: April 9, 1981
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Send in the Clowns
(with Count Basie Orchestra)
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Crazy and Mixed Up
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette
The Planet Is Alive...Let It Live!
  • Released: June 30, 1984
  • Label: Kokopelli
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Brazilian Romance
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
4
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums[]

1950s–1980s[]

List of compilation albums, showing all relevant details
Title Album details
Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi
  • Released: 1955
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
After Hours
  • Released: 1955
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
Sarah Vaughan's Golden Hits[11]
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
All Time Favorites by Sarah Vaughan[12]
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
The World of Sarah Vaughan: The Divine
One Sings
[13]
  • Released: 1964
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: LP
The Best of Sarah Vaughan[14]
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Pablo
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
Walkman Jazz: Sarah Vaughan[15]
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Motown Records/Verve
  • Formats: CD
The Complete Columbia Recordings
(1949-1953)
[16]
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Columbia/Sony
  • Formats: CD

1990s–2010s[]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, showing other details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Jazz

[17]
US
Trad.
Jazz

[2]
The Roulette Years: Volume One/Two[18]
  • Released: January 21, 1991
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: CD
The Singles Sessions[19]
  • Released: March 18, 1991
  • Label: Roulette
  • Formats: CD
The Essential Sarah Vaughan: The Great
Songs
[20]
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Jazz 'Round Midnight: Sarah Vaughan[21]
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
Sassy Sings and Swings[22]
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
16 Most Requested Songs[23]
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
  • Formats: CD
Verve Masters 18: Sarah Vaughan[24]
  • Released: April 19, 1994
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
The Benny Carter Sessions[25]
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Blue Note/Capitol
  • Formats: CD
The Essence of Sarah Vaughan[26]
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Favorites[27]
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
Jazz Ladies
(with Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae)
  • Released: March 15, 1994
  • Label: Laserlight
  • Formats: CD
47 21
Jazz Masters 42: Sarah Vaughan: The
Jazz Sides
[28]
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Polygram/Verve
  • Formats: CD
This Is Jazz, Vol. 20[29]
  • Released: September 24, 1996
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD
Ultimate Sarah Vaughan
  • Released: November 4, 1997
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
22
Four by Four[30]
(with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Dinah
Washington
)
  • Released: January 26, 1999
  • Label: Polygram/Verve
  • Formats: CD
Quiet Now: Dreamsville[31]
  • Released: January 25, 2000
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
Sarah Vaughan's Finest Hour[32]
  • Released: June 13, 2000
  • Label: Polygram/Verve
  • Formats: CD
Ken Burns Jazz: Sarah Vaughan
  • Released: November 7, 2000
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
12 12
The Definitive Sarah Vaughan
  • Released: September 24, 2002
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
24
Sarah For Lovers
  • Released: January 28, 2003
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
31 14
The Very Best of
Sarah Vaughan
[33]
  • Released: February 18, 2003
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
Diva[34]
  • Released: May 20, 2003
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
Sarah Vaughan Sings the Standards[35]
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD
Love Songs[36]
  • Released: December 28, 2004
  • Label: Legacy/Sony
  • Formats: CD
Beautiful[37]
  • Released: April 5, 2005
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
The Genius of Sarah Vaughan[38]
  • Released: April 25, 2005
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD
Send in the Clowns: The Very Best of Sarah Vaughan[39]
  • Released: August 1, 2006
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
  • Formats: CD
Gold[40]
  • Released: October 9, 2007
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums[]

List of live albums, with selected chart positions, showing other details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Jazz

[17]
US
Trad.
Jazz

[2]
At Mister Kelly's
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
After Hours at the London House
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Sassy Swings the Tivoli
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: LP
Live in Japan
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Mainstream
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles
Quintet
  • Released: June 1975
  • Label: Mainstream
  • Formats: LP
Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan
Live
Gershwin Live!
(with Michael Tilson Thomas and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic)
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
In the City of Lights
Live at the 1971 Monterey Jazz Festival 50
Live at Rosy's
  • Released: March 25, 2016
  • Label: Resonance
  • Formats: CD
10 6
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets[]

List of box sets, showing all relevant details
Title Album details
The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury,
Vol. 1
[41]
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Polygram
  • Formats: CD
The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury,
Vol. 2: Sings Great American Songs
(1956-1957)[42]
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Polygram
  • Formats: CD
The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury,
Vol. 3: Great Show on Stage (1954-1956)
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Polygram
  • Formats: CD[43]
The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury,
Vol. 4, Pts. 1 and 2: (1963-1967)
[44]
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD
Divine: The Jazz Albums: 1954-1958[45]
  • Releases: March 19, 2013
  • Label: Verve
  • Formats: CD, music download

Extended plays[]

List of extended plays, showing all relevant details
Title Album details
Hot Jazz
The Divine Sarah Sings
  • Released: 1954
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: EP

Other album appearances[]

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album Ref.
"I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" 1969 N/A Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (soundtrack) [46]
"Blue" 1984 Barry Manilow 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe [47]
"Bali Ha'i" 1986 N/A South Pacific (soundtrack) [48]
"Happy Talk"
"Wee B. Dooinit" 1989 Quincy Jones Back on the Block [49]
"Jazz Corner of the World"
"Birdland"
"Setembro"

References[]

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  19. ^ "The Singles Sessions: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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  21. ^ "Jazz 'Round Midnight: Sarah Vaughan: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Sassy Sings and Swings: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  23. ^ "16 Most Requested Songs: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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  25. ^ "The Benny Carter Sessions: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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  28. ^ "Jazz Masters 42: Sarah Vaughan: The Jazz Sides: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  29. ^ "This Is Jazz, Vol. 20: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  30. ^ "Four by Four: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  31. ^ "Quiet Now: Dreamsville: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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  35. ^ "Sarah Vaughan Sings the Standards: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  36. ^ "Love Songs: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  37. ^ "Beautiful: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  38. ^ "The Genius of Sarah Vaughan: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  39. ^ "Send in the Clowns: The Very Best of Sarah Vaughan: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  40. ^ "Gold: Releases". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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  48. ^ "South Pacific: Various artists". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  49. ^ "Back on the Block: Quincy Jones". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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