Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria explained

Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
Type:	live
Artist:	Lena Horne
Cover:	lenawaldorf.jpg
Released:	February 20, 1957
Recorded:	December 31, 1956
Venue:	Empire Room, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City
Genre:	Traditional pop
Length:	35:39
Label:	RCA Victor
Chronology:	Lena Horne
Prev Title:	It's Love
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Stormy Weather
Next Year:	1957

Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria is a 1957 live album by Lena Horne, conducted by Lennie Hayton, recorded in Stereo at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on the evening of December 31, 1956.^[1] One of the first non-classical live albums to be recorded in Stereo, the monaural album peaked at #24 in the Billboard Hot 200 and became the best selling record by a female artist in the history of the RCA Victor label.^{[2] [3] [4]} The album was re-issued on CD in 2002, by Collectables Records, together with Horne's 1961 live album Lena Horne at the Sands.

Track listing

1. "Today I Love Everybody" (Harold Arlen, Dorothy Fields) – 2.55
2. "Let Me Love You" (Bart Howard, Lou Levy) – 3.06
3. "Come Runnin'" (Roc Hillman) – 2.42
4. Cole Porter Medley: "How's Your Romance?"/"After You"/"Love of My Life"/"It's All Right with Me" – 7:21
5. "Mood Indigo"/"I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills)/(Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 4:30
6. "How You Say It" (Matt Dubey, Harold Karr) – 3:16
7. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 2:59
8. "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) – 2:07
9. "New Fangled Tango" (Dubey, Karr) – 3:06
10. "I Love to Love" (Herbert Baker) – 4:20
11. "From This Moment On" (Porter) – 1:57

Personnel

• Lena Horne – vocals
• Nat Brandwynne & His Orchestra – orchestra
• Lennie Hayton – conductor

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=at-the-waldorf-astoria-r25321|pure_url=yes}} Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria ]. . March 5, 2011 . dead . https://www.webcitation.org/628q51XQN?url=http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Rihanna/chart-history/658897?f=793&g=Singles . October 2, 2011 .
2. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139390-Lena-Horne-Singer-and-Actress-Dies-at-92 www.playbill; RCA Victor Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
3. http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/h/lena_horne/index.html New York Times; Lena Horne Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
4. http://www.allmusic.com/album/at-the-waldorf-astoria-r25321/charts-awards Lena Horne Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria Billboard Hot 200 album charts