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  1. UAL 3470. Canada. 1966. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1966 Vinyl release of "Lena In Hollywood" on Discogs.

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  2. Lena in Hollywood by Lena Horne released in 1966. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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  3. Lena in Hollywood is a 1966 studio album by Lena Horne, arranged by Ray Ellis. [2] Track listing. "Singin' in the Rain" ( Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 2:51. "In Love in Vain" ( Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) – 2:30. "Never on Sunday" ( Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne) – 4:07. "Somewhere" ( Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 2:25.

    • Who Was Lena Horne?
    • Early Life
    • Lena Horne Movies
    • 'Cabin in The Sky' to 'Stormy Weather'
    • 'Death of A Gunfighter' to 'The Wiz'
    • Songs, Albums and Activism
    • 'It's Love' & 'Stormy Weather'
    • 'Feeling Good' & 'Lena in Hollywood'
    • Broadway's 'The Lady and Her Music'
    • Personal Life, Legacy and Death

    Lena Horne was a singer, actress and Civil Rights Activist who first established herself as an accomplished live singer and then transitioned into film work. She signed with MGM studios and became known as one of the top African American performers of her time, seen in such films as Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather. She was also known for her wo...

    Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born on June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a banker/professional gambler and an actress. Both parents had a mixed heritage of African American, European American and Native American descent. Her parents separated when she was three, and because her mother traveled as part of various theater troupes, Ho...

    A long run at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel nightclub in 1943 gave Horne’s career a boost. She was featured in Life magazine and became the highest-paid Black entertainer at the time. After signing a seven-year contract with MGM Studios, she moved to Hollywood. The NAACPand her father weighed in on the stipulations of the signing, demanding that Horne not ...

    Horne was placed in a number of films, such as Swings Cheer (1943) and Broadway Rhythm (1944), where she would only appear in singing scenes as an individual performer, scenes that could be cut for Southern audiences. Nonetheless, she was able to land lead roles in two 1943 movies with an ensemble African American cast, Cabin in the Sky and Stormy ...

    After having been a featured player in the 1969 screen western Death of a Gunfighter, Horne made her final film appearance in the 1978 movie The Wiz. Directed by Horne's then son-in-law, Sidney Lumet, the film was a version of The Wizard of Oz that featured an entirely African American cast, including Michael Jackson and Diana Ross. Horne played Gl...

    By the end of the 1940s, Horne had sued a variety of restaurants and theaters for discrimination and become an outspoken member of the leftist group Progressive Citizens of America. McCarthyism was sweeping through Hollywood, and Horne soon found herself blacklisted, believed to be due in part to her friendship with actor Paul Robeson, who was also...

    Horne nonetheless continued to be a force when it came to her singing career, as seen with albums like It's Love (1955) and Stormy Weather (1957). She had a hit single with her version of "Love Me or Leave Me" and her live set Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria became at the time the biggest selling album by a woman for her label, RCA. She also co-s...

    Horne remained active in the Civil Rights Movement, performing at rallies around the country on behalf of the NAACP and the National Council for Negro Women, and she participated in the 1963 March on Washington. During this era, she also released albums like Feelin' Good (1965) and Lena in Hollywood(1966). In 1970 and 1971, Horne’s son, father and ...

    In 1981, the singer/actress made a triumphant return to Broadway with her one-woman show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. The acclaimed, emotionally searing production ran on Broadway for 14 months, then toured in the United States and abroad. The show won a Drama Desk Award and a special Tony, as well as two Grammys for its soundtrack. In 1994,...

    Horne was married to Louis Jones from 1937 to 1944, and they had two children. She married Lennie Hayton, a white bandleader, in December 1947 in Paris, France, but they kept their marriage a secret for three years. The union was significantly impacted by racial prejudice, and they separated in the 1960s but never divorced. Stormy Weather, a well-r...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lena_HorneLena Horne - Wikipedia

    Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre.

  5. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Lena In Hollywood by Lena Horne. Compare versions and buy on Discogs

  6. Lena Horne - Lena in Hollywood Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius. Lena in Hollywood. Lena Horne. Released 1966. Lena in Hollywood Tracklist. 1. Singin' in the Rain Lyrics. 2....