Lena Horne - The Best of the RCA Years

Title: The Best of the RCA Years Artist: Lena Horne Release Date: 10/20/1998 Label: Koch Records Duration: 56:51 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 099923799320 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Confident, Sophisticated, Brassy, Dramatic, Passionate, Poignant, Theatrical, Elegant, Literate, Sentimental, Stylish, Refined/Mannered, Romantic, Sensual Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I Concentrate on You
2. Comin' Runnin' [Live]
3. Where Is Love?
4. Love Me or Leave Me
5. You'd Better Know It
6. Just My Luck
7. That Old Feeling
8. Cole Porter Medley: How's Your Romance?/After You/Love of My Life/It's
9. Napoleon
10. It Ain't Necessarily So
11. I Surrender, Dear
12. Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
13. Out of My Continental Mind [Live]
14. Rodgers and Hammerstein Medley: The Broadway Kids/The Sound of Music/
15. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
16. The Rules of the Road

Year Type Label Catalog # 1998 CD Koch Records 7993

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Primarily thought of as a nightclub singer, Lena Horne gained her greatest visibility as a recording artist during several stints with RCA Victor Records, 1941-45, 1955-62, 1975-76, and 1983. This 16-track, 57-and-a-half-minute compilation draws its material from the 1955-62 period, during which she recorded six singles, eight solo albums, a duo album of Porgy And Bess with Harry Belafonte, and the original Broadway cast album of Jamaica, activities that resulted in several chart entries and Grammy nominations. This album contains "Love Me or Leave Me," her sole chart single for RCA, from 1955, and it relies heavily on her live recordings, including selections from the albums Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria and Lena Horne at the Sands, and the EP Lena Horne at the Coconut Grove. It also emphasizes the singer's affinity for such classic pop writers as Cole Porter, the Gershwins, and Harold Arlen. There are some surprising omissions, among them a version of her signature song, "Stormy Weather" (the title of one of her RCA albums of the period), and such Jamaica songs as "Push De Button." Maybe that's just to say that Horne deserved a more ambitious compilation of this title, a full-length two-CD set encompassing her entire time at the label. As it is, this is an adequate sampler of the recordings she made during a seven-year period in her late thirties and early forties. Even for the RCA catalog, it's only a part of the story. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Caiola Guitar Al Cohn Saxophone Al DeRisi Trumpet Al Hendrickson Guitar Al Viola Guitar Albert Epstein Saxophone Ben Ross Saxophone Bernie Glow Trumpet Bill Hinshaw French Horn Bill Holman Saxophone Bill Hood Saxophone Bob Cooper Saxophone Bud Shank Saxophone Buddy Childers Trumpet Charles Small Trombone Chauncey Welsch Trombone Clark Terry Trumpet Danny Banks Saxophone Dave Pell Saxophone Dick Hyman Piano Dick Nash Trombone Don Fagerquist Trumpet Don Lamond Drums Eddie Bert Trombone Eddie Caine Saxophone Eddie Wasserman Saxophone Frank Beach Trumpet Frank Capp Drums Frank Rehak Trombone Gene DiNovi Piano Gene Quill Saxophone George Duvivier Bass George Price French Horn George Roberts Trombone Harold Baker Trumpet Harry "Sweets" Edison Trumpet Herb Geller Saxophone Herbie Harper Trombone Jack Palmer Trumpet Jack Sheldon Trumpet James Buffington French Horn James Gavin Liner Notes, Compilation, Reissue Producer, Compilation Producer James Maxwell Trumpet Jim Dahl Trombone Jimmy Cleveland Trombone Joe Maini Saxophone Joe Mondragon Bass Joe Wilder Trumpet John Audino Trumpet John Barrows French Horn John Cali Guitar Larry Bunker Percussion Laura Newell Harp Lehman Engel Conductor Lennie Hayton Conductor Manny Gershman Saxophone Marty Gold Arranger, Conductor Marty Paich Conductor Med Flory Saxophone Mel Davis Trumpet Morty Trautman Trombone Mundell Lowe Guitar Nick Travis Trumpet Osie Johnson Drums Pete Candoli Trumpet Phil Woods Saxophone Ralph Burns Arranger Ray Shanfeld Saxophone Ray Sims Trombone Ray Triscari Trumpet Red Callender Tuba Richard Perry Trumpet Romeo Penque Saxophone Ronald Langinger Saxophone Shelly Manne Drums Stu Williamson Trumpet Sy Berger Trombone Thomas Mitchell Trombone Tony Studd Trombone Urbie Green Trombone Vincent Forchetti Trombone William Rodriguez Bongos