Lena Horne discography
| Lena Horne discography | |
|---|---|
_(LOC)_(4843132965).jpg) Lena Horne, circa 1946-1948. | |
| Studio albums | 24 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 19 |
| Singles | 39 |
The discography of American singer, actress and civil rights activist, Lena Horne, contains 24 studio albums, four live albums, one soundtrack album, 19 compilation albums and 39 singles. Her first recordings were issued as singles beginning with 1942's "Stormy Weather", which reached number 21 on the US Music Popularity chart. While a series of singles were issued by RCA, Black & White and MGM, only two more releases made the US chart during the 1940s: "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" and "'Deed I Do". In 1955, "Love Me or Leave Me" rose to number 19 on the US Hot 100, becoming among Horne's highest-peaking singles in her career.
The RCA label began issuing studio and live albums of Horne's material during the 1950s, beginning with It's Love in 1955. Her 1957 live LP, Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria was her first to make the US Billboard 200, rising to number 24. Her 1958 studio LP, Give the Lady What She Wants rose to number 20 on the same chart. Her highest-peaking US LP was a collaboration with Harry Belafonte in 1959 titled Porgy and Bess, which peaked at number 13. In 1963, the CRC Charter label issued two studio albums: Lena Horne Sings Your Requests and Lena Like Latin. Another studio album by 20th Century Fox in 1963 spawned the single "Now!", which rose into the US Hot 100 and was Horne's only song to make the US R&B singles chart, peaking at number 18. The United Artists label issued three studio LP's including Merry from Lena in 1966.
Horne's 1970 collaboration with Gábor Szabó titled Lena & Gabor climbed to number 162 on the US Billboard 200. Spawned from the album was the single, "Watch What Happens", which rose into the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number 19 (her final single to chart). During the decade RCA released three studio albums by Horne including Harry & Lena (her second with Harry Belafonte) and Lena: A New Album. In 1981, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music was released by Qwest Records and reached number 162 on the US Billboard 200. In 1988, The Men in My Life featured a single in collaboration with Sammy Davis, Jr. titled "I Wish I'd Met You". During the 1990s, Blue Note Records issued several more studio and live albums by Horne, including the final released during her lifetime: Being Myself (1998).
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US Jazz [2] | ||
| Moanin' Low[3] |
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— | — |
| It's Love |
|
— | — |
| Stormy Weather |
|
— | — |
| Give the Lady What She Wants |
|
20 | — |
| Songs by Burke and Van Heusen |
|
— | — |
| Porgy and Bess (with Harry Belafonte) |
|
13 | — |
| Lena on the Blue Side |
|
102 | — |
| Lena...Lovely and Alive |
|
102 | — |
| Lena Horne Sings Your Requests |
|
— | — |
| Lena Like Latin |
|
— | — |
| Here's Lena Now! |
|
— | — |
| Feelin' Good |
|
— | — |
| Soul |
|
— | — |
| Lena in Hollywood |
|
— | — |
| Merry from Lena |
|
— | — |
| Lena & Gabor (with Gábor Szabó) |
|
162 | — |
| Harry & Lena (with Harry Belafonte) |
|
— | — |
| Nature's Baby |
|
— | — |
| Lena & Michel (with Michel Legrand) |
|
— | — |
| Lena: A New Album |
|
— | — |
| The Men in My Life |
|
— | 5 |
| We'll Be Together Again |
|
— | 1 |
| Being Myself |
|
— | — |
| Seasons of a Life |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US [1] | ||
| Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria |
|
24 |
| Lena Horne at the Sands |
|
— |
| Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
|
112 |
| An Evening with Lena Horne |
|
— |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Jamaica (with Ricardo Montalban and cast) |
|
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Little Girl Blue[4] |
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| Lena Horne Sings[5] |
|
| Ella, Lena and Billie (with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday)[6] |
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| I Concentrate on You: The Best of Lena Horne[7] |
|
| My Name Is Lena[8] |
|
| Lena[9] |
|
| Damas Del Jazz (with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday)[10] |
|
| Con Plumas[11] |
|
| Lena & the Duke (with Duke Ellington)[12] |
|
| Stormy Weather[13] |
|
| Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958)[14] |
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| At Long Last Lena[15] |
|
| Best of Lena Horne[16] |
|
| Love Is the Thing[17] |
|
| Lena Horne at M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth[18] |
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| A&E Biography[19] |
|
| Love Songs[20] |
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| Greatest Hits[21] |
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| The Classic Lena Horne[22] |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [23][24] |
US R&B [25] | |||
| "Stormy Weather" | 1942 | 21 | — | non-album singles |
| "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | 1944 | 21 | — | |
| "Out of Nowhere" (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)[26] |
— | — | ||
| "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"[27] | 1945 | — | — | |
| "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (with The Phil Moore Four)[28] |
— | — | ||
| "Little Girl Blue"[29] | 1946 | — | — | |
| "Old Fashioned Love"[30] | — | — | ||
| "Glad to Be Unhappy"[31] | — | — | ||
| "More Than You Know"[32] | — | — | ||
| "Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)"[33] | — | — | ||
| "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"[34] | 1947 | — | — | |
| "Frankie and Johnny (Part 1)"[35] | — | — | ||
| "'Deed I Do" | 1948 | 26 | — | |
| "Sometimes I'm Happy"[36] | — | — | ||
| "The Man I Love"[37] | — | — | ||
| "I Feel So Smoochie"[38] | — | — | ||
| "Where or When?"[39] | 1949 | — | — | |
| "I've Got the World on a String"[40] | 1950 | — | — | |
| "Love Me or Leave Me" | 1955 | 19 | — | |
| "It's All Right with Me"[41] | — | — | It's Love | |
| "What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)"[42] | 1956 | — | — | non-album singles |
| "From This Moment On"[43] | — | — | ||
| "That Old Feeling"[44] | 1957 | — | — | |
| "Push de Button"[45] | — | — | Jamaica | |
| "You'd Better Know It"[46] | 1958 | — | — | Give the Lady What She Wants |
| "Where Is Love?"[47] | 1962 | — | — | non-album single |
| "Why Was I Born"[48] | 1963 | — | — | Lena Horne Sings Your Requests |
| "Now!" | 92 | 18 | Here's Lena Now! | |
| "Blowin' in the Wind"[49] | 1964 | — | — | |
| "Pleasures and Palaces"[50] | 1965 | — | — | Feelin' Good |
| "Softly, as I Leave You"[51] | — | — | ||
| "Love Bug"[52] | 1966 | — | — | non-album singles |
| "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"[53] | — | — | Merry from Lena | |
| "Watch What Happens" | 1970 | —[a] | — | Lena & Gabor |
| "Feels So Good"[55] | 1971 | — | — | Nature's Baby |
| "Someday My Prince Will Come"[56] | 1976 | — | — | Lena: A New Album |
| "Believe in Yourself"[57] | 1978 | — | — | The Wiz |
| "Stormy Weather (Part 1)"[58] | 1981 | — | — | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
| "I Wish I'd Met You" (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.)[59] |
1988 | — | — | The Men in My Life |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Notes
- ^ "Watch What Happens" peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart, a list which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[54]
References
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0898201666.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Lena Horne Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1942). "Moanin' Low (Liner Notes)". RCA Victor. P-118.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1947). "Little Girl Blue (compilation notes)". Black & White Records. A-70.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1952). "Lena Horne Sings (compilation notes)". MGM Records. K-72/E-45.
- ^ Horne, Lena; Fitzgerald, Ella; Holiday, Billie (1955). "Ella, Lena and Billie (compilation notes)". Columbia Records. CL-2531.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1962). "I Concentrate on You: The Best of Lena Horne (compilation notes)". RCA Victor. SHP-5189/SHP-5189.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1967). "My Name Is Lena (compilation notes)". United Artists Records. YS-736-UA.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1979). "Lena (compilation notes)". RCA Records. NL-43044.
- ^ Horne, Lena; Fitzgerald, Ella; Holiday, Billie (1980). "Damas Del Jazz (compilation notes)". CBS Records International. 80068.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1982). "Con Plumas (compilation notes)". Liberty Records. 10C 054-083.226, Vol. VI.
- ^ Horne, Lena; Ellington, Duke (1982). "Lena & the Duke (compilation notes)". RCA Special Products. DPK1-0550/51-3002.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1982). "Stormy Weather (compilation notes)". RCA Records. RJL-2584(M).
- ^ Horne, Lena (1990). "Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958) (compilation notes)". Bluebird Records/RCA Records. 9985-4-RB; 9985-2-RB, D 101784.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1992). "At Long Last Lena (compilation notes)". RCA Records. 66021-2.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1993). "Best of Lena Horne (compilation notes)". Curb Records. D2-77616.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1994). "Love Is the Thing (compilation notes)". RCA Records. 07863 66473-2, 101592.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1996). "Lena Horne at M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth (compilation notes)". Turner Classic/Rhino Records. R2-72246.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1998). "A&E Biography (compilation notes)". Capitol Records. 72434-94758-0-9.
- ^ Horne, Lena (2000). "Love Songs (compilation notes)". BMG/RCA Records. 09026-63604-2.
- ^ Horne, Lena (2000). "Greatest Hits (compilation notes)". RCA Victor. 09026-63692-2.
- ^ Horne, Lena (2002). "The Classic Lena Horne (compilation notes)". RCA Records. 07863-69399-2.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1890-1954 The History of American Popular Music : Compiled from America's Popular Music Charts 1890-1954. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0898200836.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0898201550.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
- ^ Wilson, Teddy; Horne, Lena (1944). ""Out of Nowhere"/"You're My Favorite Memory" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records. 36737.
- ^ Horne, Lena (February 1945). ""I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"/"So Long as I Live" (78 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 20-1626.
- ^ Horne, Lena (June 1945). ""How Long Has This Been Going On?"/"I Want a Little Doggie" (78 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 45-0001.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1946). ""Little Girl Blue"/"Whispering" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records. 815.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1946). ""Old Fashioned Love"/"I Don't Want to Cry Anymore" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records. 816.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1946). ""Glad to Be Unhappy"/"At Long Last Love" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records. 817.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1946). ""More Than You Know"/"Blue Prelude" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records. 818.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1946). ""Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)"/"You Go to My Head" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records. 819.
- ^ Horne, Lena; Garland, Judy (February 1947). ""Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" [Lena Horne]/"Who?" [Judy Garland] (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records. 30003.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1947). ""Frankie and Johnny (Part 1)"/"Frankie and Johnny (Part 2)" (78 RPM singles)". Black & White Records. 500.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1948). ""Sometimes I'm Happy"/"It's Mad, Mad, Mad!" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records. 10246.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1948). ""The Man I Love"/"Where or When?" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records. 27818.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1948). ""I Feel So Smoochie"/"Take Love Easy" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records. MGM-10108.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1949). ""Where or When?"/"The Lady Is a Tramp" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records. MGM-164.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1950). ""I've Got the World on a String"/"Is It Always Like This" (78 RPM singles)". MGM Records. MGM-10615.
- ^ Horne, Lena (July 1955). ""It's All Right with Me"/"It's Love" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 47-6175.
- ^ Horne, Lena (February 1956). ""What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)"/"If You Can Dream" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 47-6512.
- ^ Horne, Lena (May 1956). ""From This Moment On"/"Running, Running, Running" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 47-6512.
- ^ Horne, Lena (August 1957). ""That Old Feeling"/"Sweet Thing" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 47-6997.
- ^ Horne, Lena (November 1957). ""Push de Button"/"Cocoanut Sweet" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 47-7037.
- ^ Horne, Lena (September 1958). ""You'd Better Know It"/"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (45 RPM singles)". RCA Victor. 47-7332.
- ^ Horne, Lena (October 1962). ""Where Is Love?"/"Come on Strong" (45 RPM single)". RCA Victor. 47-8092.
- ^ Horne, Lena (March 1963). ""Why Was I Born?"/"He Loves Me" (45 RPM single)". Charter Records. CR-3.
- ^ Horne, Lena (February 1964). ""Blowin' in the Wind"/"The Eagle and Me" (45 RPM single)". 20th Century Fox Records. 460.
- ^ Horne, Lena (April 1965). ""Pleasures and Palaces"/"Feeling Good" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records. UA-851.
- ^ Horne, Lena (September 1965). ""Softly, as I Leave You"/"Sand and the Sea" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records. UA-911.
- ^ Horne, Lena (July 1966). ""Love Bug"/"Wonder What I'm Gonna Do" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records. UA-50051.
- ^ Horne, Lena (1966). ""Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"/"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (45 RPM single)". United Artists Records. UA-1661.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100: 1959-2004. Record Research. ISBN 978-0898201628.
- ^ Horne, Lena (April 1971). ""Feels So Good"/"Think About Your Troubles" (45 RPM single)". Buddah Records. BDA-233.
- ^ Horne, Lena (October 1976). ""Someday My Prince Will Come"/"I've Got to Have You" (45 RPM single)". RCA Records. AB-10825.
- ^ Horne, Lena (December 1978). ""Believe in Yourself"/"Main Title (Overture Part 1)" (45 RPM single)". MCA Records. MCA-40979.
- ^ Horne, Lena (December 1981). ""Stormy Weather (Part 1)"/"Stormy Weather (Part 2)" (45 RPM single)". Qwest Records. QWE-49878.
- ^ Horne, Lena; Davis Jr., Sammy (1988). ""I Wish I'd Met You"/"When I Fall in Love" (45 RPM single)". Three Cherries Records. TC-7301.