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| Birth name | Lena Mary Calhoun Horne |
| Born | June 30, 1917 |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Genre(s) | Jazz, Pop, Broadway |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Actress |
| Years active | 1938– Present |
| Label(s) | MGM Records, RCA, Blue Note, Black & White, Charter |
| Associated acts | Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Doris Day |
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Early life
Lena Horne was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York into a family mixed of African-American, White American, and Cherokee Indian descent. Bedford-Stuyvesant (pron \ˈstī-və-sənt\ (also known as Bed-Stuy) is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City, USA, borough Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The City of New York African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The Cherokee (ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ a-ni-yv-wi-ya, in the Cherokee language) are a people native to North America, who at the time of European contact She grew up in an upper middle class black community. The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the Social group constituted by higher-status members of the Middle class. Her father, Edwin "Teddy" Horne, who worked in the gambling trade, left the family when she was three. Her mother, Edna Scottron, was the daughter of inventor Samuel R. Scottron; she was an actress with an African American theater troupe and traveled extensively. Samuel Raymond Scottron was a prominent African-American inventor from Brooklyn, N Horne was mainly raised by her grandparents, Cora Calhoun and Edwin Horne. Her uncle, Frank S. Horne, was an adviser to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. [2] She is a reported descendant of the John C. Calhoun family [3]. John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18 1782 &ndash March 31 1850 was a leading United States Southern politician and political philosopher from South Carolina during
Career
In the fall of 1933, Lena Horne joined the chorus line of the Cotton Club in New York City. In the spring of 1934, she had a featured role in the Cotton Club Parade. A few years later she joined Noble Sissle's Orchestra and toured with this orchestra. After she separated from her first husband, Lena Horne toured with bandleader Charlie Barnet in 1940-41, but disliked the travel and left the band to work at the Cafe Society in New York. For other persons with this name see Charlie Barnett. Charles Daly Barnet ( October 26, 1913 – September 4 She replaced Dinah Shore as the featured vocalist on NBC's popular jazz series The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street. Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American Singer, Actress The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street was a musical variety radio program which began on the Blue Network in 1940 The show's resident maestros, Henry Levine and Paul Laval, recorded with Horne in June of 1941 for RCA Victor. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Horne left the show after only six months to headline a nightclub revue on the west coast; she was replaced by Linda Keene.
Lena Horne already had two low-budget movies to her credit: a 1938 musical feature called The Duke is Tops (later reissued with Horne's name above the title as The Bronze Venus); and a 1941 two-reel short subject, Boogie Woogie Dream, featuring pianists Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons. The Duke is Tops is a 1938 American Musical film, released by Million Dollar Productions and directed by William Nolte. Peter (Pete Johnson ( 24 March 1904 - 23 March 1967) was an American Jazz Pianist, best known as a leading Albert Ammons ( September 23 1907 — December 2 1949) was an American Pianist. Horne's songs from Boogie Woogie Dream were later released individually as Soundies. Soundies were an early version of the Music video: three-minute musical films produced by professional film crews in New York Chicago and Hollywood between 1940 Horne was primarily a nightclub performer during this period, and it was during a 1942 club engagement in Hollywood that talent scouts approached Horne to work in pictures. She chose Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the most prestigious studio in the world, and became the first African American performer to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio.
She made her debut with MGM in 1942's Panama Hattie and became famous in 1943 for her rendition of "Stormy Weather" in the movie of the same name (which she made at 20th Century Fox, on loan from MGM). Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B " Stormy Weather " is a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. Stormy Weather is the title of an American musical Motion picture produced and released by 20th Century Fox in 1943 She appeared in a number of MGM musicals, most notably Cabin in the Sky (also 1943), but was never featured in a leading role due to her race and the fact that films featuring her had to be reedited for showing in southern states where theaters could not show films with African American performers. Cabin in the Sky is an American Broadway musical which opened in 1940 As a result, most of Horne's film appearances were stand-alone sequences that had no bearing on the rest of the film, so editing caused no disruption to the storyline; a notable exception was the all-black musical Cabin in the Sky, though even then one of her numbers had to be cut because it was considered too suggestive by the censors. In Ziegfeld Follies (1946) she performs "Love" by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Ziegfeld Follies ( MGM) is a 1946 Hollywood musical comedy Film, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli Hugh Martin, born on August 11, 1914, in Birmingham, Alabama, is an American theatre and film composer arranger performer Vocal coach Ralph Blane ( July 26, 1914 - November 13, 1995) was an American Composer, Lyricist, and performer
She was originally considered for the role of Julie LaVerne in MGM's 1951 version of Show Boat (having already played the role when a segment of Show Boat was performed in Till the Clouds Roll By) but Ava Gardner was given the role instead (the production code office had banned interracial relationships in films). Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein Till The Clouds Roll By is an American musical - biographical film made by MGM in 1946. Ava Lavinia Gardner ( December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated American actress For the television broadcasting term please see Production code number. Miscegenation (Latin miscere "to mix" + genus "kind" is the mixing of different racial groups, that is marrying, cohabiting In the documentary That's Entertainment! III Horne stated that MGM executives required Gardner to practice her singing using recordings of Horne performing the songs, which offended both actresses (ultimately, Gardner ended up having her singing voice overdubbed by another actress (Annette Warren (Smith)) for the theatrical release, though her own voice was heard on the soundtrack album). The film That's Dancing! is also known as That's Entertainment! III
Changes of direction
By the mid-1950s, Horne was disenchanted with Hollywood and increasingly focused on her nightclub career. She only made two major appearances in MGM films during the decade, 1950's Duchess of Idaho (which was also Eleanor Powell's film swan song), and the 1956 musical Meet Me in Las Vegas. Duchess of Idaho was a musical Romantic comedy produced in 1950 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Eleanor Torrey Powell ( November 21, 1912 &ndash February 11, 1982) was an American film actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s She was blacklisted during the 1950s for her political views. [4] She returned to the screen three more times, playing chanteuse Claire Quintana in the 1969 film Death of a Gunfighter, Glinda in The Wiz (1978), and co-hosting the 1994 MGM retrospective That's Entertainment! III, in which she was candid about her treatment by the studio. Death of a Gunfighter is a 1969 Western movie. It is most notable for the first use of the Allen Smithee directorial credit Glinda (or Glinda the Good Witch) is a Fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L The Wiz is a 1975 Broadway musical, based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L In her later years, Horne also made occasional television appearances - generally as herself - on such programs as The Muppet Show (where she sang with Kermit the Frog) and Sanford and Son in the 1970s, as well as a 1985 performance on The Cosby Show and a 1993 appearance on A Different World. The Muppet Show is an American Television program featuring a cast of Muppets which was produced by Jim Henson and his team from Kermit the Frog is a Muppet, one of Puppeteer Jim Henson 's most famous and beloved creations first introduced in 1955 Sanford and Son is an American Sitcom that premiered on the NBC Television network on January 14 1972, and was broadcast for The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984
She appeared in Broadway musicals several times and in 1958 was nominated for the Tony Award for "Best Actress in a Musical" (for her part in the "Calypso" musical Jamaica) In 1981 she received a Special Tony Award for her one-woman show, Lena Horne: "The Lady and Her Music". Carl Van Vechten ( June 17, 1880 &ndash December 21, 1964) was an American Writer and Photographer who was a Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean Music which originated in Trinidad and Tobago at about the start of the 20th century Jamaica is a musical with a book by E Y Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg and music by Harold Arlen. Despite the show's considerable success (Horne still holds the record for the longest-running solo performance in Broadway history), she was not inclined to capitalize on the renewed interest in her career by undertaking many new musical projects. A proposed 1983 joint recording project between Horne and Frank Sinatra (to be produced by Quincy Jones) was ultimately abandoned, and her sole studio recording of the decade was 1988's The Men In My Life, featuring duets with Sammy Davis, Jr. and Joe Williams. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Quincy Delight Jones Jr (born March 14, 1933) also known as Q, is an American Music Impresario, conductor Samuel George “Sammy” Davis Jr (8 December 1925 &ndash 16 May 1990 was an American Entertainer. Joe Williams may refer to Cyclone Joe Williams, baseball pitcher and hall of famer Joe Williams (jazz singer, achieved prominence In 1989, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who during their lifetimes have made creative contributions of outstanding
The 1990s found Horne considerably more active in the recording studio - all the more remarkable considering she was approaching her 80th year. Following her 1993 performance at a tribute to the musical legacy of her good friend Billy Strayhorn (Duke Ellington's longtime pianist and arranger), she decided to record an album largely comprised of Strayhorn's and Ellington's songs the following year, We'll Be Together Again. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. To coincide with the release of the album, Horne made what would be her final concert performances at New York's Supper Club and Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east That same year, Horne also lent her vocals to a recording of "Embraceable You" on Sinatra's "Duets II" album. Though the album was largely derided by critics, the Sinatra-Horne pairing was generally regarded as its highlight. In 1995, a "live" album capturing her Supper Club performance was released (subsequently winning a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album). In 1998, at the age of 81, Horne released another studio album, entitled Being Myself. Being Myself is the debut Album by rapper Juvenile, released on February 7, 1995 by Warlock Records Thereafter, Horne essentially retired from performing and largely retreated from public view, though she did return to the recording studio in 2000 to contribute vocal tracks on Simon Rattle's Classic Ellington album. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir Simon Denis Rattle, CBE, FRSA, (born January
Civil Rights activism
Horne also is noteworthy for her contributions to the Civil Rights movement. See also Protests of 1968 Historically the civil rights movement was a concentrated period of time around the world of approximately twenty years (1960-1980 in In 1941, she sang at Cafe Society and worked with Paul Robeson, a singer who also combated American racial discrimination. Café society was the collective description for the so-called "beautiful people" and "bright young things" who gathered in fashionable cafes and restaurants in Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson ( April 9, 1898 &ndash January 23, 1976) was a multi-lingual American Actor, athlete List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that During World War II, when entertaining the troops for the USO, she refused to perform "for segregated audiences or to groups in which German POWs were seated in front of African American servicemen" [5], according to her Kennedy Center biography. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F She was at an NAACP rally with Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi the weekend before Evers was assassinated. Medgar Willy Evers ( July 2, 1925 June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi She was at the March on Washington and spoke and performed in behalf of the NAACP, SNCC and the National Council for Negro Women. The following is a list of protest marches on Washington DC. Pre-1900 April 30, 1894 - Coxey's Army. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations She also worked with Eleanor Roosevelt to pass anti-lynching laws. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (ˈɛlɪnɔr ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 11 1884 &ndash November 7 1962 Lynching in the United States is the practice in the 19th and 20th centuries of the humiliation and killing of people by mobs acting outside the law [6]
Tributes and rereleases
In 2003, ABC announced that Janet Jackson would star as Horne in a television biopic (after it was rumored for years that Whitney Houston would take the job). The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16 1966 is an American recording artist and entertainer A biographical motion picture &mdash often shortened to biopic &mdash is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people Whitney Elizabeth Houston' (born August 9 1963 is an American Singer-songwriter, Actress, Film producer, Arranger and former In the weeks following Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" debacle during the 2004 Super Bowl, however, Variety reported that Horne demanded Jackson be dropped from the project. Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston Texas on the CBS television network in the Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston Texas to decide the Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman "ABC executives resisted Horne's demand," according to the Associated Press report, "but Jackson representatives told the trade newspaper that she left willingly after Horne and her daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley, asked that she not take part. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Gail Lumet Buckley (born on December 21, 1937) is an American Author and the daughter of Lena Horne. " Oprah Winfrey stated to Alicia Keys during a 2005 interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she might possibly consider producing the biopic herself, casting Keys as Horne. Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29 1954 often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American Alicia J Augello-Cook (born January 25 1981 professionally known as Alicia Keys, is an American R&B, soul, and Neo soul The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States syndicated Talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated
In January 2005, Blue Note Records, her label for more than a decade, announced that "the finishing touches have been put on a collection of rare and unreleased recordings by the legendary Horne made during her time on Blue Note. January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Remixed by her longtime producer Rodney Jones, the recordings featured Horne in remarkably secure voice for a woman of her years, and include versions of such signature songs as 'Something To Live For', 'Chelsea Bridge' and 'Stormy Weather'. " The album, originally titled Soul but renamed Seasons of a Life, was released on January 24, 2006. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
In 2007, Horne was portrayed by Leslie Uggams in the stage musical, "Stormy Weather," which will play at the Pasadena Playhouse in California in January and February of 2009. Leslie Uggams (born May 25, 1943, New York City) is American Actress and Singer, perhaps best known for her Tony The Pasadena Playhouse is an historic Theatre located in Pasadena California.
Personal life
Horne was married first to Louis Jones, by whom she had a daughter, Gail and a son, Edwin. Gail Lumet Buckley (born on December 21, 1937) is an American Author and the daughter of Lena Horne.
Lena Horne's second marriage was to Lennie Hayton, a Jewish American, from 1947 until his death in 1971. Leonard George (Lennie Hayton ( 13 February 1908 &ndash 24 April 1971) was a Jewish American composer conductor and arranger American Jews, or Jewish Americans Hayton was one of the premier musical conductors and arrangers at MGM. In her as-told-to autobiography Lena by Richard Schickel, Horne recounts the enormous pressures she and her husband faced as an interracial married couple. Richard Warren Schickel (born February 10, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an Author, Journalist, and documentary However, she later admitted (Ebony, May 1980) that she really married Hayton to advance her career and cross the "color-line" in show business. Ebony, a monthly Magazine for the African American market was founded by John H She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Delta Sigma Theta ( ΔΣΘ) Sorority is a Non-profit Greek letter organization of college educated women who perform public service placing emphasis on the
Selected awards and recognitions
Grammy Award History
| Year | Category | Title | Genre | Label | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Best Jazz Vocal Performance | An Evening With Lena Horne | Jazz | Blue Note | Winner |
| 1989 | Lifetime Achievement Awards | Winner | |||
| 1988 | Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female | The Men in My Life | Jazz | Three Cherries | Nominee |
| 1988 | Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Duo or Group | I Won't Leave You Again | Jazz | Three Cherries | Nominee |
| 1981 | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | The Lady And Her Music, Live On Broadway | Pop | Qwest | Winner |
| 1981 | Best Cast Show Album | The Lady and Her Music Live on Broadway | Pop | Qwest | Winner |
| 1962 | Best Female Vocal Performance | Porgy and Bess | Pop | RCA | Nominee |
| 1961 | Female Solo Vocal Performance | Lena at the Sands | Pop | RCA | Nominee |
Additional Awards
| Year | Organization | Category | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Martin Luther King, Jr. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences National Historic Site |
International Civil Rights Walk of Fame[9] |
Inducted | |
| 1999 | NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Jazz Artist | Winner | |
| 1994 | Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award | Songwriters Hall of Fame | Winner | |
| ? | Hollywood Chamber of Commerce | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Star at 6282 Hollywood Blvd | Honor (motion pictures) |
| ? | Hollywood Chamber of Commerce | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Star at 6250 Hollywood Blvd | Honor (recordings) |
| 1987 | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |
The ASCAP Pied Piper Award[10] | Winner | Given to entertainers who have made significant contributions to words and music |
| 1985 | Emmy Award | "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music" | Nominee | |
| 1984 | John F. The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Jazz Artist: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
Kennedy Center Honors[11] | Winner | For extraordinary talent, creativity, and perseverance |
| 1980 | Howard University | Honorary doctorate[12] | Honored | |
| 1980 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Musical | Winner | "The Lady and Her Music" |
| 1980 | New York Drama Critics Circle Awards | Special Citation | Winner | "The Lady and Her Music" |
| 1957 | Tony Awards | Best Actress | Nominee | "Jamaica" |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Patti Lupone in Evita |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical 1980-1981 for Lena Horne, The Lady and Her Music |
Succeeded by Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls |
Hit singles
- "Stormy Weather" (1943)
- "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955) #19 U. Howard University is a private, Coeducational Nonsectarian University located in Washington D Patti LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American Singer and Actress, perhaps best known for her Tony Award -winning Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical was first awarded at the 1974-1975 Drama Desk Awards and has been awarded every year since Jennifer-Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960, Riverside Texas) is a two-time Grammy Award -winning American Singer Dreamgirls is a Broadway musical, which opened on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre. S. Pop
Filmography
| Name | Release year |
|---|---|
| The Duke Is Tops | 1938 |
| Panama Hattie | 1942 |
| Cabin in the Sky | 1943 |
| Stormy Weather | 1943 |
| Thousands Cheer | 1943 |
| I Dood It | 1943 |
| Swing Fever | 1943 |
| Broadway Rhythm | 1944 |
| Two Girls and a Sailor | 1944 |
| Ziegfeld Follies | 1946 |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | 1946 |
| Words and Music | 1948 |
| Duchess of Idaho | 1950 |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | 1956 |
| Death of a Gunfighter | 1969 |
| The Wiz | 1978 |
| That's Entertainment! III | 1994 |
Short subjects
- Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944)
- Studio Visit (1946)
- Some of the Best (1949)
- The Heart of Show Business (1957)
- Now (1965) (includes Horne's performance of the song Now!)
Television
- What's My Line? (as Mystery Guest September 27, 1953)
Albums
- "Moanin' Low" (1948 Victor Musical Smart Set)
- Little Girl Blue (1947; Black & White)
- Classics in Blue (1947; Black & White)
- It's Love (1955; RCA)
- Stormy Weather (1956; RCA)
- At the Waldorf Astoria (1957; RCA)
- Jamaica [Original Cast Recording] (1957; RCA)
- Give the Lady What She Wants (1958; RCA)
- I Feel So Smoochie (1958; Lion [songs Horne recorded for MGM records in the late 1940s])
- Porgy & Bess (1959; RCA) - with Harry Belafonte
- Songs by Burke and Van Heusen (1960; RCA)
- At the Sands (1961; RCA)
- Lena on the Blue Side (1962; RCA)
- Lovely & Alive (1963; RCA)
- Sings Your Requests (1963; Charter)
- Lena Like Latin [later retitled Lena Goes Latin] (1963; Charter)
- Here's Lena Now! (1964; 20th Century)
- Feelin' Good (1965; UA)
- Lena in Hollywood (1966; UA)
- Merry from Lena (1966; UA)
- Soul (1966; UA)
- Lena and Gabor (1970; Skye)
- Harry & Lena (1970; RCA) - with Harry Belafonte
- Nature's Baby (1971; Buddah)
- Lena & Michel (1975; RCA)
- Lena: A New Album (1976; RCA)
- Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1981; Qwest) - Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- The Men in My Life (1988; Three Cherries)
- We'll Be Together Again (1994; Blue Note)
- An Evening with Lena Horne (1995; Blue Note) - Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Being Myself (1998; Blue Note)
- Seasons of a Life (2005; Blue Note; recorded 1999)
References
- ^ JET, April 2007
- ^ Black Leadership in Los Angeles: Augustus F. Hawkins
- ^ No Message
- ^ American Masters . Lena Horne | PBS
- ^ Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Lena Horne
- ^ Lena Horne Biography
- ^ Grammy Award Database
- ^ The Envelope Database
- ^ International Civil Rights Walk of Fame
- ^ ASCAP Award
- ^ Kennedy Center Database
- ^ Kennedy Center Horne bio
External links
- Lena Horne at the Internet Movie Database
- Lena-Horne Tribute Site
- Entry in the New Georgia Encyclopedia
- biography
- Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
- Lena Horne turns 80
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