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During the 1940s, Lena Horne's star had been rising steadily, thanks to knockout performances in a series of M-G-M musicals -- Cabin in the Sky, Ziegfeld Follies, Till the Clouds Roll By, and most famously, singing the title song in Stormy Weather (the latter when she was on loan to 20th Century Fox). By the late '40s, M-G-M's corresponding record label was eager to get Horne into the studio, which they finally did during 1947-1948, for the 16 sides that appear on a collection from 2010, Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M Singles. Unfortunately, most of her best-known performances were recorded in film studios, not record studios -- if listeners want to hear "Stormy Weather" or "Honeysuckle Rose" or "Just One of Those Things" or "Ain't It the Truth," they'll have to look for the movie-songs anthology Lena Horne At M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth. But that hardly means that these songs are easily dismissed. In fact, in most cases, these sides -- most with small jazz groups, some with strings -- have much more of quality than audio recordings of her movie performances. The only big film association comes on the first track, when Horne sings "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" from Till the Clouds Roll By, which almost makes up for the lack of "Stormy Weather." M-G-M Records was apparently attempting to set her up as a torch-song singer, and with excellent results -- "The Man I Love," "'Deed I Do," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Something to Live For," "Where or When." Horne's interpretive powers have often been subject to her skills as an actress, but from the evidence here, she was the equal of most late-'40s vocalists, who could concentrate only on singing and not worry about Hollywood.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Jerome Kern, Composer - Lena Horne, MainArtist - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author
℗ 1946 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Lena Horne, MainArtist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lena Horne, MainArtist - Phil Moore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Lena Horne, MainArtist - John Latouche, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cole Porter, ComposerLyricist - Lena Horne, MainArtist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lena Horne, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - Walter Hirsch, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vincent Youmans, ComposerLyricist - Irving Caesar, ComposerLyricist - Lena Horne, MainArtist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lena Horne, MainArtist - Artie SHAW, ComposerLyricist - J.C. Higginbotham, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Lena Horne, MainArtist - John Latouche, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Ted Koehler, Author - Lena Horne, MainArtist
℗ 1947 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lena Horne, MainArtist - ALEC WILDER, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1948 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Lena Horne, MainArtist - Billy Strayhorn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1948 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lena Horne, MainArtist - Mercer Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Hillis Walters, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1948 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Lena Horne, MainArtist
℗ 1948 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Lena Horne, MainArtist
℗ 1948 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Lena Horne, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1948 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
During the 1940s, Lena Horne's star had been rising steadily, thanks to knockout performances in a series of M-G-M musicals -- Cabin in the Sky, Ziegfeld Follies, Till the Clouds Roll By, and most famously, singing the title song in Stormy Weather (the latter when she was on loan to 20th Century Fox). By the late '40s, M-G-M's corresponding record label was eager to get Horne into the studio, which they finally did during 1947-1948, for the 16 sides that appear on a collection from 2010, Lena Horne Sings: The M-G-M Singles. Unfortunately, most of her best-known performances were recorded in film studios, not record studios -- if listeners want to hear "Stormy Weather" or "Honeysuckle Rose" or "Just One of Those Things" or "Ain't It the Truth," they'll have to look for the movie-songs anthology Lena Horne At M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth. But that hardly means that these songs are easily dismissed. In fact, in most cases, these sides -- most with small jazz groups, some with strings -- have much more of quality than audio recordings of her movie performances. The only big film association comes on the first track, when Horne sings "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" from Till the Clouds Roll By, which almost makes up for the lack of "Stormy Weather." M-G-M Records was apparently attempting to set her up as a torch-song singer, and with excellent results -- "The Man I Love," "'Deed I Do," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Something to Live For," "Where or When." Horne's interpretive powers have often been subject to her skills as an actress, but from the evidence here, she was the equal of most late-'40s vocalists, who could concentrate only on singing and not worry about Hollywood.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:02
- Main artists: Lena Horne
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hip-O Select
- Genre: Jazz
© 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2010 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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