Sarah McLawler

Sarah McLawler (Louisville, Kentucky, 6 August 1926 - 12 September 2017) was an American jazz and blues singer, pianist and composer. During the Summer of 1950, Chicago independent label Premium signed vocalist-organist Sarah McLawler. She was born in Louisville and grew up in Chicago. She studied keyboards and music theory at Fisk University, and soon began working clubs in the Chicago area in the late 1940s. She headed an all female combo which included McLawler on piano, Lula Roberts on sax, Vi Wilson on bass, and Hetty Roberts on drums.