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The other day, I went to this jazz-themed restaurant in California called "Mimi's" and they were actually playing Lena's "The Man I Love". Lena's soulful voice came floating out of the low murmur of the restaurant clientele, as they ate their food. They also played contemporaries like Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday and Judy Garland.
Also, Lena has made it to the 100 Greatest Women of Rock 'n' Roll on the VH-1 countdown program of the same name. The list includes greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington and Peggy Lee. Lena lands at Number 62. For the complete list, see the Top 100 Women of Rock 'n' Roll.
Some CDs
Cabin in the Sky : Original Soundtrack by Rhino
Lena Horne at MGM : Ain't It The Truth
Track Listing
Lena serves up the most delicious items on the menu -
her work at Metro, including all the outtake - high
points of the album include the only two Hugh Martin
songs she recorded for Metro - "Brazilian Boogie" and
"Love", her sleek and sassy Cole Porter song "Just
One of Those Things" from her debut movie "Panama
Hattie", all her "Cabin in the Sky" accomplishments,
two Rodgers and Hart staples "Where or When" and "The
Lady is a Tramp", both from their 1937 show "Babes in
Arms" and from her movie "Words and Music" (1948).
Stormy Weather (1943),
Original Soundtrack
Track Listing
Lena Horne : A&E Biography
Best of the RCA Years
Being Myself
The Great Vocalists of Jazz and Entertainment - Lena Horne : Stormy Weather
German 2-CD Set
CD 1
1. You're My Thrill (Clare-Gorney)
2. The Captain and His Men (Allen-Carrol)
3. Good For Nothin' Joe (Rube Bloom-Ted Koehler)
4. Haunted Town (Fogarty-Altman)
5. Love Me a Little Little (Orr-Smith-Holmes)
6. Don't Take Your Love From Me (Nemo)
7. Aunt Hagar's Blues (W. C. Handy)
8. Beale Street Blues (W. C. Handy)
9. St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy)
10. As Long As I Live (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler)
11. Where Or When (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
12. Ill Wind (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler)
13. Mad About the Boy (Noel Coward)
14. Out of Nowhere (Green-Heyman)
15. Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler)
16. The Man I Love (Ira Gershwin-George Gershwin)
17. Careless Love (Handy-Williams-Koenig)
18. I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues (Arlen-Koehler)
19. Prisoner of Love (Columbo-Robin)
20. One For My Baby (Arlen-Johnny Mercer)
21. I Didn't Know About You (Duke Ellington-Russell)
22. Moanin' Low (Ralph Rainger-Howard Dietz)
23. That's What Love Did To Me (Saul Chaplin-Sammy Cahn)
CD 2
1. The Sping (Music : Phil Moore, Lyric : Phil Moore, J. Le Gon, Alfred Moore)
2. Ain' It the Truth (Music : Harold Arlen, Lyric : E. Y. Harburg)
3. Honeysuckle Rose (Music : "Fats" Waller, Lyric : Andy Razaf)
4. You're So Indiff'rent (Music : Sammy Fain, Lyric : Mitchell Parish)
5. Jericho (Music : Robert Myers, Lyric : Leo Robin)
6. Brazilian Boogie (Hugh Martin-Ralph Blane)
7. Somebody Loves Me (Music : George Gershwin, Lyric : Buddy G. DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald)
8. Tete A Tete At Tea Time/Solid Potato Salad (Don Raye-Gene DePaul)
9. Paper Doll (Johnny S. Black)
10. Trembling Of a Leaf (Music : Johnny Green, Lyric : Jack Lawrence)
11. Love (Hugh Martin-Ralph Blane)
12. Can't Help Lovin' Dan Man (Music : Jerome Kern, Lyric : Oscar Hammerstein II)
13. Why Was I Born? (Music : Jerome Kern, Lyric : Oscar Hammerstein II)
14. Where Or When (Music: Richard Rodgers, Lyric : Lorenz Hart)
15. The Lady is a Tramp (Music: Richard Rodgers, Lyric : Lorenz Hart)
CD 1 has some great stuff on there!
Seems to me that the songs on the second CD have been
directly lifted from Rhino's "Lena Horne At M-G-M" CD.
The Lady
Tracks include "Good For Nothin' Joe",
"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)",
"Why Was I Born?", "Love", "The Lady is a Tramp",
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man",
"Take Me", "Old Devil Moon", "I Wish I Was Back in My Baby's Arms",
"Love Me Or Leave Me", "Stormy Weather",
"Honeysuckle Rose", "Night and Day" and "From This
Moment On".
Merry From Lena
More Than You Know
Some of The Best
We'll Be Together Again
Stormy Weather (1936-46)
Sirens of Swing : Great Songs
of the 30s and 40s (1999) by Platinum Entertainment, Inc.
Lena is featured on the cover of this 4-CD set along with
other great vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford, and
Billie Holiday. On Disc 1, she sings
"Little Girl Blue" with the
barest of accompaniments by Phil Moore and his
Orchestra and this helps
her pull the song off and convey the sense of sadness
effectively. The recording is from October 1946. "Little
Girl Blue" was originally written by Rodgers and Hart for
their 1935 show "Jumbo".
On Disc 4, she sings
"One For My Baby" with Horace Henderson's Orchestra,
recorded 21 November, 1944.
The other great recordings
and vocalists include "Happiness Is Just a Thing
Called Joe" by Frances Wayne (1945),
"I Wish I Didn't Love You So" by
Dinah Shore (1947), "It's Only a
Paper Moon" by Lee Wiley (1945),
"I Can't Believe That You're in
Love With Me" by Ella Fitzgerald (1941),
"Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)" by
Billie Holiday (1944) and
"La Vie En Rose" by Edith Piaf (1946).
This set is a must-have for your collection,
if you like those great female vocalists.
Track Listing from CD Now
The 40s : Hollywood's Best by Rhino
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"Paper Doll" from Two Girls And A Sailor (M-G-M, 1944)
Lena Horne & The M-G-M Studio Orchestra |
The 50s : Hollywood's Best by Rhino
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"If You Can Dream" from Meet Me In Las Vegas (M-G-M, 1956)
Lena Horne & The M-G-M Studio Orchestra
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George and Ira Gershwin in Hollywood by Rhino
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"Somebody Loves Me" from Broadway Rhythm (M-G-M, 1944)
Lena Horne & The M-G-M Studio Orchestra
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LPs
Lena Horne At the Cocoanut Grove (RCA)
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Side 1
1. The Surrey With the Fringe On Top
2. Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
Side 2
1. A Cock-Eyed Optimist
2. I Have Dreamed
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Lena Horne Sings
Side 1
1. 'Deed I Do
2. Can't Help Loving That Man
3. Is It Always Like This
4. Sometimes I'm Happy
Side 2
1. The Lady Is A Tramp
2. Where Or When
3. Love Of My Life
4. I've Got The World On A String
Track listing and cover scan courtesy of Rebekah Hurth
Lovely and Alive (RCA)
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Side 1
1. It's a Lonesome Old Town
2. Darn That Dream
3. What'll I Do
Side 2
1.The Rules Of The Road
2.I Wanna Be Loved
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Lena Music Links
- Blue Note Records' Page
Blue Note has released three Lena CDs : "Being Myself", "We'll Be Together Again" and "An Evening With Lena Horne".
- Time Life's picture of Lena at the Copacabana in 1948
- A portrait of Lena by Carol Friedman
- An autographed picture of Lena
- Lena on the cover of V-Disc CD
- Yahoo's Discography for Lena
- Comprehensive list of Lena albums from Sam Goody
- All Music Guide page on Lena
- Buy Lena at CDNow.com
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