The Men in My Life

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The Men in My Life
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Studio album by
Released1988
Recorded1988
Genre Vocal jazz
Label Three Cherries Records
Producer Ettore Stratta
Lena Horne chronology
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
(1981)
The Men in My Life
(1988)
We'll Be Together Again
(1993)
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The Men in My Life is a 1988 studio album by Lena Horne, featuring Horne in duet with Joe Williams and Sammy Davis Jr. [2]

Contents

At the 31st Grammy Awards, Horne was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female, for her performance on this album.

Track listing

  1. "I Wish I'd Met You" (Johnny Mandel, Richard Rodney Bennett, Frank Underwood) (With Sammy Davis Jr.) - 4.15
  2. "Ours" (Cole Porter) - 3.20
  3. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) - 3.35
  4. "A Fine Romance" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 3.10
  5. "Roundabout" (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) - 3.45
  6. "September Song" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 3.45
  7. "Joy" (Gerry Niewood) - 4.32
  8. "Close Enough for Love" (Mandel, Paul Williams) - 4.07
  9. "I Won't Leave You Again" (Rodney Jones) (With Joe Williams) - 5.05
  10. "The Eagle and Me" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 3.05
  11. "When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) - 4.09
  12. "Look to the Rainbow" (Burton Lane, Harburg) - 4.36
  13. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2.06
  14. "Sing My Heart" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2.55

Personnel

Performance

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