Durante su época en Columbia hasta 1953, Vaughan cantó casi exclusivamente baladas que se convirtieron en estándars de gran éxito comercial como "That Lucky Old Sun", "Make Believe (You Are Glad When You're Sorry)", "I'm Crazy to Love You", "Our Very Own", "I Love the Guy", "Thinking of You" (con el pianista Bud Powell), "I Cried for You", "These Things I Offer You", "Vanity", "I Ran All the Way Home", "Saint or Sinner", "My Tormented Heart" y "Time" entre otras.