Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame (1999) and the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame (2005).
She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 1, 1990.
Recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships award (2004).
Grammy Award Winner for Best New Artist, 1964. That same year, she also had her biggest hit single with "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" (Capitol: 1964).