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 recording was "Stormy Weather" issued in 1942, which reached number 21 on the US Music Popularity chart. While a series of records were issued by RCA Victor, 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.
Horne's first LP for RCA Victor, It's Love was issued 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 + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details Title Album details Peak chart positionsUSUSJazz Moanin' Low Released: 1942 Label: RCA Victor Formats: Shellac — — It's Love Released: 1955 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — — Stormy Weather Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — — Give the Lady What She Wants Released: 1958 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP 20 — Songs by Burke and Van Heusen Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — — Porgy and Bess Released: 1959 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP 13 — Lena on the Blue Side Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP 102 — Lena...Lovely and Alive Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP 102 — Lena Horne Sings Your Requests Released: 1963 Label: CRC Charter Formats: LP — — Lena Like Latin Released: 1963 Label: CRC Charter Formats: LP — — Here's Lena Now! Released: 1963 Label: 20th Century Fox Formats: LP — — Feelin' Good Released: 1965 Label: United Artists Formats: LP — — Soul Released: 1966 Label: United Artists Formats: LP — — Lena in Hollywood Released: 1966 Label: United Artists Formats: LP — — Merry from Lena Released: 1966 Label: United Artists Formats: LP — — Lena & Gabor Released: 1970 Label: Skye Formats: LP 162 — Harry & Lena Released: 1970 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — — Nature's Baby Released: 1971 Label: Buddah Formats: LP — — Lena & Michel Released: 1975 Label: RCA Formats: LP — — Lena: A New Album Released: 1976 Label: RCA Formats: LP, cassette — — The Men in My Life Released: 1988 Label: Three Cherries Formats: LP, CD, cassette — 5 We'll Be Together Again Released: 1994 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD, cassette — 1 Being Myself Released: 1998 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD, cassette — — Seasons of a Life Released: 2006 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details Title Album details Peak chartpositionsUS Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP 24 Lena Horne at the Sands Released: 1961 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP — Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Released: 1981 Label: Qwest Formats: LP, cassette 112 An Evening with Lena Horne Released: 1995 Label: Blue Note Formats: CD, cassette — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Soundtrack albums + List of soundtrack albums, showing all relevant details Title Album details Jamaica Released: 1957 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, showing all relevant details Title Album details Little Girl Blue Released: 1947 Label: Black & White Formats: Shellac Lena Horne Sings Released: 1952 Label: MGM Formats: LP Ella, Lena and Billie Released: 1955 Label: Columbia Formats: LP I Concentrate on You: The Best of Lena Horne Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP My Name Is Lena Released: 1967 Label: United Artists Formats: LP Lena Released: 1979 Label: RCA Formats: LP Damas Del Jazz Released: 1980 Label: CBS Formats: LP Con Plumas Released: 1982 Label: Liberty Formats: LP Lena & the Duke Released: 1982 Label: RCA Special Products Formats: Cassette Stormy Weather Released: 1982 Label: RCA Formats: LP Stormy Weather: The Legendary Lena (1941-1958) Released: 1990 Label: Bluebird/RCA Formats: CD, cassette At Long Last Lena Released: 1992 Label: RCA Formats: CD Best of Lena Horne Released: 1993 Label: Curb Formats: CD Love Is the Thing Released: 1994 Label: RCA Formats: CD Lena Horne at M-G-M: Ain't It the Truth Released: 1996 Label: Turner Classic/Rhino Formats: CD A&E Biography Released: 1998 Label: Capitol Formats: CD Love Songs Released: 2000 Label: BMG/RCA Formats: CD Greatest Hits Released: 2000 Label: RCA Victor Formats: CD The Classic Lena Horne Released: 2002 Label: RCA Formats: CD
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details Title Year Peak chartpositions AlbumUSUSR&B "Stormy Weather" 1942 21 — rowspan="19" "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" 1944 21 — "Out of Nowhere" — — "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" 1945 — — "How Long Has This Been Going On?" — — "Little Girl Blue" 1946 — — "Old Fashioned Love" — — "Glad to Be Unhappy" — — "More Than You Know" — — "Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)" — — "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" 1947 — — "Frankie and Johnny (Part 1)" — — "'Deed I Do" 1948 26 — "Sometimes I'm Happy" — — "The Man I Love" — — "Take Love Easy" / "I Feel So Smoochie" — — "Where or When?" 1949 — — "I've Got the World on a String" 1950 — — "Love Me or Leave Me" 1955 19 — "It's All Right with Me" — — It's Love "What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)" 1956 — — rowspan="3" "From This Moment On" — — "That Old Feeling" 1957 — — "Push de Button" — — Jamaica "You'd Better Know It" 1958 — — Give the Lady What She Wants "Where Is Love?" 1962 — — "Why Was I Born" 1963 — — Lena Horne Sings Your Requests "Now!" 92 18 Here's Lena Now! "Blowin' in the Wind" 1964 — — "Pleasures and Palaces" 1965 — — Feelin' Good "Softly, as I Leave You" — — "Love Bug" 1966 — — "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" — — Merry from Lena "Watch What Happens" 1970 — — Lena & Gabor "Feels So Good" 1971 — — Nature's Baby "Someday My Prince Will Come" 1976 — — Lena: A New Album "Believe in Yourself" 1978 — — The Wiz "Stormy Weather (Part 1)" 1981 — — Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music "I Wish I'd Met You" 1988 — — The Men in My Life "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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External links Lena Horne albums, singles and more at Discogs