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Lena Horne

voc, 1917-2010 US, Bedford–Stuyvesant
Singer of Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne Le Jazz Hot

Lena Horne (born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, USA – died May 9, 2010, Manhattan, New York, USA) was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist who, in 1942, became the first African-American performer to be put under contract by a major studio. She fought with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt to pass anti-lynching laws. The combination of Horne’s disarming talent and fierce individuality created a powerful force in breaking down racial barriers in Hollywood and beyond.

     
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Soundtrack
  • Blues
  • R&B/Soul
Plays With
Lena Horne With Orchestra
Popular Tracks   
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! on Merry From Lena by Lena Horne
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) on Lovely & Alive by Lena Horne
How Long Has This Been Going On? on The Classic Lena Horne by Lena Horne
Embraceable You on Highlights From Duets by Frank Sinatra
I want a little doggie on Hôtel Costes 11 by Hôtel Costes
Stormy Weather on Planet Jazz by Lena Horne
Darn That Dream on Lena On The Blue Side by Lena Horne
Someone to Watch Over Me on Lena On The Blue Side by Lena Horne
Believe In Yourself on The Wiz by Various Artists
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart on Lovely & Alive by Lena Horne

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Lena HorneLena Horne2017Compil.
Lena On The Blue SideLena Horne2014Compil.
Eight Classic AlbumsLena Horne2013Compil.
Mad About The BoyLena Horne2013Compil.
More Than You KnowLena Horne2012Single
More Than You KnowLena Horne2012Single
Four Classic Albums PlusLena Horne2010Album
Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M SinglesLena Horne2010Compil.
It's LoveLena Horne2009Album
It's LoveLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra2009Single
It's LoveLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra2009Single
Little Girl BlueLena Horne2009Album
Stormy WeatherLena Horne2009Compil.
Frankie And JohnnyLena Horne2008Album
Lena Sings Your Requests / Like LatinLena Horne Conductor Marty Paich, Lennie Hayton2008Compil.
Lena, A New AlbumLena Horne2007Album
Jazz Diva'sLena Horne2007Compil.
The Very Best OfLena Horne2007Compil.
The Best Of (The United Artists & Blue Note Recordings)Lena Horne2007Compil.
The Jazz BiographyLena Horne2007Compil.
Seasons Of A LifeLena Horne2006Compil.
Whispering: The Very Best Of Lena HorneLena Horne2006Compil.
The Best Of Lena HorneLena Horne2005Compil.
The Ultimate Jazz Archive - VocalistsIvie Anderson / Ella Fitzgerald / The Andrews Sisters / Lena Horne2005Compil.
Lena HorneLena Horne2005Compil.
An Evening With Lena HorneLena Horne2005Album
It's Love / Songs By Burke & Van HeusenLena Horne, Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra2004Compil.
Every Time We Say GoodbyeLena Horne2004Compil.
Blowin' In The WindLena Horne2004Compil.
Stormy WeatherLena Horne2004Compil.
The Lady Is A TrampLena Horne2004Compil.
Lena Horne CollectionLena Horne2004Compil.
Stormy WeatherLena Horne2003Compil.
The Irrepressible Lena HorneLena Horne2003Compil.
Jamaica / Porgy And BessLena Horne2003Album
Lena HorneLena Horne2002Compil.
Lena HorneLena Horne2002Compil.
Love Me Or Leave MeLena Horne2002Compil.
The Young StarLena Horne2002Compil.
At The Waldorf Astoria / At The SandsLena Horne2002Compil.
The Fabulous Lena HorneLena Horne2001Compil.
The Classic Lena HorneLena Horne2001Compil.
Complete RCA Victor And Black & White MastersLena Horne2001Compil.
The Best Of Lena HorneLena Horne2001Compil.
Joe Turner Blues / Aunt Hagar's BluesLena Horne2000Album
Love SongsLena Horne2000Compil.
Greatest HitsLena Horne2000Compil.
The Irrepressible Lena Horne - Volume 2Lena Horne2000Compil.
You're My ThrillLena Horne2000Compil.
Classic EllingtonDuke Ellington - Sir Simon Rattle, Luther Henderson, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lena Horne2000Album
The Lady Is A TrampLena Horne2000Compil.
Beal Street Blues / Hesitation BluesLena Horne2000Album
WhisperingLena Horne1999Album
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1999Album
Cocktail HourLena Horne1999Compil.
PlanetLena Horne1999Album
Jazz Masters (100 Ans De Jazz)Lena Horne1998Album
Biography. A (Musical) AnthologyLena Horne1998Compil.
Being MyselfLena Horne1998Album
AMOR - Opera's Great Love Songs. Grands chants d'amour. Berühmte LiebesliederMontserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Lena Horne, Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Andre Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi1998Compil.
The Fabulous Lena HorneLena Horne1997Compil.
Wonderful LenaLena Horne1997Album
Uptown Saturday NightDuke Ellington, Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa And His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Lionel Hampton, Sammy Davis Jr., Quincy Jones1997Compil.
Lena Horne At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Ain' It The TruthLena Horne1996Compil.
Skyliner. 1940-1945Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra Featuring Lena Horne, Kay Starr & Peanuts Holland1996Compil.
Divas Of JazzSarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Nina Simone1996Compil.
Mad About The Boy, Crazy About That GirlNat King Cole, Lena Horne1996Compil.
Once In A LifetimeLena Horne1996Compil.
Lena Horne Sings The StandardsLena Horne1995Compil.
Lena Horne SingsLena Horne1995Single
An Evening WithLena Horne1995Album
Feelin' GoodLena Horne1995Compil.
Lena Horne SingsLena Horne1995Album
Singing And Swinging With Lena HorneLena Horne, Phil Moore And His Orchestra1995Album
We'll Be Together AgainLena Horne1994Album
Best Of Lena HorneLena Horne1993Compil.
L'art vocal - volume 11Lena Horne1993Compil.
Greatest HitsLena Horne1993Compil.
The Lady Is A Tramp - 20 Great TracksLena Horne1993Compil.
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1993Compil.
At Long Last LenaLena Horne1992Compil.
Lena Horne SingsLena Horne, Phil Moore And His Orchestra1992Album
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1992Album
Stormy LadyLena Horne1991Compil.
Swinging Lena HorneLena Horne1991Single
LENALena Horne1990Album
Lena Goes Latin And Sings Your RequestsLena Horne1990Compil.
Cotton Club DaysDuke Ellington, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway1989Compil.
Honeysuckle RoseLena Horne1989Compil.
Portrait Of A SongstylistLena Horne1989Compil.
I Wish I'd Met YouLena Horne Featuring Sammy Davis Jr.1988Single
The Men In My LifeLena Horne1988Album
Legendary SingersLena Horne1985Compil.
LenaLena Horne1984Compil.
Frank Sinatra And Lena HorneFrank Sinatra, Lena Horne1984Compil.
20 HitsLena Horne, Mel Tormé1983Compil.
The One & OnlyLena Horne1982Album
Standing Room OnlyLena Horne1982Album
Lena Horne & Nat "King" Cole - Mad About The Boy, Crazy 'Bout That GirlLena Horne, Nat King Cole1982Album
Queen Of The BluesLena Horne1982Compil.
Frank Sinatra And Lena Horne - Royalty "Collector's Series"Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne1982Compil.
The Fabulous Lena HorneLena Horne1982Compil.
Con PlumasLena Horne1982Compil.
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1982Compil.
Ageless TimelessLena Horne1982Compil.
Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music (Live On Broadway)Lena Horne1981Album
Stormy Weather (Part 1)/ FlyLena Horne1981Single
A Date With Lena Horne 1944Lena Horne Featuring: Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra, Jerry Colonna, Mel Blanc & The Charioteers1981Album
Damas Del JazzElla Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne1980Compil.
Stormy WeatherLena Horne, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson And Fats Waller1980Album
Soft Lights And Sweet MusicDionne Warwick, Lena Horne, Paul Anka, Mel Tormé, Buddy Greco1979Compil.
Lena sings standardsLena Horne1979Compil.
Lena HorneLena Horne1979Compil.
Believe In Yourself / Main Title (Overture Part 1)Lena Horne / Quincy Jones1978Single
20 Golden Pieces Of Lena HorneLena Horne1978Compil.
The Exciting Lena HorneLena Horne1977Album
Soul SistersSarah Vaughan & Lena Horne1977Compil.
The Essential Lena HorneLena Horne featuring Gabor Szabo1976Compil.
Lena, A New AlbumLena Horne1976Album
Someday My Prince Will ComeLena Horne1976Single
The Many Mood Of Lena HorneLena Horne1975Compil.
Lena & MichelLena Horne & Michel Legrand1975Album
Ella. Billie. Lena. Sarah. 4 Grandes Dames Du JazzElla Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra, George Treadwell And His All Stars1972Compil.
Nature's BabyLena Horne1971Album
Feels So GoodLena Horne1971Single
Maybe I'm AmazedLena Horne1971Single
Stormy Weather / The Lady Is A TrampLena Horne1971Single
LenaLena Horne1971Album
Lena & GaborLena Horne & Gabor Szabo1970Album
Harry & LenaHarry Belafonte and Lena Horne1970Album
Rocky Raccoon / Watch What HappensLena Horne1969Single
My Name Is LenaLena Horne1967Album
Merry From LenaLena Horne1966Album
Love Bug / Wonder What I'm Gonna DoLena Horne1966Single
Love from LenaLena Horne1966Album
SoulLena Horne1966Album
Lena In HollywoodLena Horne1966Album
The Horne Of PlentyLena Horne1966Album
The Sand And The SeaLena Horne1965Single
Pleasures And Palaces / Feeling GoodLena Horne1965Single
I Wanna Be Around / Willow Weep For Me / Girl From Ipanema / And I Love HimLena Horne1965Single
Feelin' GoodLena Horne1965Album
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless ChildLena Horne1964Single
Blowin' In The WindLena Horne1964Single
Softly As I Leave You / Sand And The SeaLena Horne1964Single
NBC's Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin StreetDinah Shore, Lena Horne, Sidney Bechet, Dr Henry Levine's Barefooted Dixieland Philharmonic, Paul Lavalle And His Woodwindy Ten1964Compil.
Lena Like LatinLena Horne1963Album
The Incomparable Lena HorneLena Horne1963Album
Broadway! Broadway! Broadway!Maurice Chevalier, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Lena Horne, Jimmy Durante1963Compil.
Swinging Lena HorneLena Horne1963Album
Here's Lena Now!Lena Horne1963Album
Lena Sings Your RequestsLena Horne1963Single
Lovely And AliveLena Horne1963Single
Now!Lena Horne1963Single
Lena Like LatinLena Horne1963Album
Lena Like LatinLena Horne1963Album
Lena Sings Your RequestsLena Horne1963Album
Gloria Lynne & Lena HorneGloria Lynne & Lena Horne1963Compil.
I, Lena HorneLena Horne1962Single
Lena... Lovely And AliveLena Horne1962Album
Lena Horne Avec Phil Moore Et Son OrchestreLena Horne With Phil Moore And His Orchestra1962Single
Lena On The Blue SideLena Horne1962Single
Lena On The Blue SideLena Horne1962Album
Where Is Love?Lena Horne1962Single
She's Got RhythmLena Horne1962Single
The Inimitable Lena HorneLena Horne With Phil Moore And His Orchestra1962Single
Fabulous!Lena Horne1962Album
Lena At The SandsLena Horne1961Album
Lena At The SandsLena Horne1961Single
Porgy And BessHarry Belafonte, Lena Horne1960Single
Let's Put Out The LightsLena Horne1959Single
Porgy And BessLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra / Harry Belafonte With Bob Corman's Orchestra1959Single
Porgy And BessLena Horne / Harry Belafonte1959Album
Songs By Burke And Van HeusenLena Horne1959Album
Give The Lady What She WantsLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1959Single
A Foggy Day In London TownLena Horne1959Single
Give The Lady What She WantsLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1959Single
At The Waldorf AstoriaLena Horne With Nat Brandwynne & His Orchestra1958Single
Get Out Of TownLena Horne1958Single
Stormy Weather / SummertimeLena Horne1958Single
Give The Lady What She WantsLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1958Album
Give The Lady What She WantsLena Horne1958Single
I Feel So SmoochieLena Horne1958Album
At The Cocoanut GroveLena Horne1958Single
Give The Lady What She WantsLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1958Album
I Love To LoveLena Horne1958Single
Stormy WeatherLena Horne E Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1958Single
Lena HorneLena Horne1958Single
Stormy WeatherLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1957Single
Honeysuckle RoseLena Horne With Nat Brandwynne & His Orchestra1957Single
Stormy WeatherLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1957Single
Push De Button / Cocoanut SweetLena Horne With Neal Hefti's Orchestra1957Single
It's LoveLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1957Single
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1957Album
SuccessesLena Horne1957Single
Lena Horne At The Waldorf AstoriaLena Horne With Nat Brandwynne & His Orchestra Conducted By Lennie Hayton1957Single
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1957Compil.
Lena And IvieLena Horne And Ivie Anderson1957Album
Lena Horne SingsLena Horne1957Single
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1957Compil.
That Old Feeling / Sweet ThingLena Horne1957Single
'Till The Clouds Roll By / Rich, Young And PrettyJane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Fernando Lamas, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, June Allyson, Kathryn Grayson, Tony Martin, Virginia O'Brien1957Album
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1957Album
Lena Horne At The Waldorf AstoriaLena Horne1957Album
Lena Horne At The Waldorf AstoriaLena Horne With Nat Brandwynne & His Orchestra1957Single
Push De Button / Cocoanut SweetLena Horne With Neal Hefti's Orchestra1957Single
Love / Stormy WeatherLena Horne, Marty Paich1957Single
JamaicaLena Horne And Ricardo Montalban1957Album
Stormy WeatherLena Horne1957Compil.
Songs From The Musical Comedy JamaicaLena Horne, Neal Hefti Chorus And Orchestra1957Single
Jazz Anthology/Vol. 1Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne1957Compil.
Lena Horne Sings The BluesLena Horne1956Single
Lovely LenaLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1956Single
Lovely Lena (No. 2)Lena Horne1956Single
Lena Horne Sings The BluesLena Horne1956Single
Lena HorneLena Horne1956Album
Lena HorneLena Horne1956Single
What's Right For You / If You Can DreamLena Horne1956Single
From This Moment On / Running, Running, RunningLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1956Single
It's LoveLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1955Album
Love Me Or Leave Me / I Love To LoveLena Horne1955Single
'Dee I DoLena Horne con Orch. Dir. Da Luther Henderson1955Single
It's LoveLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1955Single
Ella, Lena, And BillieElla Fitzgerald, Lena Horne1955Compil.
It's LoveLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra1955Single
Lena Horne Sings EPLena Horne1954Single
This is Lena HorneLena Horne1954Single
This Is Lena HorneLena Horne1954Single
This Is Lena HorneLena Horne1954Single
Lena Horne SingsLena Horne1953Album
Deed I DoLena Horne1953Single
Where Or When / The Lady Is A TrampLena Horne With Lennie Hayton And MGM Studio Orchestra1952Album
Lena Horne SingsLena Horne1952Album
Stormy Weather / The Man I LoveLena Horne1950Album
It's Mad, Mad, Mad / He Makes Me Believe He's MineLena Horne1948Album
Careless Love / Beal Street BluesLena Horne And The Dixieland Jazz Group Of NBC's Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street1948Album
Love Of My Life / 'Deed I DoLena Horne1948Album
I Feel So Smoochie / Take Love EasyLena Horne1948Album
If I Had You / I Can't Give You Anything But LoveLarry Carr / Lena Horne1947Album
Can't Help Lovin' Dat ManLena Horne1947Album
Classics In BlueLena Horne1947Album
Mad About The Boy / La BorrachitaLena Horne / Andy Russell1946Album
Old School Teacher / Frim Fram Sauce / Come To Baby DoFrank Sinatra / The Nat King Cole Trio / Lena Horne1946Album
Frankie And JohnnyLena Horne With Phil Moore1946Album
I Want A Little Doggie / How Long Has This Been Going On?Lena Horne and The Phil Moore Four1945Album
I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues / As Long As I LiveLena Horne1945Album
How Long Has This Been Going On? / I'll Be AroundLena Horne / The Mills Brothers1945Album
That Moon's In My Heart / One For My BabyPerry Como / Lena Horne1945Album
I Want A Little Doggie / My Dreams Are Getting Better All The TimeLena Horne And The The Phil Moore Four1945Album
Ill Wind / The Day After ForeverLena Horne / Ginny Simms1945Album
I Didn't Know About You / One For My BabyLena Horne With Horace Henderson And His Orchestra1945Album
Diga Diga DoLena Horne With Cab Calloway And His Orchestra1944Album
Good-For-Nothin' Joe / Haunted TownLena Horne With Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra1944Album
Stormy Weather / As Time Goes ByLena Horne / Rudy Vallee1944Album
The Man I LoveLena Horne1942Single
Glad To Be Unhappy / At Long Last LoveLena Horne1942Album
Stormy Weather / The Man I LoveLena Horne With Orchestra Conducted By Lou Bring1942Album
The Man I Love / Where or WhenLena Horne1942Album
Stormy Weather / Ill WindLena Horne1942Album
Moanin' LowLena Horne1942Album
The Birth Of The Blues (An Album Of W. C. Handy Music)The Dixieland Jazz Group Of NBC's Chamber Music Society Of Lower Basin Street / Lena Horne1941Album
The LegendaryLena Horne And Pearl BaileyCompil.
Sometimes I'm HappyLena HorneSingle
The Rules Of The Road / As You Desire MeLena HorneSingle
The Lena Horne CollectionLena HorneCompil.
Melodie Di HarlemHarry Belafonte, Lena Horne, Lurlean HunterSingle
The Way You Look TonightJulius La Rosa, Gloria Lynne, Tutti Camarata, Tony Martin, Lena Horne, Gogi Grant, Elmer Bernstein, Louis Armstrong, Sarah VaughanCompil.
At The Cocoanut GroveLena HorneSingle
Stormy Weather/St. Louis BluesLena HorneSingle
~like LatinLena HorneAlbum
Squeeze Me / You Go To My HeadLena HorneAlbum
Little Girl Blue / WhisperingLena HorneAlbum
My Man's Gone Now / It's A Rainy DayLena HorneAlbum
More Than You Know / Blue PreludeLena HorneAlbum
Old Fashioned Love / I Don't Want To Cry AnymoreLena HorneAlbum
When Johnny Comes Marching HomeLena HorneSingle
All My LifeElla Fitzgerald & Lena Horne With Teddy Wilson And His All StarsSingle
Lena...Lovely And AliveLena HorneSingle
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!Lena HorneSingle
Great SingersLena HorneCompil.
Lulu On The BridgeLena HorneAlbum
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! / Jingle BellsLena Horne / Count BasieSingle
Jimmy Lunceford's Second JubileeJimmie Lunceford, The Nat King Cole Trio, Butterfly McQueen, Carmen Miranda, Lena Horne, The Golden Gate Quartet, Joe ThomasAlbum
L' inimitable Lena HorneLena Horne With Phil Moore And His OrchestraAlbum
Sometimes I'm Happy /Something To Live ForLena HorneAlbum
Lena Horne Interpretando Moanin LowLena HorneAlbum
I Feel So Smoochie / 'Deed I DoLena HorneAlbum
The CollectionLena HorneCompil.
He Loves MeLena HorneSingle
At The Cocoanut GroveLena HorneSingle
Moanin' LowLena HorneAlbum
Deed I Do / I Feel So SmoochieLena HorneAlbum
Pjeva JazzLena HorneSingle
WhisperingLouis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Billy DanielsCompil.
Dance, Oh Pretty Woman!Bob Smart Singers And The Timebeats / Lena Horne With Phil Moore And His OrchestraAlbum
Sometimes I'm Happy / It's Mad, Mad, Mad!Lena HorneAlbum
"We Three"Pearl Bailey, Mel Tormé, Lena HorneAlbum
Mel Swings With LenaMel Tormé, Lena HorneCompil.
Charlie Barnet's Second JubileeCharlie Barnet With Guests Erroll Garner, Lena Horne, Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra, Sam McDanielsAlbum
Moanin' LowLena HorneAlbum
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