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Lena Horne served three separate tours of duty with RCA Victor Records, from 1941 to 1945, from 1955 to 1963, and from 1975 to 1976, making the label the largest repository for her recordings. While RCA has never reissued her work in any comprehensive manner, periodically the label assembles a single-disc compilation, and The Classic Lena Horne, part of its "100 Years of Music" centenary series, is yet another one. For once, terms like "greatest hits" and "best of" are not being used, which is a relief in Horne's case since, as annotator Colin Escott is at pains to point out, she didn't have much in the way of chart hits. Actually, unlike RCA's 2000 Greatest Hits album, this one does have her sole Top 20 hit, "Love Me or Leave Me." Also included is her 1941 recording of "Stormy Weather," made before she sang it in the movie of the same name and it became her signature song. Otherwise, compiler/sequencer Buzz Ravineau has adopted a roughly chronological approach and chosen a couple of other '40s performances ("One for My Baby [And One More for the Road]" and "How Long Has This Been Going On?") to go with various studio recordings made in the '50s and early '60s. Standards like Ira and George Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "I Got Rhythm" are mixed with less-well-known, but nevertheless impressive songs like Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's "The Rules of the Road." The result is a sampler that is not, and does not claim to be, the best of Lena Horne on RCA, but that is instead a representative sampling of the kind of high-quality work she did for the label.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Ned Freeman, Arranger - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Ted Koehler, Composer - Harold Arlen, Lyricist - Lou Bring, Conductor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Lena Horne, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Horace Henderson, Conductor - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Harold Arlen, Composer - Harold Arlen, Lyricist - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Johnny Mercer, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Lena Horne, Performer
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George Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Lena Horne, Performer
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Lenny Hayton & His Orchestra, Performer - Hugo Winterhalter, Producer - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Lena Horne, Performer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1955. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ira Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - Jay Newland, Misc. Prod. - E.Y. Harburg, Composer - E.Y. Harburg, Lyricist - Lena Horne, Performer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Lennie Hayton's Orchestra, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Harold Arlen, Composer - Harold Arlen, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Misc. Prod.
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Dennis Ferrante, Misc. Prod. - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Matt Dubey, Composer - Matt Dubey, Lyricist - Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra, Performer - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Harold Karr, Composer - Harold Karr, Lyricist - Lena Horne, Performer - Jay Newland, Misc. Prod.
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Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Lennie Hayton, Conductor - Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra, Performer - Cole Porter, Composer - Cole Porter, Lyricist - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Lena Horne, Performer - Fred Reynolds, Producer
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Bob Simpson, Engineer - Marty Gold, Conductor - Lena Horne, Performer - Eddie DeLange, Composer - Eddie DeLange, Lyricist - Dick Peirce, Producer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyricist - Dennis Ferrante, Mixing Engineer
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Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra, Performer - Jay Newland, Mixing Engineer - Hugo & Luigi, Producer - Lena Horne, Performer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyricist - Lennie Hayton, Conductor
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Bob Simpson, Engineer - Ray Noble, Composer - Ray Noble, Lyricist - Marty Gold, Conductor - Jay Newland, Misc. Prod. - Lena Horne, Performer - Dick Peirce, Producer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dennis Ferrante, Misc. Prod. - Dennis Ferrante, Re-Mixer
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Marty Gold, Conductor - Bob Simpson, Engineer - Dennis Ferrante, Mixing Engineer - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - Dick Pierce, Producer - Lena Horne, Performer
Originally released 1962. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Simpson, Engineer - Cy Coleman, Composer - Cy Coleman, Lyricist - Marty Gold, Conductor - Carolyn Leigh, Composer - Carolyn Leigh, Lyricist - Dick Pierce, Producer - Lena Horne, Performer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dennis Ferrante, Mixing Engineer
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Jay Newland, Misc. Prod. - Jay Newland, Re-Mixer - Marty Paich, Conductor - Lena Horne, Performer - Marcy Klauber, Composer - Marcy Klauber, Lyricist - Dick Peirce, Producer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dennis Ferrante, Misc. Prod. - Harry Stoddard, Composer - Harry Stoddard, Lyricist
Originally released 1962. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Ira Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - George Gershwin, Composer - George Gershwin, Lyricist - Jay Newland, Re-Mixer - Jay Newland, Misc. Prod. - Marty Paich, Performer - Lena Horne, Performer - Dick Peirce, Producer - Paul Williams, Re-Mastering Supervisor - Bill Lacey, Re-Mastering Engineer - Dennis Ferrante, Misc. Prod.
(P) 2001 BMG Music
Album review
Lena Horne served three separate tours of duty with RCA Victor Records, from 1941 to 1945, from 1955 to 1963, and from 1975 to 1976, making the label the largest repository for her recordings. While RCA has never reissued her work in any comprehensive manner, periodically the label assembles a single-disc compilation, and The Classic Lena Horne, part of its "100 Years of Music" centenary series, is yet another one. For once, terms like "greatest hits" and "best of" are not being used, which is a relief in Horne's case since, as annotator Colin Escott is at pains to point out, she didn't have much in the way of chart hits. Actually, unlike RCA's 2000 Greatest Hits album, this one does have her sole Top 20 hit, "Love Me or Leave Me." Also included is her 1941 recording of "Stormy Weather," made before she sang it in the movie of the same name and it became her signature song. Otherwise, compiler/sequencer Buzz Ravineau has adopted a roughly chronological approach and chosen a couple of other '40s performances ("One for My Baby [And One More for the Road]" and "How Long Has This Been Going On?") to go with various studio recordings made in the '50s and early '60s. Standards like Ira and George Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "I Got Rhythm" are mixed with less-well-known, but nevertheless impressive songs like Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's "The Rules of the Road." The result is a sampler that is not, and does not claim to be, the best of Lena Horne on RCA, but that is instead a representative sampling of the kind of high-quality work she did for the label.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:24
- Main artists: Lena Horne
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock International Pop
(P) 2001 BMG Music
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