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Lena Horne

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Real name
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
Born
June 30, 1917
Died
May 9, 2010
Country
United States
Comments
Pop music singer and actress
Family
Lennie Hayton Spouse (1947-1971)
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
 REC,BRD (5 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne PRF,REL
 PRF (5 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne REC,BRD,REL
 REL 1957 (5 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne REC,BRD,PRF
 PRF (198 artists)
Originally by Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
 REL November 1957 (7 artists)
Originally by Adelaide Hall & Lena Horne PRF
 PRF (7 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne with Neal Hefti's Orchestra and Chorus REL
Get Rid of Monday Lena Horne November 1959 Unverified
 REL 1957 (5 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalbán PRF
 PRF (5 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalbán REL
1994 (3 artists)
1951 (6 artists)
1971 Grover Washington Jr.
1975 Jump Street Band
 BRD (38 artists)
Originally by Judy Garland with Victor Young and His Orchestra REL
 REL 1957 (7 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne PRF
 PRF (7 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne REL
 REC,REL December 1944 (331 artists)
Originally by Fred Astaire BRD
1961 (3 artists)
 PRF (7 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne with Neal Hefti's Orchestra and Chorus REL
 REL November 1957 (7 artists)
Originally by Lena Horne PRF
December 1947 (23 artists)
 REL February 1962 (27 artists)
Originally by Tony Bennett REC
1955 Sandy Dennison

Covers by Lena Horne

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1966 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REL, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo & Trio REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
  1976 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
November 1959 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  1998 Eddy Duchin and His Central Park Casino Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Lew Sherwood REC,REL, Fred Astaire PRF
1966 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
1965 The Beatles
1957 Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi
1961 Teddi King, Mary Martin, Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Lillian Lane REC, Eddie Bracken BRD, Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell REL, Ethel Merman REL,PRF
  1998 Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier REL,PRF
  February 1945 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
1971 Leon Russell
February 1962 Donald Novis
  August 1966 Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Clifton Webb
listen on Internet Archive August 29, 1941 Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four
  1998 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
  1965 Anthony Newley REL, Willoughby Goddard PRF
1957 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
  1958 (unknown), Doretta Morrow, Richard Oneto & Chorus PRF, Peggy Lee REC
1947 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive August 29, 1941 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Prince's Band
1971 Kermit [voiced by Jim Henson]
  1978 Dee Dee Bridgewater REL, Butterfly McQueen PRF
  April 1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
  1958 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
  1963 Bob Dylan REC, The Chad Mitchell Trio REL
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Casa Loma Orchestra, Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers
1970 Oscar Brown, Jr.
November 1959 Bing Crosby
1963 Jack Buchanan
1955 Karkoff-Orchester, Merle Johnston & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Tom Brown
  February 1947 Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive August 29, 1941 (unknown)
June 1957 Erik Rhodes, Eddy Duchin and His Central Park Casino Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Lew Sherwood REC,REL, Fred Astaire PRF, Judy Garland BRD, Judy Garland with The M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton REC, Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra REL, Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
1963 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Sully Mason
  February 1962 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
June 1957 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
July 1947 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
  1958 Dorothy Shay and Her Kinfolk - Orchestra under the Direction of George Wyle REL, Carol Channing PRF
1963 Mary Martin
1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1970 Joe South and The Believers
listen on Internet Archive July 11, 1941 Mildred Bailey
  November 15, 1994 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 Fred Neil
1963 Muriel Angelus
  1965 Cy Grant PRF, Anthony Newley REL
listen on Internet Archive   1947 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
  1955 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
1963 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock
June 1957 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of Frank Comstock
  1955 Leo Reisman & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Harold Arlen REL, Frances Williams PRF
  1958 Tamara PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC
1965 Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF, Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Doris Carson PRF, Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross REC
March 1963 Nina Mae McKinney
February 1941 Nina Mae McKinney
1963 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
June 2005 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
1966 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
1994 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt
  1965 Gertrude Lawrence PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Prince's Band
Honey in the Honeycomb Lena Horne with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
June 1957 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
March 1963 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
1998 Bobbe Arnst
1962 Marion Harris
February 1945 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler with Kay Davis
  July 1947 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
  1962 Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
  December 1944 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
August 1966 Ray Charles
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Larry Taylor
December 1947 The Phil Moore Four
  1962 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
February 1956 Four Aces featuring Al Alberts with Chorus and Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
1962 Carl Haworth
1981 Jim Croce
1975 Jim Croce
August 1966 (unknown), The Carter Family
  March 1963 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
1962 Ethel Merman
listen on Internet Archive   April 3, 1942 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
February 1962 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
  1976 Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas PRF, Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas with Orchestra REL
1962 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1957 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
listen on Internet Archive March 1942 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
  1966 Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
1998 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
1962 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
1981 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1981 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
February 1962 Henry Busse and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Richard Barry
1966 Margaret Whiting
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 The Beatles
1962 Dick Powell
1962 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
  April 1959 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
  November 1959 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
August 20, 1965 Fran Jeffries, Buddy Greco
  February 1962 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1955 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
February 1962 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
1970 The Serendipity Singers
November 1959 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  1955 Edith Adams, George Gaynes and The Villagers Chorus REL,PRF
1962 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  1976 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
1976 Carly Simon
  1962 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
1965 Wynona Carr
February 1962 Don Redman and His Orchestra
  April 1959 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
  1962 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
1975 Michel Legrand, Steve Lawrence
1988 Chris Connor
1957 Ruby Hill
  1958 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
  1957 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Stuart Allen REC,REL, June Knight & Charles Walters PRF
1966 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
1955 Mabel Mercer
1958 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
1981 Paul Williams [US1]
  November 1959 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
1966 The Trapp Family Singers
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Gloria Grafton
1975 Paul Williams [US1]
  1963 Lotte Lenya REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
1955 Ethel Waters
listen on Internet Archive   April 1955 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
  March 1963 Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
listen on Internet Archive   April 1948 Judy Garland BRD, Judy Garland with The M-G-M Studio Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton REC, Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra REL
March 1963 Billie Holiday
1970 The Brothers [US2]
listen on Internet Archive   April 3, 1942 Joyce Barbour, Steffi Duna, Norah Howard and Doris Hare PRF, Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra REC,REL
1971 Paul McCartney
1963 Carol Burnett
1963 Isaura Garcia, Pat Boone
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 Jerry Butler
listen on Internet Archive   April 3, 1942 Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro Orchestra REC, Libby Holman and Clifton Webb PRF
June 1957 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington], Harry James and His Orchestra
  1966 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
1963 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero, Steve Lawrence
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
1971 The Spiral Starecase
  1963 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
1994 Henry Burr
  1976 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
  November 1959 Tex Beneke with The Miller Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Mello Larks REL, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
  April 1959 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
1994 Jack Jones
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 Jack Jones
  1976 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
1966 Melina Mercouri, Lyn Cornell - Accompaniment directed by Ian Fraser
June 1957 Dinah Shore
  1963 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 Grady Tate with The Gary McFarland Orchestra
1975 Bill Medley
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1963 A.Z. Idelsohn
Covered by Julie Rogers
  1963 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Frank Crumit REC, Ina Duncan, Adelaide Hall and Arthur Porter PRF
  1994 Ann Morrison, Geoffrey Horne, Lonny Price PRF, Mary, Charley (Ann Morrison, Lonny Price) REC,REL
1963 Anthony Newley
1975 Michel Legrand, Jack Jones
1963 Dorothy Vernon, Thurston Crane, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman and Girls
listen on Internet Archive September 1944 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
  1957 Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
  February 1962 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
  1958 Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts PRF
November 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive November 1944 Russ Columbo
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 The Beatles
Roundabout Lena Horne 1988 Unverified
1966 Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
1975 Paul Williams [US1]
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Lena Horne 1966 Unverified
1966 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
  1966 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
  November 1959 Dinah Shore BRD, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Albert Sack REL, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
1965 Mina [IT], Matt Monro
  1976 Adriana Caselotti REL,BRD
1998 Jimmy Witherspoon
  February 1962 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 The Beatles
1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1947 (unknown)
1951 The Six Hottentots - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
  1966 Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
  1958 Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
listen on Internet Archive August 29, 1941 Prince's Band
listen on Internet Archive   March 1942 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
  1957 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
1963 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
  1963 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
  1966 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
1963 Dooley Wilson
1970 Bonnie Dobson
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 The Beatles
  1951 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
  January 1949 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
listen on Internet Archive   April 3, 1942 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
1955 Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Elmer Feldkamp
April 1959 John W. Bubbles
February 1962 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
1971 George Tipton
1975 Jim Croce
  August 1966 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
1970 Joe South and The Believers
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness], The Royalettes featuring Sheila Ross
1994 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
  1998 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Patti Page – Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle REC
  1966 Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt and The Campus Kids REC
listen on Internet Archive April 3, 1942 Elsie Carlisle
  February 1962 Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
August 1966 Jackie deShannon
  January 1949 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
listen on Internet Archive   April 3, 1942 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
listen on Internet Archive   1947 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra REL, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys REC
  1966 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
  1965 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
  March 1963 Helen Morgan PRF,REC,REL
1965 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
1966 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
1966 Jack Jones
  1963 Julie Andrews REL, Julie Andrews and Cast PRF
(Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 Charles Aznavour - Accompagné par Paul Mauriat et son orchestre, Charles Aznavour
1958 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
November 1959 Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
1955 William Gaxton & Genevieve Tobin
listen on Internet Archive   1941 Mike Doty and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ward Silloway REC,REL, Lya Lys BRD
  1971 Elton John REC, Three Dog Night REL

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Being Myself Lena Horne 1998 Blue Note
Classics in Blue Lena Horne with Phil Moore conducting 1947 Black & White
Feelin' Good Lena Horne 1965 United Artists Records
Give the Lady What She Wants Lena Horne with Lennie Hayton and His Orch. 1958 RCA Victor
Harry & Lena - For the Love of Life Fabergé Presents Music from the Television Special Harry & Lena 1970 RCA Victor
Here's Lena Now! Lena Horne 1963 20th Century Fox Records
It's Love Lena Horne with Lennie Hayton's Orch. 1955 RCA Victor
Lena - A New Album Lena Horne 1976 RCA Victor
Lena at the Sands Lena Horne 1961 RCA Victor
Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria Lena Horne with Nat Brandwynne's Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton June 1957 RCA Victor
Lena Horne Sings Lena Horne 1951 MGM
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Lena Horne 1981 Qwest
Lena in Hollywood Lena Horne 1966 United Artists Records
Lena Like Latin Lena Horne 1963 Charter
Lena ... Lovely and Alive Lena Horne 1962 RCA Victor
Lena & Michel Lena Horne and Michel Legrand 1975 RCA Victor
Lena on the Blue Side Lena Horne - Orchestra conducted by Marty Gold February 1962 RCA Victor
Lena Sings Your Requests Lena - Orchestra conducted by Marty Paich March 1963 Charter
Little Girl Blue Lena Horne – Phil Moore conducting 1947 Black & White
Merry from Lena Lena Horne 1966 United Artists Records
Moanin' Low Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Lou Bring April 3, 1942 Victor
Nature's Baby Lena Horne 1971 Buddah Records
Porgy and Bess Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne April 1959 RCA Victor
Songs by Burke and Van Heusen Lena Horne with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra November 1959 RCA Victor
Soul Lena Horne August 1966 United Artists Records
Stormy Weather Lena Horne 1957 RCA Victor
The Men in My Life Lena Horne 1988 Three Cherries Records
Watch What Happens Lena & Gabor (Gabor Szabo, Lena Horne) 1970 Skye
We'll Be Together Again Lena Horne 1994 Blue Note

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