Horne, Lena | Essential Recordings | 2CD

Lena Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1917 and died in Manhattan in 2010. In 1942 she became the first African-American performer to be put under contract by a major studio. She fought with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt to pass anti-lynching laws.

The Essential Recordings is a 2 CD compilation released by Primo on 30 March 2018, covering material from 1941 to 1962. The set is available in stereo and mono and was issued in Europe.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Stormy Weather
2. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
3. That's What Love Did to Me
4. What Is This Thing Called Love?
5. Good for Nothin' Joe
6. You're My Thrill
7. The St Louis Blues
8. Careless Love
9. Aunt Hagar's Blues
10. Beale Street Blues
11. Don't Take Your Love from Me
12. Out of Nowhere
13. Moanin' Low
14. Ill Wind
15. Where Or When
16. Prisoner of Love
17. As Long As I Live
18. How Long Has This Been Going On?
19. It's All Right With Me
20. Let Me Love You

Disc 2

1. Love Me Or Leave Me
2. Mad About the Boy
3. That Old Feeling
4. Come Runnin'
5. A New Fangled Tango
6. From This Moment On
7. Tomorrow Mountain
8. Summertime
9. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
10. Just One of Those Things
11. Get Out of Town
12. At Long Last Love
13. Speak Low
14. It Ain't Necessarily So
15. My Man's Gone Now
16. But Beautiful
17. Get Rid of Monday
18. The Man I Love
19. I Concentrate On You
20. I Got Rhythm