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Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Lena Horne Biography

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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an African American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films ''Cabin in the Sky'' and ''Stormy Weather''. Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued to work as a performer, both in nightclubs and on television, while releasing well-received record albums. She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, ''Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music'', which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades. She continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000.

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The Essential Lena Horne Compilation 2010 itunes amazon
Lena Horne Sings: The MGM Singles Album 2010 itunes amazon
Just Jazz: Empathy Compilation 2006-03-21 itunes amazon
Lena & Gabor Album 2005-05-23 itunes amazon
Every Time We Say Goodbye Compilation 2002 itunes amazon
The Classic Lena Horne Compilation 2001 itunes amazon
Best of the War Years Compilation 2001 itunes amazon
Love Songs Album 2000 itunes amazon
Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Lady Is a… Compilation 2000 itunes amazon
Planet Jazz: Lena Horne Compilation 1999 itunes amazon
Being Myself Album 1998-06-02 itunes amazon
Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology Compilation 1998 itunes amazon
The Masters Compilation 1997 itunes amazon
Ain' It the Truth: Lena Horne at… Album 1996 itunes amazon
Lena Sings The Standards Album 1995 itunes amazon
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