Vera Sanford

Vera Sanford was a Chicago, USA lounge artist who auditioned for the NBC Johnny Carson show In 1956, she joined to a vocal quartet Opus de Four, Chicago, 1956-60 (Vocal group) = John Outterbridge, John Esterridge, Sam Bowens, Vera Sanford "Most of the original music was written by the group' tenor, John Esterridge. The other singers were Sam Bowens, a baritone, and Vera sanford, whose voice was compared to Sarah Vaughan's." From "South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s" By Kellie Jones Karen Anne Mason, interview with John Outterbridge (1993), African American Artists in Los Angeles, pages 135-138