The Essential Lena Horne

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Stormy Weather
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1941-12-15)
orchestra:
Lou Bring’s Orchestra
conductor:
Lou Bring (conductor and pianist)
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1941-12-15)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
3:24
2Good-for-Nothin’ Joe
cover recording of:
Good‐for‐Nothin’ Joe
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
3:23
3I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues
cover recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937)
publisher:
Ricki Music and Tempo Music Co.
2:57
4Where or When
cover recording of:
Where or When (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Williamson Music Company and Chappell & Co. (in 1937)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
2:44
5How Long Has This Been Going On
cover recording of:
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Funny Face, 1957 film)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
New World Music Co. (in 1927)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
part of:
Rosalie
3:26
6One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
recording of:
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1943)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Harwin Music
part of:
The Sky’s the Limit (1943 film)
3:23
7What Is This Thing Called Love?
cover recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
2:42
8Love Me or Leave Me
cover recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
3:12
9Let Me Love You
cover recording of:
Let Me Love You
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard
3:18
10Mad About the Boy
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
2:58
11From This Moment On
cover recording of:
From This Moment On (Kiss Me, Kate, 1953 film & 1999 Broadway revival casts only)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1950)
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
1:55
12Love Is the Thing
cover recording of:
Love Is the Thing
writer:
Ned Washington and Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
3:18
13If You Can Dream
cover recording of:
If You Can Dream (Meet Me in Las Vegas, 1956 film)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Nicholas Brodzsky
2:52
14It’s Love
2:13
15Summertime
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2:55
16New Fangled Tango
cover recording of:
New Fangled Tango
writer:
Matt Dubey and Harold Karr
3:08
17That Old Feeling
2:18
18Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
cover recording of:
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and S.A. Music Co.
3:31
19Mood Indigo / I’m Beginning to See the Light
4:33
20Cole Porter Medley: How’s Your Romance / After You / Love of My Life / It’s All Right With Me
orchestra:
Nat Brandwynne Orchestra (on 1957-02-20)
conductor:
Lennie Hayton (on 1957-02-20)
recorded at:
Waldorf Astoria New York (1931-) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-02-20)
live medley including a recording of:
After You (on 1957-02-20)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer)
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
live medley including a recording of:
How’s Your Romance? (Gay Divorce musical) (on 1957-02-20)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
part of:
Gay Divorce
live medley including a recording of:
It’s All Right with Me (Can‐Can musical) (on 1957-02-20)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
live medley including a recording of:
Love of My Life (Cole Porter song) (on 1957-02-20)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer)
7:21
▼ CD 2
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1Just One of Those Things
cover recording of:
Just One of Those Things
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
2:03
2Honeysuckle Rose
cover recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
3:01
3Ain’t It the Truth
recording of:
Ain’t It the Truth (Cabin in the Sky, 1943 film)
4:05
4Give Me Love
2:35
5Someone to Watch Over Me
cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
3:15
6Push De Button
recording of:
Push de Button (Jamaica)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Harold Arlen
part of:
Jamaica
2:29
7Speak Low
cover recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
3:28
8The Rules of the Road
cover recording of:
The Rules of the Road
writer:
Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh
3:36
9You Don’t Have to Know the Language
recording of:
You Don’t Have to Know the Language
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
2:15
10Napolean
cover recording of:
Napoleon (Arlen/Harburg song, from the musicals “Hooray for What!” and “Jamaica”)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Glocca Morra Music Corp. and Harwin Music Corporation
3:57
11At Long Last Love
cover recording of:
At Long Last Love (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
You Never Know
2:41
12I Concentrate on You
cover recording of:
I Concentrate on You
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1939)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
2:43
13Take It Slow, Joe
3:05
14Jule Styne Medley: A Ride on a Rainbow / Never Never Land / I Said No / Some People
7:17
15I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
cover recording of:
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1938), Henry Nemo (in 1938) and John Redmond (House vocalist) (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1938)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
2:46
16The Man I Love
cover recording of:
The Man I Love
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
4:22
17Watch What Happens
cover recording of:
Watch What Happens
lyricist:
Jacques Demy
composer:
Michel Legrand
translator:
Norman Gimbel
translated version of:
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg: Récit de Cassard
4:00
18I Will Wait for You
cover recording of:
I Will Wait for You
lyricist:
Jacques Demy
composer:
Michel Legrand
translator:
Norman Gimbel
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing MGB France and Warner Chappell Music France
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 38th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
translated version of:
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg: Devant le garage (aka “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg”)
3:45
19Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
3:53

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ASIN:US: B003UPPKL6 [info]