[78-L] Lena Horne

[simmonssomer]

Yeah but...."Them There Eyes" are still flashing in my post pubescent 
memory.

Al Simmons
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:12 AM
Subject: [78-L] Lena Horne


>
> Nobody mentioned Lena Horne's passing, so I thought I would. A dynamic 
> live performer, I was never really very fond of most of her recordings. 
> Ethel Waters' version of "Stormy Weather" was always my favorite. I know 
> that Cole Porter hated her brassy renditions of some of his songs, like 
> "It's All Right with Me." Still, she was a survivor and one of the last of 
> her era.
>
> Cary Ginell