Lena Horne discography
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| Lena Horne discography | |
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_(LOC)_(4843132965).jpg) Lena Horne, circa 1946-1948. | |
| Studio albums | 24 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 19 |
| Singles | 39 |
The discography of American singer, actress and civil rights activist, Lena Horne, contains 24 studio albums, four live albums, one soundtrack album, 19 compilation albums and 39 singles. Her first recording was "Stormy Weather" issued in 1942, which reached number 21 on the US Music Popularity chart. While a series of records were issued by RCA Victor, Black & White and MGM, only two more releases made the US chart during the 1940s: "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" and "'Deed I Do". In 1955, "Love Me or Leave Me" rose to number 19 on the US Hot 100, becoming among Horne's highest-peaking singles in her career.
Horne's first LP for RCA Victor, It's Love was issued in 1955. Her 1957 live LP, Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria was her first to make the US Billboard 200, rising to number 24. Her 1958 studio LP, Give the Lady What She Wants rose to number 20 on the same chart. Her highest-peaking US LP was a collaboration with Harry Belafonte in 1959 titled Porgy and Bess, which peaked at number 13. In 1963, the CRC Charter label issued two studio albums: Lena Horne Sings Your Requests and Lena Like Latin. Another studio album by 20th Century Fox in 1963 spawned the single "Now!", which rose into the US Hot 100 and was Horne's only song to make the US R&B singles chart, peaking at number 18. The United Artists label issued three studio LP's including Merry from Lena in 1966.
Horne's 1970 collaboration with Gábor Szabó titled Lena & Gabor climbed to number 162 on the US Billboard 200. Spawned from the album was the single, "Watch What Happens", which rose into the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number 19 (her final single to chart). During the decade RCA released three studio albums by Horne including Harry & Lena (her second with Harry Belafonte) and Lena: A New Album. In 1981, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music was released by Qwest Records and reached number 162 on the US Billboard 200. In 1988, The Men in My Life featured a single in collaboration with Sammy Davis, Jr. titled "I Wish I'd Met You". During the 1990s, Blue Note Records issued several more studio and live albums by Horne, including the final released during her lifetime: Being Myself (1998).
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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| US [1] |
US Jazz [2] | ||
| Moanin' Low[3] |
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| It's Love |
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| Stormy Weather |
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| Give the Lady What She Wants |
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20 | — |
| Songs by Burke and Van Heusen |
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— | — |
| Porgy and Bess (with Harry Belafonte) |
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13 | — |
| Lena on the Blue Side |
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102 | — |
| Lena...Lovely and Alive |
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102 | — |
| Lena Horne Sings Your Requests |
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— | — |
| Lena Like Latin |
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— | — |
| Here's Lena Now! |
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— | — |
| Feelin' Good |
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— | — |
| Soul |
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— | — |
| Lena in Hollywood |
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— | — |
| Merry from Lena |
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— | — |
| Lena & Gabor (with Gábor Szabó) |
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162 | — |
| Harry & Lena (with Harry Belafonte) |
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— | — |
| Nature's Baby |
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— | — |
| Lena & Michel (with Michel Legrand) |
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— | — |
| Lena: A New Album |
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— | — |
| The Men in My Life |
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— | 5 |
| We'll Be Together Again |
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— | 1 |
| Being Myself |
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— | — |
| Seasons of a Life |
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— | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| US [1] | ||
| Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria |
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24 |
| Lena Horne at the Sands |
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| Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
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112 |
| An Evening with Lena Horne |
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— |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Jamaica (with Ricardo Montalban and cast) |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Little Girl Blue[4] |
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| Lena Horne Sings[5] |
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| Ella, Lena and Billie (with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday)[6] |
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| I Concentrate on You: The Best of Lena Horne[7] |
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| My Name Is Lena[8] |
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| Lena[9] |
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| Damas Del Jazz (with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday)[10] |
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| Con Plumas[11] |
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| Lena & the Duke (with Duke Ellington)[12] |
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| Stormy Weather[13] |
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| Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958)[14] |
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| At Long Last Lena[15] |
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| Best of Lena Horne[16] |
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| Love Is the Thing[17] |
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| Lena Horne at M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth[18] |
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| A&E Biography[19] |
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| Love Songs[20] |
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| Greatest Hits[21] |
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| The Classic Lena Horne[22] |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [23][24] |
US R&B [25] | |||
| "Stormy Weather" | 1942 | 21 | — | non-album singles |
| "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | 1944 | 21 | — | |
| "Out of Nowhere" (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)[26] |
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| "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"[27] | 1945 | — | — | |
| "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (with The Phil Moore Four)[28] |
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| "Little Girl Blue"[29] | 1946 | — | — | |
| "Old Fashioned Love"[30] | — | — | ||
| "Glad to Be Unhappy"[31] | — | — | ||
| "More Than You Know"[32] | — | — | ||
| "Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)"[33] | — | — | ||
| "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"[34] | 1947 | — | — | |
| "Frankie and Johnny (Part 1)"[35] | — | — | ||
| "'Deed I Do" | 1948 | 26 | — | |
| "Sometimes I'm Happy"[36] | — | — | ||
| "The Man I Love"[37] | — | — | ||
| "Take Love Easy" / "I Feel So Smoochie"[38] | — | — | ||
| "Where or When?"[39] | 1949 | — | — | |
| "I've Got the World on a String"[40] | 1950 | — | — | |
| "Love Me or Leave Me" | 1955 | 19 | — | |
| "It's All Right with Me"[41] | — | — | It's Love | |
| "What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)"[42] | 1956 | — | — | non-album singles |
| "From This Moment On"[43] | — | — | ||
| "That Old Feeling"[44] | 1957 | — | — | |
| "Push de Button"[45] | — | — | Jamaica | |
| "You'd Better Know It"[46] | 1958 | — | — | Give the Lady What She Wants |
| "Where Is Love?"[47] | 1962 | — | — | non-album single |
| "Why Was I Born"[48] | 1963 | — | — | Lena Horne Sings Your Requests |
| "Now!" | 92 | 18 | Here's Lena Now! | |
| "Blowin' in the Wind"[49] | 1964 | — | — | |
| "Pleasures and Palaces"[50] | 1965 | — | — | Feelin' Good |
| "Softly, as I Leave You"[51] | — | — | ||
| "Love Bug"[52] | 1966 | — | — | non-album singles |
| "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"[53] | — | — | Merry from Lena | |
| "Watch What Happens" | 1970 | —[a] | — | Lena & Gabor |
| "Feels So Good"[55] | 1971 | — | — | Nature's Baby |
| "Someday My Prince Will Come"[56] | 1976 | — | — | Lena: A New Album |
| "Believe in Yourself"[57] | 1978 | — | — | The Wiz |
| "Stormy Weather (Part 1)"[58] | 1981 | — | — | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
| "I Wish I'd Met You" (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.)[59] |
1988 | — | — | The Men in My Life |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||