Name: The Essential Lena Horne - The RCA Years by Lena Horne
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ALBUM

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 1

1. Stormy Weather (From "Stormy Weather")

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Arranger: Ned Freeman; Composer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Ted Koehler; Composer
Lyricist: Harold Arlen; Composer
Conductor: Lou Bring; Conductor
Remastering: Bill Lacey; Production
Remastering Supervisor: Paul Williams; Production

2. Good-For-Nothin' Joe

by Lena Horne, Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra, Charlie Barnet

Bass: Phil Stevens; Performer
Primary Artist: Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Lena Horne; Main Performer
Drums: Cliff Leeman; Performer
Guitar: Bus Etri; Performer
Performer: Charlie Barnet
His Orchestra; Performer
Piano: Bill Miller; Performer
Saxophone: Charlie Barnet
Conn Humphries
Leo White
Kurt Bloom
James Lamare; Performer
Trombone: Ford Leary
Don Ruppersberg
Spud Murphy
Bill Robertson; Performer
Trumpet: George Esposito
Bernie Privin
Robert Burnet
Lyman Vunk; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Ted Koehler
Bobby Bloom; Composer
Lyricist: Bobby Bloom
Ted Koehler; Composer
Bandleader: Charlie Barnet; Conductor
Reissue Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Remastering: Paul Goodman; Production

3. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

by Lena Horne

Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Composer: Don George
Duke Ellington; Composer
Lyricist: Duke Ellington
Don George; Composer
Conductor: Horace Henderson; Conductor
Reissue Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Remastering: Paul Goodman; Production

4. Where or When (From "Babes In Arms")

by Lena Horne With Orchestra

Featured Artist: Orchestra; Main Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lena Horne With Orchestra
Lena Horne
Orchestra; Performer
Arranger: Ned Freeman; Composer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart; Composer
Conductor: Lou Bring; Conductor
Reissue Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Remastering: Paul Goodman; Production

5. How Long Has This Been Going On

by Lena Horne

Clarinet: Eugene Sedric; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Drums: Wallace Henry Bishop; Performer
Electric Guitar: Rene Palmieri; Performer
Fiddle: Doles Dickens; Performer
Guitar: Edward Leroy Gibbs; Performer
Performer: Phil Moore Four; Performer
Piano: Phil Moore; Performer
Trumpet: John Letman; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: George Gershwin; Composer
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin; Composer
A&r: Lou Martin; Production
Reissue Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Remastering: Paul Goodman; Production

6. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (From "The Sky's The Limit")

by Lena Horne

Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Mercer
Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: Harold Arlen
Johnny Mercer; Composer
Conductor: Horace Henderson; Conductor
Reissue Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Remastering: Paul Goodman; Production

7. What Is This Thing Called Love?

by Lena Horne, Lou Bring

Primary Artist: Lena Horne
Lou Bring; Main Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Conductor: Lou Bring; Conductor
Producer: Harry Meyerson; Production
Reissue Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Remastering: Paul Goodman; Production

8. Love Me or Leave Me

by Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra

Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne
Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra; Main Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Walter Donaldson
Gus Kahn; Composer
Lyricist: Walter Donaldson
Gus Kahn; Composer
Engineer: Glen Kolotkin
Jay Newland; Production
Producer: Hugo Winterhalter
Chick Crumpacker; Production

9. Let Me Love You

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Bass: George Duvivier; Performer
Drums: Jimmy Crawford; Performer
Piano: Billy Strayhorn; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Arranger: Lennie Hayton; Composer
Composer: Bart Howard; Composer
Lyricist: Bart Howard; Composer
Reissue Producer: Orrin Keepnews; Production
Remastering: Paul Goodman; Production

10. Mad About The Boy

by Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra

Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne
Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra; Main Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Noël Coward; Composer
Lyricist: Noël Coward; Composer
Engineer: Glen Kolotkin
Jay Newland; Production
Producer: Chick Crumpacker
E.o. Welker; Production

11. From This Moment On

by Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra

Primary Artist: Lena Horne
Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra; Main Performer
Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Arranger: Joe Reisman; Composer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Engineer: Glen Kolotkin
Jay Newland; Production
Producer: Chick Crumpacker
Joe Carlton; Production

12. Love Is The Thing

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Victor Young; Composer
Lyricist: Ned Washington; Composer

13. If You Can Dream

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lenny Hayton & His Orchestra
Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Nikolaus Brodszky
Sammy Cahn; Composer
Lyricist: Sammy Cahn
Nikolaus Brodszky; Composer
Producer: Henri René; Production

14. It's Love (From the Musical Production "Wonderful Town")

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lena Horne
Lennie Hayton's Orchestra; Performer
Composer: Adolph Green
Leonard Bernstein
Betty Comden; Composer
Lyricist: Adolph Green
Leonard Bernstein
Betty Comden; Composer
Overdub Engineer: Bill Lacey; Production
Producer: Paul Williams
Dennis Ferrante
Jay Newland; Production

15. Summertime (From "Porgy and Bess")

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Bass: George Duvivier; Performer
Drums: Joe Marshall Jr:; Performer
Piano: Gene Dinovi; Performer
Saxophone: Danny Banks
Bernard Kaufman
Eddie J. Wasserman
Emanuel Gershman
George Berg; Performer
Trombone: Jimmy Cleveland
Bart Varsolona
Robert Byrne; Performer
Trumpet: Charlie Shavers
Harold Baker
Carl "doc" Severinsen; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: George Gershwin; Composer
Lyricist: Dubose Heyward; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor
Mastering Engineer: Michael O. Drexler; Production
Producer: E.o. Walker; Production
Reissue Producer: Barry Feldman; Production

16. New Fangled Tango (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra
Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Matt Dubey
Harold Karr; Composer
Lyricist: Matt Dubey
Harold Karr; Composer
Engineer: Jay Newland
Glen Kolotkin; Production
Producer: Chick Crumpacker
E.o. Welker; Production

17. That Old Feeling

by Lena Horne

Bass: George Duvivier; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Drums: Shelley Manne; Performer
Guitar: Al Viola; Performer
Piano: Gene Dinovi; Performer
Saxophone: Bud Shank
Dave Pell
Bob Enovoldsen
Herb Geller; Performer
Trombone: Ray Sims
Herbert Harper
Clarence P. Carpenter; Performer
Trumpet: Harry Edison
Pete Candoli
Marion Childers
Don Fagerquist; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Lew Brown; Composer
Lyricist: Sammy Fain; Composer
Conductor: Marty Paich; Conductor
Mastering Engineer: Michael O. Drexler; Production
Producer: Dick Peirce; Production
Reissue Producer: Barry Feldman; Production

18. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (From "St. Louis Woman")

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Bass: George Duvivier; Performer
Drums: Joe Marshall Jr:; Performer
Piano: Gene Dinovi; Performer
Saxophone: Abraham Richman
Bernard Kaufman
Eddie J. Wasserman
Emanuel Gershman
Danny Banks; Performer
Trombone: Jimmy Cleveland
Chauncey Welsh
Thomas Mitchell; Performer
Trumpet: Harold Baker
Jimmy Maxwell
Alfred De Risi; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: Johnny Mercer; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor
Mastering Engineer: Michael O. Drexler; Production
Producer: E.o. Walker; Production
Reissue Producer: Barry Feldman; Production

19. Medley: Mood Indigo / I'm Beginning to See the Light (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Nat Brandwynne's Orchestra
Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Don George
Duke Ellington
Johnny Hodges
Harry James
Albany Bigard; Composer
Lyricist: Don George
Duke Ellington
Johnny Hodges
Harry James
Albany Bigard; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor

20. Cole Porter Medley: How's Your Romance? / After You / Love of My Life / It's All Right with Me (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lena Horne
Nat Brandwynne's Orchestra; Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor

Volume 2

1. Just One Of Those Things

by Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra

Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne
Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra; Main Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Engineer: Glen Kolotkin
Jay Newland; Production
Producer: Chick Crumpacker
E.o. Welker; Production

2. Honeysuckle Rose (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Fats Waller
Andy Razaf; Composer
Lyricist: Andy Razaf
Fats Waller; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor

3. Ain't It de Truth

by Lena Horne

Performer: Jamaica Orchestra; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: E.y. Harbourg; Composer
Conductor: Lehman Engel; Conductor
Producer: Dick Peirce; Production
Reissue Producer: Bill Rosenfield; Production
Remastering: Jay Newland; Production

4. Give Me Love

by Lena Horne

Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Composer: Edward L. Alperson Jr.
Jerry Winn; Composer

5. Someone to Watch Over Me

by Lena Horne, Marty Gold

Primary Artist: Lena Horne
Marty Gold; Main Performer
Composer: George Gershwin; Composer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin; Composer
Conductor: Marty Gold; Conductor
Engineer: Bob Simpson; Production
Mixing Engineer: Dennis Ferrante; Production
Producer: Dick Pierce; Production

6. Push de Button

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: E.y. Harbourg; Composer
Conductor: Neil Hefti, His Orchestra And Chorus; Conductor
Producer: Dick Peirce; Production

7. Speak Low

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra
Lena Horne; Performer
Arranger: Robert Burns; Composer
Composer: Kurt Weill
Ogden Nash; Composer
Lyricist: Ogden Nash
Kurt Weill; Composer
Producer: Fred Reynolds; Production

8. The Rules of the Road

by Lena Horne

Performer: Lena Horne; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Composer: Cy Coleman
Carolyn Leigh; Composer
Lyricist: Cy Coleman
Carolyn Leigh; Composer
Conductor: Marty Gold; Conductor
Engineer: Bob Simpson; Production
Mixing Engineer: Dennis Ferrante; Production
Overdub Engineer: Bill Lacey; Production
Producer: Dick Pierce
Paul Williams
Jay Newland
Dennis Ferrante; Production

9. You Don't Have to Know the Language (Live at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - November 1960)

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Anthony Morelli And His Sands Hotel Orchestra
Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: James Van Heusen
Johnny Burke; Composer
Lyricist: Johnny Burke
James Van Heusen; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor

10. Napoleon

by Lena Horne

Performer: Jamaica Orchestra; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: E.y. Harbourg; Composer
Conductor: Lehman Engel; Conductor
Producer: Dick Peirce; Production
Reissue Producer: Bill Rosenfield; Production
Remastering: Jay Newland; Production

11. At Long Last Love

by Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra

Primary Artist: Lena Horne
Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra; Main Performer
Performer: Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Arranger: Ralph Burns; Composer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Engineer: Glen Kolotkin
Jay Newland; Production
Producer: Chick Crumpacker
Fred Reynolds; Production

12. I Concentrate On You

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Cole Porter; Composer
Lyricist: Cole Porter; Composer
Conductor: Marty Paich; Conductor
Producer: Dick Peirce; Production

13. Take It Slow, Joe

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: E.y. Harbourg; Composer
Conductor: Neil Hefti, His Orchestra And Chorus; Conductor
Producer: Dick Peirce; Production

14. Jule Styne Medley: A Ride On a Rainbow / Never Never Land / I Said No / Some People (Live at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - November 1960)

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Anthony Morelli And His Sands Hotel Orchestra
Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Leo Robin
Jule Styne
Stephen Sondheim
Frank Loesser
Adolph Green
Betty Comden; Composer
Lyricist: Leo Robin
Jule Styne
Stephen Sondheim
Frank Loesser
Adolph Green
Betty Comden; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor

15. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: John Redmond
Henry Nemo
Irving Mills
Duke Ellington; Composer
Lyricist: Irving Mills
Henry Nemo
Duke Ellington
John Redmond; Composer
Conductor: Marty Paich; Conductor
Mixing Engineer: Jay Newland; Production
Overdub Engineer: Bill Lacey; Production
Producer: Paul Williams
Dick Peirce
Jay Newland
Dennis Ferrante; Production

16. The Man I Love (Live at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - November 1960)

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Anthony Morelli And His Sands Hotel Orchestra
Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Ira Gershwin
George Gershwin; Composer
Lyricist: George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor

17. Watch What Happens

by Lena Horne

Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Composer: Michel Legrand
Norman Gimbel; Composer

18. I Will Wait For You - (From the Film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg")

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Performer: Lena Horne; Performer
Arranger: Michel Legrand; Composer
Composer: Michel Legrand
Norman Gimbel; Composer
Lyricist: Michel Legrand
Norman Gimbel; Composer
Bandleader: Michel Legrand; Conductor
Engineer: Mike Moran; Production
Producer: Michel Legrand
Norman Schwartz; Production

19. Stormy Weather (From "Cotton Club Parade")

by Lena Horne

Primary Artist: Lena Horne; Main Performer
Bass: George Duvivier; Performer
Drums: Joe Marshall Jr:; Performer
Piano: Gene Dinovi; Performer
Saxophone: Abraham Richman
Bernard Kaufman
Eddie J. Wasserman
Nuncio "toots" Mondello
Danny Banks; Performer
Trombone: Jimmy Cleveland
Chauncey Welsh
Thomas Mitchell; Performer
Trumpet: Harold Baker
Louis Mucci
Carl "doc" Severinsen; Performer
Vocals: Lena Horne; Performer
Composer: Harold Arlen; Composer
Lyricist: Ted Koehler; Composer
Conductor: Lennie Hayton; Conductor
Mastering Engineer: Michael O. Drexler; Production
Producer: E.o. Walker; Production
Reissue Producer: Barry Feldman; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

2 volumes in total

Tracks

39 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

2 hours, 9 minutes and 46 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 603x603 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

38/39 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

6/39 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Pop Standards, Oldies, Vocal, Soundtrack, Musicals, Jazz, Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz

Label

RCA Red Seal

Music Distribution Service

Sony

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Aug 23, 2010

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

884977677003

The Essential Lena Horne - The RCA Years

Product information

Release options

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 1

1. Stormy Weather (From "Stormy Weather")

2. Good-For-Nothin' Joe

3. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

4. Where or When (From "Babes In Arms")

5. How Long Has This Been Going On

6. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (From "The Sky's The Limit")

7. What Is This Thing Called Love?

8. Love Me or Leave Me

9. Let Me Love You

10. Mad About The Boy

11. From This Moment On

12. Love Is The Thing

13. If You Can Dream

14. It's Love (From the Musical Production "Wonderful Town")

15. Summertime (From "Porgy and Bess")

16. New Fangled Tango (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

17. That Old Feeling

18. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (From "St. Louis Woman")

19. Medley: Mood Indigo / I'm Beginning to See the Light (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

20. Cole Porter Medley: How's Your Romance? / After You / Love of My Life / It's All Right with Me (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

Volume 2

1. Just One Of Those Things

2. Honeysuckle Rose (Live at The Waldorf Astoria)

3. Ain't It de Truth

4. Give Me Love

5. Someone to Watch Over Me

6. Push de Button

7. Speak Low

8. The Rules of the Road

9. You Don't Have to Know the Language (Live at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - November 1960)

10. Napoleon

11. At Long Last Love

12. I Concentrate On You

13. Take It Slow, Joe

14. Jule Styne Medley: A Ride On a Rainbow / Never Never Land / I Said No / Some People (Live at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - November 1960)

15. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

16. The Man I Love (Live at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - November 1960)

17. Watch What Happens

18. I Will Wait For You - (From the Film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg")

19. Stormy Weather (From "Cotton Club Parade")

Technical Specifications