Adam Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Sad to hear of the passing of Lena Horne, although at 92 she'd had a good innings. She was not the greatest of the great vocalists, but compared with the trash around today she was supreme. Her original version of "Stormy Weather" makes any popular song of the last 30 years pale into insignificance - and over the years she improved on the original version! Will we ever have singers like this again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Lena Horne was a great singer, I remember Cabin in the Sky, a wonderful film that she did. My favorite song will always be Stormy Weather. Rest in Peace Lena - there is no color distinction in heaven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendam. Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 I love "Stormy Weather" by Lena Horne. R.I.P. Lena. Bren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Lena Horne's - Stormy weather from 1943 Rather ashamed to say that I had never heard of the lady until today... however having just googled her (for want of better wording) she was very beautiful in her early years, as the above clip shows, and I would imagine many many men swooned after her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 That's the trouble with you youngsters, Dizzy. You seldom look back to the pre-rock years when much popular music was still worth listening to. Lena Horne was quite a big name in her day and, although it is true she was famed for her beauty, it was her VOICE that really mattered. Why do fans today want their favourite singers to LOOK good. Surely it is what they sound like that matters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 That's the trouble with you youngsters, Dizzy. I like you Adam... not been called a youngster for years Personally I'm not bothered what singers look like and I completely agree that it is the music itself that matters. If they are really fat, spotty, ugly and with bad teeth you can't see them anyway when you are listening to them on a cd or the radio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artie Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 only just heard about lena horne----a very good under-rated artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Just last week I caught Cabin in the Sky on Turner cable movies. Yes, she was big as 'the night club singer' in a dozen or more MGM romantic films featuring Red Skelton, Esther Williams, and others. I heard she campaigned hard for the role of Julie in SHOWBOAT, but Ava Gardner won the part of the light skinned 'darky'. Lena had too much class for films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 oops. double click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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