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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.3 x 2.7 x 0.7 inches; 0.8 ounces
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2007
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000006MVQ

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Roger D. Leahey

Lena was so great!

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2013

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Really good! If you think you would like this movie, don't hesitate to get it. This is the movie that introduced me to Fats Waller. Talk about great!

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Beware! Some "reviewers" will trash a product for no reason simply because they are paid to or because they sell competitive products. Other "reviewers" will give products - that they have never seen and never used - glowing 5 star ratings - for a fee. Some honest reviewers do not understand what a product is for or how to use it and will trash a product simply because they are just plain dumb.

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Chris

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2011

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I've been meaning to buy a Lena Horne CD for ages. This is great and everything I hoped it would be. Real music..sultry and passionate.

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Randy's Rodeo

Best overall - but not perfect

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2007

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This CD has the best selection overall, and it has the most tracks (22). But, it has a few downsides:

1. It omits Lena's only significant chart hit, 'Love Me Or Leave Me' (#19, 1955)

2. The mastering is good, but not as good as later discs (e.g. 'The Classic Lena Horne')

3. The material is strictly RCA - which excludes most of her movie classics.

But, if you're gonna buy only one, this would be my recommendation. Try to get the original RCA edition - not the chintzy Jazz Heritage reissue.

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Stephanie De Pue Murphy

It's Just Plain Great

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2009

"Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena 1941-1958,"by Lena Horne, is a BMG rerelease and remastering, based on the album of the similar name that was originally released by RCA Records in 1956. Many critics believe Horne, born in Brooklyn in 1917, was at her best in these early years, when she was still largely an intimate cabaret star, before she learned to belt out a song, as was required by big band singing. (Now, well into her nineties, she makes no further public appearances.) Her career, as a pop/jazz/Broadway diva, ran from 1938, when she was discovered singing and dancing at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem, to 2000. And she's been famous since 1943, on the slipstream of this worldwide hit "Stormy Weather," from the movie of the same name Stormy Weather . It was made at 20th Century Fox, while she was a young beauty on loan from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Unhappily, it's pretty clear that, at that time and place, Horne's career was greatly limited by her color.)

Horne was blacklisted in the 1950's for her political beliefs; but she has come back to win many awards in her long career. Several Grammies, including a Lifetime Achievement Award; an NAACP Image Award for her civil rights work, and a Kennedy Center Award. She has headlined at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria in New York - her 1957 live album, "Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria" was the largest selling record by a female artist in RCA history. And she's made many, many television appearances.

In 1981, she had her own Broadway show, "The Lady and Her Music," at the Nederlander Theatre on West 41st Street. She won a special Tony for this performance, as well as two Grammies for the recordings thereof. It ran for nearly a year, 333 performances, and closed on her 65th birthday, June 30, 1982. (By the way, she still holds the record on that: longest-running show by a female solo performer.) Horne then toured with the show until 1984, finally closing it in Stockholm, Sweden. I had the inestimable privilege of seeing her on Broadway in this show: at one point, she addressed us women in the audience: "Ladies, don't hate me for how I look--this is part of my job." And you should have seen/heard her do her signature "Stormy Weather:" as she'd done it as a beautiful young performer. And as a mature woman who'd seen some stormy weather in her life.

The album at hand is largely a compilation of well-known, popular music from the Great American Songbook, and it's difficult to choose favorites. There are works by Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, Duke Ellington, Johnnie Mercer, Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers, and Betty Comden-Adolf Green-Leonard Bernstein. And Comden-Green-Jule Styne. It's just plain great.

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Matthew G. Sherwin

Lena Horne at her peak on a wonderful, generous CD !!!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2007

Lena Horne could sell a song without even trying--and that's no small thing! On this CD we get all the original songs from her record album entitled Stormy Weather plus previously unreleased material and quite a few bonus tracks. This makes the CD a very good value and a delight to listen to over and over again, too!

The CD track set begins with "Tomorrow Mountain;" and this song has an excellent musical arrangement which backs up Lena's golden voice. Lena's voice is lush, warm and vibrant as she sings of a happy place where hopes and dreams are fulfilled. "Summertime" also gets the regal treatment from Lena as she interprets this classic ballad as only she could. Her voice simply never sounded better and the musical arrangement makes great use of the horns and percussion. Moreover, "Mad About The Boy" is a marvelous love ballad; and Lena delivers this so flawlessly you truly are convinced that she is deeply in love with her man.

Of course, Lena also sings "Stormy Weather." For the better part of the song Lena sings this with a high octane level of energy that she didn't display in the movie of the same name. However, as the liner notes correctly point out, later on in the ballad after Lena sings the word "love" four times she reverts to the much slower, angst filled rendition of the song. The comparison between the two "renditions" of this song both within a single track amazes me and you will be sure to enjoy it, too.

Lena belts out "Just One Of Those Things" with great panache and the musical arrangement makes great use once again of the horns and percussion. The quality of the recording lacks a little because of some distortion caused by Lena's microphone. Oh, well. It's still heavenly if you ask me.

Lena delivers "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top" so perfectly that you're bound to want to listen to it again the very instant the song ends; what an elegant performance!

The CD also features two tracks previously unreleased: an extra rendition of "Stormy Weather" and "Come Runnin." A fantastic extra that makes this CD a "must-have" for Lena's fans everywhere!

The liner notes give you the song credits and you get wonderful black and white photos of Lena dressed so elegantly you think you're looking at the most glamorous lady ever. There is a reproduction of the reverse of the album cover for the LP entitled Stormy Weather and Farah Griffin contributes a great essay about Lena.

I highly recommend this for fans of Lena Horne; and people who want to hear Lena at her best would do well to choose this album for starters. People who enjoy classic pop vocals will absolutely cherish this album.

Enjoy! Great job, Lena!!!!

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Reviewed in France on October 19, 2019

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guild light music

一目惚れ(一耳惚れ？)しました

Reviewed in Japan on January 15, 2018

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ジャズ女性ボーカル集のCDの中で一番異彩を放ち、セクシーな歌声に完全に魅了されたＩ gotta right to sing the blues
この曲でlena horneを知り、このCDを知りました

1941から1958年の作品集なので、私の大好きな年代の音楽なので、知ってる曲もあり、知らない曲もはじめて聞くにも関わらず、すぐに自分に溶け込みました。

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Un musical especial

Reviewed in Spain on July 27, 2016

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Valorar los productos artísticos es algo complicado, ya que depende mucho del gusto personal y de las circunstancias. Mi clasificación para esta película no se refiere a su calidad intrínseca, ya que no me siento capacitado para juzgarla: significa sólo que a mí me gusta, que creo que es lo que se expresa con esas cuatro estrellas. Se trata de un musical poco habitual, interpretado por un elenco de actores, músicos, bailarines y cantantes afroamericanos, con una banda sonora espectacular y unos números de baile soberbios. Conocí la película en un pase en televisión hace muchos años (ignoro si se estrenó en España), y desde entonces he estado buscándola. Encontrarla al fin ha sido una suerte.

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Madame Boheme

Soo happy with this

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2015

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So pleased with my cd... Super fast delivery.. Thanks