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| | VH1.com : Lena Horne : Biography |
 | | She re-signed to RCA yet again and produced two LPs, Lena and Michel, accompanied by Michel Legrand, in 1975 and Lena, a New Album in 1976. | | | Horne parted ways with RCA in 1946 and signed to the tiny Black & White Records label, for which she recorded that fall. | | | The label also signed Horne and had her record a new album, Nature's Baby, released in the spring of 1971, on which she covered contemporary pop/rock songs by Elton John, Leon Russell, and Paul McCartney. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Lena Horne |
| | Her 1959 album Porgy and Bess, recorded with American singer Harry Belafonte, made the Billboard magazine top-30 album charts, and her 1955 recording of the song “Love Me or Leave Me” reached the Billboard top-20 singles charts. | | | Horne sang with the orchestra of American composer Noble Sissle from 1935 to 1936, and later with the big band of American saxophonist Charlie Barnet. | | | In 1994 Horne sang with popular vocalist Frank Sinatra on his album Duets II. |
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| | New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lena Horne (b. 1917) |
| | She toured with Charlie Barnet's band from 1940 to 1941 and, in doing so, was the first African American to tour with an all-white band. | | | Her stage career continued into her sixties with the autobiographical show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which debuted on Broadway in 1981 before touring the country. | | | A few years later she began singing with touring dance bands, making her recording debut with Noble Sissle's band in 1936. |
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| | Lena Horne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | While she has recorded and performed extensively with jazz musicians (notably Artie Shaw and Teddy Wilson), she is usually not considered a jazz singer because she does not improvise. | | | Remixed by her longtime producer Rodney Jones, the recordings sound wonderful and include versions of such signature songs as 'Something To Live For', 'Chelsea Bridge' and 'Stormy Weather'." The album, originally titled Soul but renamed Seasons of My Life, was recorded in 1999 but remained unreleased for six years. | | | She appeared in Broadway musicals several times and in 1958 was nominated for the Tony Award for "Best Actress in a Musical." In 1981 she received a Special Tony Award for her show, Lena Horne: "The Lady and Her Music". |
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| | Solid! -- Lena Horne |
| | She was unable to stay in the same hotels as the rest of the band, she wasn't allowed to use the dressing rooms at theatres, and she wasn't allowed to sit on stage with the band in between numbers. | | | Never really a jazz singer, since she does not improvise, Lena Horne is one of the great pop vocalists of all time. | | | Horne left Hollywood in the early 1950s to concentrate on her singing. |
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| | Solid! -- Lena Horne: Stormy Weather |
| | Featured on this CD are two songs each from Lena's stints with Charlie Barnet and Artie Shaw, as well as work under her own name during the war years, including the famous ''Stormy Weather,'' a song forever linked to her and the highlight of the album. | | | Later in her career Lena developed a louder, more out-front vocal style which dominated the music, as was common in the post-war era. | | | This is perhaps the best collection of Lena Horne material released to date, especially if you're a fan of music from the 1930s and 1940s. |
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| | Lena Horne receives honorary degree |
| | Horne could not stay at the same hotel as the other band members, could not use the theatre's dressing room and had to change in the bus, and could not sit on stage with the other musicians between musical numbers. | | | She was blacklisted because of her left-wing associations (notably her friendship with Paul Robeson) and that meant no film work in Hollywood, no radio and television broadcasts, and no music recording. | | | In 1935, Horne left dancing and became a singer in the black band Noble Sissle's Society Orchestra. |
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| | Class Act: Lena Horne |
| | She has performed many concerts and recorded a slew of albums. | | | The title song, sung by Lena, became one of her trademark numbers. | | | Her first MGM role was uncredited, as a singer in a club in the 1942 Ann Sothern musical Panama Hattie. |
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| | Lena Horne : Back in My Baby's Arms - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | The single's B-side was "Silent Spring," a song written by Horne's longtime collaborators Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg that meditated on the murder of four black girls in a church bombing in Birmingham, AL, on September 15, 1963. | | | Horne, performing before an orchestra, gives the songs her usual precise, impassioned readings. | | | This budget compilation primarily collects recordings made by Lena Horne for 20th Century-Fox Records in the early '60s. |
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http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1674351,00.html
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| | Rock & Roll Library - Lena Horne's home page. |
| | Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Horne continued to record and perform the jazz standards for which she was best known. | | | In 1941, Horne moved to Los Angeles, where she signed a contract with RCA Records and recorded her debut album, Moanin’ Low. | | | In 1971, Horne recorded Nature’s Baby, which included her renditions of pop songs by artists like Elton John and Paul McCartney. |
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| | Lena Horne |
| | Hornes illustrious career spans 60 plus years on the stage, screen, and in the recording studio. | | | Horne's achievements on stage, screen and recording speak of a star for all times, a cultural icon. | | | She was loaned to Century Fox to do a musical revue based on the life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and the title song from that film "Stormy Weather" remains one of Horne's signature standards. |
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| | Amazon.com: Evening With Lena Horne: DVD: Lena Horne |
| | Now Lena Horne presents the performance of a lifetime: a spectacular birthday concert filled with immortal songs, unforgettable memories and sheer musical magic. | | | Horne sounds maybe 60 at the latest and looks 45 on the cover. | | | She has electrified audiences in nightclubs, movies and concert halls for nearly half a century. |
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| | NewStandard: 11/25/96 |
| | Horne says she got her start in show business because of her looks, not talent, and learned about music from working musicians. | | | She expands on that to a reporter, citing early help coming from Kay Thompson, who coached her in MGM musicals. | | | Horne sings "Yesterday When I Was Young" with telling intensity. |
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http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-96/11-25-96/b02ae044.htm
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| | Online NewsHour: Lena Horne's 80th Birthday-- June 30, 1997 |
| | MARGARET WARNER: For more about the legendary Lena Horne we're joined by a friend, singer Nancy Wilson, who recently released her 60th recording. | | | LENA HORNE: (singing) --can't help lovin' that man of mine. | | | Still, her early roles were limited to one or two songs that could be excised easily for segregated Southern theaters. |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/june97/horne_6-30.html
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| | Turner Classic Movies This Month Article |
| | Horne's MGM contract began with one of her "specialty" appearances, singing "Just One of These Things" in the Cole Porter musical Panama Hattie (1942), starring Ann Sothern. | | | An exotic beauty with velvet skin, flashing eyes and a uniquely vibrant voice, she was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major film studio (MGM). | | | Her first film role was in the low-budget, all-black musical The Duke Is Tops (1938), in which she plays a young singer with a small-time band who gets a shot at Broadway. |
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http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/ThisMonth/Article/0,,9933599336,00.html
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| | St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Lena Horne |
| | Horne's renditions of old standards like "My Buddy" and "Willow Weep for Me" mix poignancy with wit, echoing the experiences of a full and courageous life. | | | After her Broadway success, Horne's recording career also blossomed, with releases like We'll Be Together Again (1994) and Being Myself (1998), which she produced at the age of 81. | | | Although she enjoyed singing the songs of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg in the musical Jamaica, which opened in 1957, she hated her part; that of a silly island woman in love with American consumer goods. |
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| | Denny Jackson's Lena Horne Page |
| | Her song by the same name became a big hit on the musical charts. | | | In 1943, MGM loaned Lena to Fox Studios for the role of Selina Rogers in the all-black musical, STORMY WEATHER. | | | Afterwards, Lena's musical career flourished while her movie career stagnated. |
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| | Lena Horne |
| | Lena Horne releases new album after more than a decade, but says, "I really do hate to sing." (Cover Story) (Interview) (Jet) | | | New album from Lena Horne, '8th wonder of the world' (Michigan Chronicle) | | | Profile: Remembering singer Lena Horne on her 85th birthday (Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)) |
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| | Lena's Music |
| | Comprehensive list of Lena albums from Sam Goody | | | Seems to me that the songs on the second CD have been directly lifted from Rhino's "Lena Horne At M-G-M" CD. | | | 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. |
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| | SHE PROFILES: LENA HORNE |
| | Lena Horne recorded with Teddy Wilson in the late '30s and sang with Charlie Barnet's big band during 1940-41. | | | Her stunning looks and electric voice captivated the audience and she soon became a popular singer with bands such as those of Noble Sissle and Teddy Wilson. | | | Lena Horne, had an ageless beauty and a very appealing personality, however, she was never really a jazz singer as much as a superior pop vocalist (this is mostly because she did not improvise). |
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| | LENA HORNE ZAPS JANET |
| | Jackson signed to play the elegant singer who broke racial barriers, and she also planned to re-record some of Horne's classic songs. | | | They could all take a lesson from Lena. | | | If a bio pick is ever made about Janet the producers can just grab the nearest crack addict / streetwalker to play the part. |
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| | Black History |
| | One of her albums, Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria (1957), was a long-time best-seller, and her first featured performance on Broadway—in the musical Jamaica (1957)—won her a New York Drama Critics' Poll Award in 1958. | | | Her role in the film Stormy Weather (1943) included her rendition of the title song, which became her trademark. | | | A remarkably charismatic entertainer, Horne was one of the most popular singers of her time. |
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| | World Book Lena Horne |
| | The Lena Horne Biography, by Blue Note Records, includes information about her life and a listing of her recordings. | | | She made a number of movie musicals in the 1940's and 1950's and starred in the Broadway musical Jamaica (1957). | | | In 1942, Horne became the first black performer to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood film studio. |
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| | Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Lena Horne |
| | She began singing with Noble Sissle's Society Orchestra, honing her distinctive vocalizing style and elegant manner as she toured amidst applause and racism, having to sleep in tenement boarding houses, the bus, and once in circus grounds in Indianapolis. | | | She also starred in musical and television specials with such giants as Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra. | | | Lena Horne received a special Tony Award for distinguished achievement in the theater for her one-woman Broadway hit Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music which opened to rave reviews in 1981 and played to capacity audiences there for 14 months before going on tour. |
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| | Lena Horne |
| | Lena was one of the most popular singers of the 40s and 50s and one of her albums, Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria was a long-time best seller. | | | 1964 American Music Issue - Autographed by Lena Horne | | | She won the New York Drama Critics Poll Award in 1958 for her performance in the musical Jamaica. |
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| | Entertainment Weekly: Horne again. (singer Lena Horne)@ HighBeam Research |
| | Horne will do this only because she has a new album to promote. | | | And she will talk about the music she listens to at her home, alone--Aretha, and plenty of it. | | | LENA HORNE will not sip a drop, but she will order tea for you at an empty Manhattan restaurant and watch you drink. |
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| | Lena Horne |
| | The Frank Sinatra Collection - Frank Sinatra with Lena Horne and Frank Sinatra with Jack Benny Star | | | Hollywood Musicals - A Star is Born/'Till the Clouds Roll By/Royal Wedding/Road to Hollywood Star | | | Lena Horne - The Lady and Her Music on Broadway Star |
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| | Lena Horne, Vol.1 - Wal-Mart |
| | Lena At The Sands featured a medley of songs by | | | Cole Porter's "Just One Of Those Things", and a rhumba number called "The Sping". | | | Sometimes, when Barnet's Band played the southern towns, Horne had to stay in the band bus. |
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| | A Celebration of Lena Horne - by Mitali |
| | Someone has said you are hearing the living history of jazz and blues when you hear Lena Horne sing. | | | I sure love them, the songs they sang and their style! | | | Lena never said die even though there were circumstances trying enough in her life. |
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| | American Masters . Lena Horne PBS |
| | LENA HORNE AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA, recorded in 1957, is still considered to be one of her best. | | | During this time, however, Horne worked as a singer, appearing in nightclubs and making some of her best recordings. | | | LENA HORNE: THE LADY AND HER MUSIC chronicled Horne's early life and almost fifty years in show business. |
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| | Extravagant Crowd Lena Horne |
| | Restaurants often refused to serve the band if Horne was with them, and audiences sometimes objected to her singing onstage with the white musicians. | | | Now considered a jazz icon, Lena Horne was one of the top African-American entertainers during the 1940s and 1950s, and in 1981 her Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music became the longest-running one-woman show on Broadway. | | | Horne’s seven-year contract was only the second term contract signed by an African-American woman, and the first since 1915. |
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| | Lena Horne |
| | Horne made her debut as a chorine at New York's Cotton Club in 1933 and is best remembered in films for a series of "guest star" appearances in 1940s musicals where she performed such memorable songs as "Love" and "The Lady Is a Tramp". | | | The first African-American female performer to land a long-term contract with a major studio (MGM), Horne made her mark in a career that was nevertheless hampered by prevailing racial attitudes, with some exhibitors (especially in the South) excising her deliberately bracketed song solos from films before showing them.... | | | Gifted, silky-voiced chanteuse whose glamorously icy exterior made a marvelous contrast with the inner fire of her sultry, often fierce singing style. |
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| | Some of the Best by Lena Horne |
| | This budget disc, the first of two, reissues a mixture of material, much of it from Lena Horne's sojourns on United Artists and 20th Century-Fox Records in the mid '60s, as well as her 1972 Stanyan Records LP, Stormy Weather | | | Tag all your own MP3 files with album covers easily with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! | | | Lost in the Stars - Ellis, Ray & His Orchestra, Lena Horne |
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| | African American Registry: Lena Horne, singer/actress extraordinaire . . . |
| | She won a Grammy for the album based on her award-winning show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music that began in 1981 and became the longest running one-woman show in Broadway history. | | | In 1943 she was in three films: I Dood It, Thousands Cheer, and Stormy Weather, the title song of which became her trademark. | | | She was hired for her beauty, but she worked diligently to improve her singing and became known for her sultry voice. |
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| | Lena Horne - The Incomparable Lena Horne |
| | Genre: Musical & Performing Arts, Easy Listening, Jazz Vocal, Jazz, Jazz Legends | | | Follow the steps below (come back to this page to check your progress): | | | Elegant and iconic vocal artist and film star Lena Horne is legendary for her sultry voice, striking looks, and her talent on both screen and stage. |
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| | Open Directory - Arts: People: H: Horne, Lena |
| | Elizabeth's Lena Horne Page - Audio clips from "Stormy Weather," "The Lady is a Tramp" and "Where or When," with a photograph and links. | | | Lena Horne Database - Detailed filmography and TV appearances from Internet Movie Database. | | | Kennedy Center Honors Lena Horne - Photograph and detailed biography of the artist. |
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| | Janet Jackson Lena Horne tv : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
| | Trivia note: Horne played Glinda the Good Witch in the 1978 film version of the Broadway musical ''The Wiz,'' costarring opposite Janet's brother Michael, who played the Scarecrow. | | | Variety reports that the singer-actress will pay tribute to another screen star-pop vocal icon: Lena Horne. | | | Jackson had apparently long wanted to make a biopic of Horne, who starred in the classic movie musicals ''Stormy Weather'' and ''Cabin in the Sky,'' and whose career was marked by battles against racism and McCarthyism. |
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| | Lena Horne at Reel Classics |
| | Great MGM Musicals: TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY | | | TVNow's monthly Lena Horne schedule -when her films will be on TV. |
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| | Lena Horne Current Month TV Schedule |
| | We still have the monthly list for the main cable channels below. | | | Click here for MeeVee's next 12 days of Local television schedules for Lena Horne. |
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| | Lena Horne |
| | Lena Horne: In Her Own Words (1996) (TV).... | | | Find where Lena Horne is credited alongside another name | | | aka American Masters: Lena Horne: In Her Own Words (USA) |
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| | Sanford and Son: A Visit From Lena Horne - TV.com |
| | However, what Fred really gets a kick out of is seeing Lena Horne's car and sneaks into her dressing room. | | | Lena Horne: Who are these little Lamont's playmates (Edit) | | | Fred and Lamont take a tour through the NBC studios and Fred gets a kick out of seeing Johnny Carson's parking spot. |
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| | Horne, Lena |
| | Lena Horne - Lena Horne jazz and pop singer, dancer, and actress Born: 6/30/1917 Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. She... | | | June 30 Birthdays: Lena Horne - A list of June 30 birthdays with links to an article on each person, plus a profile of Lena Horne, also born on Jun. 30 |
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| | USATODAY.com - Lena Horne scrubs Janet Jackson from biography movie |
| | In addition to her work as a pop musician, Jackson also has acted in the films Poetic Justice and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. | | | Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who also produced the TV bios The Three Stooges,Martin and Lewis and the controversial The Reagans, also quit the project in solidarity with Jackson, Variety added. | | | ABC executives resisted Horne's demand, but Jackson representatives told the trade newspaper that she left willingly after Horne and her daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley, asked that she not take part. |
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| | DVD Empire - Item - Lena Horne: The Incomparable Lena Horne / DVD-Video |
| | in her own show, "Lena Horne: The Lady and | | | Includes the complete movie "The Duke is Tops (aka "The Bronze Venus"), the screen debut of Lena Horne as a featured singer known as The Bronze Nightingale in a traveling black revue | | | Product is Guaranteed to Ship the next Empire Business Day. |
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| | eBay - horne all products at low prices |
| | 84 matches found for 'horne' in All Products | | | eBay - horne all products at low prices | | | Note: Item availability and pricing may be out of date. |
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| | Lena Horne Pics - Lena Horne News - Lena Horne Information |
| | Tell the world what you think of Lena Horne. | | | LeVar travels to Jackson Hole, Wyoming — a perfect spot for a few poetry readings and winter observations. | | | Lena Horne Pics - Lena Horne News - Lena Horne Information |
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