Lena & Michel

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Lena & Michel
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Released1975
RecordedFebruary 1975
Genre Pop
Length41:07
Label RCA Records
Producer Michel Legrand, Norman Schwartz, Nat Shapiro
Lena Horne chronology
Nature's Baby
(1971)
Lena & Michel
(1975)
Lena: A New Album
(1976)
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Lena & Michel is a 1975 album by Lena Horne, arranged by Michel Legrand. [2] This album was recorded at the RCA Studios, New York in February 1975. Re-issued on CD in 2002 by BMG Japan and in 2010 by Sony UK.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Will Wait for You (Je Ne Pourrai Jamais Vivre Sans Toi)" (Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 3:47
  2. "I Got a Name" (Charles Fox, Gimbel) – 3:52
  3. "Nobody Knows" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Legrand) – 3:39
  4. "Being a Woman" (Larry Grossman, Hal Hackaday) – 3:22
  5. "Let Me Be Your Mirror" (Hal David, Legrand) – 2:18
  6. "Loneliness" (Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams) – 3:50
  7. "Time in a Bottle" (Jim Croce) – 3:48
  8. "Everything That Happens to You, Happens to Me" (David, Legrand) – 2:53
  9. "Sad Song" (Ascher, Williams) – 4:02
  10. "I've Been Starting Tomorrow All of My Life" (David, Legrand) – 2:22
  11. "Thank You Love" (Robert Freedman) – 3:58
  12. "One at a Time" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 3:16

Personnel

Performance

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