# Sarah Vaughan albums discography

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. Vaughan's 1958 album titled Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin later would chart in the top 50 of the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart. In 1959, No Count Sarah (a collaborative release with the Count Basie Orchestra) reached the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart. Vaughan recorded three live records for Mercury Records during the 1950s, beginning with 1957's At Mister Kelly's.
In the 1960s, Vaughan recorded a series of albums for Roulette Records, beginning with 1960's ballad-focused Dreamy. She and the Count Basie Orchestra released a second studio album in 1961. The decade was further highlighted by further Roulette projects, such as the Sarah Slightly Classical (1963) and Sarah Sings Soulfully (1965). She later moved back to Mercury Records and released several albums beginning with the Latin-flavored ¡Viva! Vaughan. Her final album releases for Mercury were issued in 1967. Vaughan then recorded several albums for Mainstream Records between 1971 and 1974. This included 1973's Live in Japan. Additionally, an album with Michel Legrand reached the Billboard 200 chart during this time. 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. 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).

## Studio albums
### 1950s

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, showing other details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Trad. Jazz | UK |
| 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 | — | — |
| Images | 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 |
| Title | Album details | US |
| 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 |
| Title | Album details | US Jazz |
| 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 | Released: 1958 Label: Mercury Formats: LP |
| All Time Favorites by Sarah Vaughan | Released: 1963 Label: Mercury Formats: LP |
| The World of Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One Sings | Released: 1964 Label: Roulette Formats: LP |
| The Best of Sarah Vaughan | Released: 1983 Label: Pablo Formats: LP, cassette, CD |
| Walkman Jazz: Sarah Vaughan | Released: 1987 Label: Motown Records/Verve Formats: CD |
| The Complete Columbia Recordings (1949-1953) | 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 | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Jazz | US Trad. Jazz |
| The Roulette Years: Volume One/Two | Released: January 21, 1991 Label: Roulette Formats: CD | — | — |
| The Singles Sessions | Released: March 18, 1991 Label: Roulette Formats: CD | — | — |
| The Essential Sarah Vaughan: The Great Songs | Released: 1992 Label: Verve Formats: Cassette, CD | — | — |
| Jazz 'Round Midnight: Sarah Vaughan | Released: 1992 Label: Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| Sassy Sings and Swings | Released: 1992 Label: EMI Formats: Cassette, CD | — | — |
| 16 Most Requested Songs | Released: 1993 Label: Columbia/Legacy Formats: CD | — | — |
| Verve Masters 18: Sarah Vaughan | Released: April 19, 1994 Label: Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| The Benny Carter Sessions | Released: 1994 Label: Blue Note/Capitol Formats: CD | — | — |
| The Essence of Sarah Vaughan | Released: 1994 Label: Legacy Formats: Cassette, CD | — | — |
| Favorites | 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 | Released: 1995 Label: Polygram/Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| This Is Jazz, Vol. 20 | Released: September 24, 1996 Label: Columbia Formats: CD | — | — |
| Ultimate Sarah Vaughan | Released: November 4, 1997 Label: Verve Formats: CD | — | 22 |
| Four by Four (with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington) | Released: January 26, 1999 Label: Polygram/Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| Quiet Now: Dreamsville | Released: January 25, 2000 Label: Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| Sarah Vaughan's Finest Hour | 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 | Released: February 18, 2003 Label: Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| Diva | Released: May 20, 2003 Label: Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| Sarah Vaughan Sings the Standards | Released: September 23, 2003 Label: EMI Formats: CD | — | — |
| Love Songs | Released: December 28, 2004 Label: Legacy/Sony Formats: CD | — | — |
| Beautiful | Released: April 5, 2005 Label: Sony Formats: CD | — | — |
| The Genius of Sarah Vaughan | Released: April 25, 2005 Label: Verve Formats: CD | — | — |
| Send in the Clowns: The Very Best of Sarah Vaughan | Released: August 1, 2006 Label: Columbia/Legacy Formats: CD | — | — |
| Gold | 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 | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Jazz | US Trad. Jazz |
| 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 | Released: 1977 Label: Pye Records Formats: LP | — | — |
| Gershwin Live! (with Michael Tilson Thomas and the Los Angeles Philharmonic) | Released: 1982 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | — | — |
| In the City of Lights | Released: 1999 Label: Justin Time Formats: CD | — | — |
| Live at the 1971 Monterey Jazz Festival | Released: August 21, 2007 Label: Concord Formats: CD, music download | 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 | Released: 1987 Label: Polygram Formats: CD |
| The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury, Vol. 2: Sings Great American Songs (1956-1957) | 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 |
| The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury, Vol. 4, Pts. 1 and 2: (1963-1967) | Released: 1987 Label: Mercury Formats: CD |
| Divine: The Jazz Albums: 1954-1958 | 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 | Released: 1953 Label: Remington Formats: EP |
| 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 |
| "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" | 1969 | — | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (soundtrack) |
| "Lost Weekend" | 1977 | Godley & Creme | Consequences |
| "Blue" | 1984 | Barry Manilow | 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe |
| "Bali Ha'i" | 1986 | — | South Pacific (soundtrack) |
| "Happy Talk" | 1986 | — | South Pacific (soundtrack) |
| "Wee B. Dooinit" | 1989 | Quincy Jones | Back on the Block |
| "Jazz Corner of the World" | 1989 | Quincy Jones | Back on the Block |
| "Birdland" | 1989 | Quincy Jones | Back on the Block |
| "Setembro" | 1989 | Quincy Jones | Back on the Block |