Sarah Vaughan "Hot N' Cold Melody"

[JAZZ8507]

I beleive you and thanks for the explanation!!!

[JAZZ8507]

james..I'm a big fan too and I'm sorry that you put only 3 videos of great Sassy

[jamesmaseobrown]

@JAZZ8507

Believe me, I did a lot of research and finding material isn't easy. IMDB is a good source, and where I found the one clip from a movie. I'm still trying to narrow down where to purchase or have access to some of the other stuff they list.

[waynebrasler]

This was one of many hit singles for Mercury. Working there she found paradise. She did pop for Mercury and jazz for EmArcy. She got to select the B sides of all her singles and otherwise sang whatever she was given and always made every song 10 times better than it originally was. Both she and Mercury made a fortune from their very fruitful partnership.

[MikeHudson65]

WOW this first song is not sounding like the usual Sarah Vaughan, great though. She was an amazing singer and so beautiful too.

[roarul]

I LOVE YOUTUBE for allowing us to share such amazing music!!! This is heaven!

[sj1and0]

Love her voice. So gorgeous!

[TruthSerum101]

Wow! The best.

[HR5308]

One of the greatest singers in jazz for ever!

[sugarfreemars]

Beautiful soul

[mozart722]

Sarah is absolutely amazing! I'm completely in love with her! I will have the regret about not have been born in her period, but I'll have her in my heart forever!

[fctchk]

And suddenly, opera was obsolete.

[DanyelHawkes]

fctchk that was a naive comment

[fctchk]

DanyelHawkes first time trying out a word new to your vocabulary? Not to worry, finding the right use for it improves with practice.

[DanyelHawkes]

dont get me wrong its a great song and she's amazing. But do you really know anything about the art of classical music? really? If so you wouldnt of made such a comment. but hey w/e right? cause im just testing out my vocabulary so what i say MUST be completely irrelevant.

[fctchk]

I considered the scores of Wagner to be perhaps the greatest body of work for voice and orchestra ever written by a single composer.

My comment was a spontaneous and heartfelt reaction to hearing Ms Vaughn for the first time in this setting.

Her art is "classic" - in a class by itself and moves the listener deeply without having to "know anything" about it,

She reaches a degree of unique and timeless individuality a "classical" singer shackled to the notes on the page never will.

[DanyelHawkes]

Wagner is great. Revolutionary. I understand his art but i, personally am not an activist in the "Wagnerian movement". Brahms Chopin pucinni and even handel is great.

i guess I can understand ur comment. Sarah, herself, is quite the legend!!!(understatement!!! a mager one)

[DanyelHawkes]

But saying that classical sigers are shackled to scores is probably a result of you never being exposed to the real beauty of the art. Classical music can be very mechanical if interpreted by "musicians" and not "artists.

Not many classical singers have broken that stereotype. But the few ones that have served so much more to the art of sining that any contemporary, pop, or jazz singer ever could.

[myagenee]

Powerful and unmatched.

[pholkins]

stunning.

[bos78]

She is my favorite female singer. Her voice is so smooth and crystal clear (does that make sense?) She was able to vocalize all the words so clearly and maintain a beautiful tone the entire time, while singing with great feeling. Really great.

[Wishes6336]

What! I love her style.  My new favorite artist!

[jamesmaseobrown]

Sarah was fabulous. This was done around the year I was born (1957), maybe a little earlier. By time I was a teen ager, she was in her 40's and I wasn't a really big fan. Recently, when I started viewing these clips during her younger days is when I became a devot\ut fan.