Lena Horne discography

Lena Horne discography
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 recordings were issued as singles beginning with 1942's "Stormy Weather", which reached number 21 on the US Music Popularity chart. While a series of singles were issued by RCA, 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.

The RCA label began issuing studio and live albums of Horne's material during the 1950s, beginning with It's Love 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).

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]
Moanin' Low [2]	Released: 1942 Label: RCA Victor Formats: Shellac	—
It's Love	Released: 1955 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—
Stormy Weather	Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—
Give the Lady What She Wants	Released: 1958 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	20
Songs by Burke and Van Heusen	Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—
Porgy and Bess (with Harry Belafonte)	Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	13
Lena on the Blue Side	Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	102
Lena...Lovely and Alive	Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	102
Lena Horne Sings Your Requests	Released: 1963 Label: CRC Charter Formats: LP	—
Lena Like Latin	Released: 1963 Label: CRC Charter Formats: LP	—
Here's Lena Now!	Released: 1963 Label: 20th Century Fox Formats: LP	—
Feelin' Good	Released: 1965 Label: United Artists Formats: LP	—
Soul	Released: 1966 Label: United Artists Formats: LP	—
Lena in Hollywood	Released: 1966 Label: United Artists Formats: LP	—
Merry from Lena	Released: 1966 Label: United Artists Formats: LP	—
Lena & Gabor (with Gábor Szabó)	Released: 1970 Label: Skye Formats: LP	162
Harry & Lena (with Harry Belafonte)	Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—
Nature's Baby	Released: 1971 Label: Buddah Formats: LP	—
Lena & Michel (with Michel Legrand)	Released: 1975 Label: RCA Formats: LP	—
Lena: A New Album	Released: 1976 Label: RCA Formats: LP, cassette	—
The Men in My Life	Released: 1988 Label: Three Cherries Formats: LP, CD, cassette	—
We'll Be Together Again	Released: 1994 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD, cassette	—
Being Myself	Released: 1998 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD, cassette	—
Seasons of a Life	Released: 2006 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]
Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria	Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	24
Lena Horne at the Sands	Released: 1961 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music	Released: 1981 Label: Qwest Formats: LP, cassette	112
An Evening with Lena Horne	Released: 1995 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD, cassette	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, showing all relevant details

Title	Album details
Jamaica (with Ricardo Montalban and cast)	Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, showing all relevant details

Title	Album details
Little Girl Blue [3]	Released: 1947 Label: Black & White Formats: Shellac
Lena Horne Sings [4]	Released: 1952 Label: MGM Formats: LP
Ella, Lena and Billie (with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday) [5]	Released: 1955 Label: Columbia Formats: LP
I Concentrate on You: The Best of Lena Horne [6]	Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP
My Name Is Lena [7]	Released: 1967 Label: United Artists Formats: LP
Lena [8]	Released: 1979 Label: RCA Formats: LP
Damas Del Jazz (with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday) [9]	Released: 1980 Label: CBS Formats: LP
Con Plumas [10]	Released: 1982 Label: Liberty Formats: LP
Lena & the Duke (with Duke Ellington) [11]	Released: 1982 Label: RCA Special Products Formats: Cassette
Stormy Weather [12]	Released: 1982 Label: RCA Formats: LP
Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958) [13]	Released: 1990 Label: Bluebird/RCA Formats: CD, cassette
At Long Last Lena [14]	Released: 1992 Label: RCA Formats: CD
Best of Lena Horne [15]	Released: 1993 Label: Curb Formats: CD
Love Is the Thing [16]	Released: 1994 Label: RCA Formats: CD
Lena Horne at M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth [17]	Released: 1996 Label: Turner Classic/Rhino Formats: CD
A&E Biography [18]	Released: 1998 Label: Capitol Formats: CD
Love Songs [19]	Released: 2000 Label: BMG/RCA Formats: CD
Greatest Hits [20]	Released: 2000 Label: RCA Victor Formats: CD
The Classic Lena Horne [21]	Released: 2002 Label: RCA Formats: CD

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US [22] [23]	US R&B [24]
"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) [25]		—	—
"I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" [26]	1945	—	—
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (with The Phil Moore Four) [27]		—	—
"Little Girl Blue" [28]	1946	—	—
"Old Fashioned Love" [29]		—	—
"Glad to Be Unhappy" [30]		—	—
"More Than You Know" [31]		—	—
"Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)" [32]		—	—
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" [33]	1947	—	—
"Frankie and Johnny (Part 1)" [34]		—	—
"'Deed I Do"	1948	26	—
"Sometimes I'm Happy" [35]		—	—
"The Man I Love" [36]		—	—
"I Feel So Smoochie" [37]		—	—
"Where or When?" [38]	1949	—	—
"I've Got the World on a String" [39]	1950	—	—
"Love Me or Leave Me"	1955	19	—
"It's All Right with Me" [40]		—	—	It's Love
"What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)" [41]	1956	—	—	non-album singles
"From This Moment On" [42]		—	—
"That Old Feeling" [43]	1957	—	—
"Push de Button" [44]		—	—	Jamaica
"You'd Better Know It" [45]	1958	—	—	Give the Lady What She Wants
"Where Is Love?" [46]	1962	—	—	non-album single
"Why Was I Born" [47]	1963	—	—	Lena Horne Sings Your Requests
"Now!"		92	18	Here's Lena Now!
"Blowin' in the Wind" [48]	1964	—	—
"Pleasures and Palaces" [49]	1965	—	—	Feelin' Good
"Softly, as I Leave You" [50]		—	—
"Love Bug" [51]	1966	—	—	non-album singles
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" [52]		—	—	Merry from Lena
"Watch What Happens"	1970	— [a]	—	Lena & Gabor
"Feels So Good" [54]	1971	—	—	Nature's Baby
"Someday My Prince Will Come" [55]	1976	—	—	Lena: A New Album
"Believe in Yourself" [56]	1978	—	—	The Wiz
"Stormy Weather (Part 1)" [57]	1981	—	—	Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
"I Wish I'd Met You" (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.) [58]	1988	—	—	The Men in My Life
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

1. "Watch What Happens" peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart, a list which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. ^[53]

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0898201666.
2. Horne, Lena (1942). "Moanin' Low (Liner Notes)". RCA Victor . P-118.
3. Horne, Lena (1947). "Little Girl Blue (compilation notes)". Black & White Records . A-70.
4. Horne, Lena (1952). "Lena Horne Sings (compilation notes)". MGM Records . K-72/E-45.
5. Horne, Lena; Fitzgerald, Ella; Holiday, Billie (1955). "Ella, Lena and Billie (compilation notes)". Columbia Records . CL-2531.
6. Horne, Lena (1962). "I Concentrate on You: The Best of Lena Horne (compilation notes)". RCA Victor . SHP-5189/SHP-5189.
7. Horne, Lena (1967). "My Name Is Lena (compilation notes)". United Artists Records . YS-736-UA.
8. Horne, Lena (1979). "Lena (compilation notes)". RCA Records . NL-43044.
9. Horne, Lena; Fitzgerald, Ella; Holiday, Billie (1980). "Damas Del Jazz (compilation notes)". CBS Records International . 80068.
10. Horne, Lena (1982). "Con Plumas (compilation notes)". Liberty Records . 10C 054-083.226, Vol. VI.
11. Horne, Lena; Ellington, Duke (1982). "Lena & the Duke (compilation notes)". RCA Special Products . DPK1-0550/51-3002.
12. Horne, Lena (1982). "Stormy Weather (compilation notes)". RCA Records . RJL-2584(M).
13. Horne, Lena (1990). "Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958) (compilation notes)". Bluebird Records/RCA Records . 9985-4-RB; 9985-2-RB, D 101784.
14. Horne, Lena (1992). "At Long Last Lena (compilation notes)". RCA Records . 66021-2.
15. Horne, Lena (1993). "Best of Lena Horne (compilation notes)". Curb Records . D2-77616.
16. Horne, Lena (1994). "Love Is the Thing (compilation notes)". RCA Records . 07863 66473-2, 101592.
17. Horne, Lena (1996). "Lena Horne at M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth (compilation notes)". Turner Classic/Rhino Records . R2-72246.
18. Horne, Lena (1998). "A&E Biography (compilation notes)". Capitol Records . 72434-94758-0-9.
19. Horne, Lena (2000). "Love Songs (compilation notes)". BMG/RCA Records . 09026-63604-2.
20. Horne, Lena (2000). "Greatest Hits (compilation notes)". RCA Victor . 09026-63692-2.
21. Horne, Lena (2002). "The Classic Lena Horne (compilation notes)". RCA Records . 07863-69399-2.
22. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1890-1954 The History of American Popular Music : Compiled from America's Popular Music Charts 1890-1954. Record Research Inc. ISBN   978-0898200836.
23. Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Record Research Inc. ISBN   978-0898201550.
24. Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
25. Wilson, Teddy; Horne, Lena (1944). ""Out of Nowhere"/"You're My Favorite Memory" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records . 36737.
26. Horne, Lena (February 1945). ""I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"/"So Long as I Live" (78 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 20-1626.
27. Horne, Lena (June 1945). ""How Long Has This Been Going On?"/"I Want a Little Doggie" (78 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 45-0001.
28. Horne, Lena (1946). ""Little Girl Blue"/"Whispering" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records . 815.
29. Horne, Lena (1946). ""Old Fashioned Love"/"I Don't Want to Cry Anymore" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records . 816.
30. Horne, Lena (1946). ""Glad to Be Unhappy"/"At Long Last Love" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records . 817.
31. Horne, Lena (1946). ""More Than You Know"/"Blue Prelude" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records . 818.
32. Horne, Lena (1946). ""Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)"/"You Go to My Head" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records . 819.
33. Horne, Lena; Garland, Judy (February 1947). ""Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" [Lena Horne]/"Who?" [Judy Garland] (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records . 30003.
34. Horne, Lena (1947). ""Frankie and Johnny (Part 1)"/"Frankie and Johnny (Part 2)" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records . 500.
35. Horne, Lena (1948). ""Sometimes I'm Happy"/"It's Mad, Mad, Mad!" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records . 10246.
36. Horne, Lena (1948). ""The Man I Love"/"Where or When?" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records . 27818.
37. Horne, Lena (1948). ""I Feel So Smoochie"/"Take Love Easy" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records . MGM-10108.
38. Horne, Lena (1949). ""Where or When?"/"The Lady Is a Tramp" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records . MGM-164.
39. Horne, Lena (1950). ""I've Got the World on a String"/"Is It Always Like This" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records . MGM-10615.
40. Horne, Lena (July 1955). ""It's All Right with Me"/"It's Love" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 47-6175.
41. Horne, Lena (February 1956). ""What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)"/"If You Can Dream" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 47-6512.
42. Horne, Lena (May 1956). ""From This Moment On"/"Running, Running, Running" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 47-6512.
43. Horne, Lena (August 1957). ""That Old Feeling"/"Sweet Thing" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 47-6997.
44. Horne, Lena (November 1957). ""Push de Button"/"Cocoanut Sweet" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 47-7037.
45. Horne, Lena (September 1958). ""You'd Better Know It"/"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor . 47-7332.
46. Horne, Lena (October 1962). ""Where Is Love?"/"Come on Strong" (45 RPM single)". RCA Victor . 47-8092.
47. Horne, Lena (March 1963). ""Why Was I Born?"/"He Loves Me" (45 RPM single)". Charter Records. CR-3.
48. Horne, Lena (February 1964). ""Blowin' in the Wind"/"The Eagle and Me" (45 RPM single)". 20th Century Fox Records . 460.
49. Horne, Lena (April 1965). ""Pleasures and Palaces"/"Feeling Good" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records . UA-851.
50. Horne, Lena (September 1965). ""Softly, as I Leave You"/"Sand and the Sea" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records . UA-911.
51. Horne, Lena (July 1966). ""Love Bug"/"Wonder What I'm Gonna Do" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records . UA-50051.
52. Horne, Lena (1966). ""Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"/"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records . UA-1661.
53. Whitburn, Joel (2005). Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100: 1959-2004. Record Research. ISBN   978-0898201628.
54. Horne, Lena (April 1971). ""Feels So Good"/"Think About Your Troubles" (45 RPM single)". Buddah Records . BDA-233.
55. Horne, Lena (October 1976). ""Someday My Prince Will Come"/"I've Got to Have You" (45 RPM single)". RCA Records . AB-10825.
56. Horne, Lena (December 1978). ""Believe in Yourself"/"Main Title (Overture Part 1)" (45 RPM single)". MCA Records . MCA-40979.
57. Horne, Lena (December 1981). ""Stormy Weather (Part 1)"/"Stormy Weather (Part 2)" (45 RPM single)". Qwest Records . QWE-49878.
58. Horne, Lena; Davis Jr., Sammy (1988). ""I Wish I'd Met You"/"When I Fall in Love" (45 RPM single)". Three Cherries Records. TC-7301.

External links

• Lena Horne albums, singles and more at Discogs