Lena Horne – Early Years: The Singles Collection 1941-50 – 2CD

Lena Horne was a multi-talented singer, dancer, actor and civil rights activist, who by the age of 16 was performing in the Cotton Club Revue in New York and soon became big band singer, and appeared in her first movies during the 1930s. Eventually enjoying a career which spanned seven decades, she became a highly-respected entertainer, famed for her sultry and sophisticated way with a song. This 48-track 2-CD set addresses the first fairly brief era of her recording career, when she established her reputation and had the first of her hits. It comprises most of her releases from these years on the Decca, Bluebird, Victor, Black & White and MGM labels, plus one V-Disc recording, and includes her hits with the Great American Songbook classics “Stormy Weather”, “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” and “Deed I Do”. It features performances with the orchestras of Noble Sissle, Charlie Barnet, The Dixieland Group of Basin Street, Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Lou Bring, Phil Moore and Luther Henderson. She was one of the finest interpreters of popular song of her era, and this collection brings together her early versions of songs by the great writers of the day, providing a fine showcase for her highly distinctive talents.

Track Listing:

CD1: Lena Horne With Noble Sissle & His Orch.: 1. That's What Love Did To Me -   2. I Take To You - Lena Horne With Charlie Barnet And His Orch.: 3. All I Desire -   4. You're My Thrill -   5. Good-For-Nothin' Joe -   6. Haunted Town -   Lena Horne With The Dixieland Group Of Basin Street: 7. St Louis Blues -   8. Careless Love -   9. Beale Street Blues -   Lena Horne With Artie Shaw & His Orch.: 10. Love Me A Little -   11. Don't Take Your Love From Me -   Lena Horne With Teddy Wilson & His Orch.: 12. Out Of Nowhere -   13. Prisoner Of Love -   Lena Horne With The Lou Bring Orch.: 14. Moanin' Low -   Lena Horne: 15. I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues -   16. Where Or When -   17. The Man I Love -   18. Stormy Weather -   19. Ill Wind -   20. Mad About The Boy -   21. What Is This Thing Called Love? -   22. One For My Baby -   23. I Didn't Know About You -   24. I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues -

CD2: Lena Horne: 1. As Long As I Live -   2. How Long Has This Been Going On -   3. Little Girl Blue -   4. Whispering -   5. Old Fashioned Love -   6. Glad To Be Unhappy -   7. At Long Last Love -   8. Blue Prelude -   9. More Than You Know -   10. Squeeze Me (But Don’t Tease Me) -   11. You Go To My Head -   12. Hesitation Blues -   13. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen -   14. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child -   15. It's A Rainy Day -   16. My Man's Gone Now -   17. Frankie And Johnny, Pt.1 -   18. I Feel So Smoochie -   19. Take Love Easy -   20. Love Of My Life -   21. 'Deed I Do -   22. Sometimes I'm Happy -   23 Is It Always Like This? -   24. I've Got The World On A String -