Lena Horne - Someday My Prince Will Come 1967

[filmsprockets]

Lovely version of this great song - Lena was beautiful and sang wonderfully - a real unique talent !

[leeann614]

Beautiful!!!

[less01]

who tought this woman to sing my god perfect breath control... pitch yikes just superb!

[lenahorneclub]

@less01 Kay Thompson was Lena's vocal coach at MGM. She was Judy's too!

[billyboylb]

Nice. Love Barbra Streisand's recording of this as well.

[artwantsmore]

such a beautiful ray of light. i love you Lena.

[veggiet2009]

this is so much better than Barbra Streisand's version she recorded a few years back....

[areyoulookinatmepal1]

my princess

[Schnoogles]

"Disney classic" and now "jazz standard"!

[grwatanabe]

pure love

[jeffaadkins]

I like this and I am going to encourage all my girl students to discover Leana.....

[MrLeroyhenry]

Mundell Lowe on guitar on this one.

[honeybee7700]

heartbreakingly beautiful

[SongsJerome]

Was she in the Wiz and the Cosby SHow

[poepneukerobotjes]

i think she is an alien, her nose is too small and she doesn't blink her eyes

[manyara02]

What a classy & very beautiful woman.

[kmoore53]

That was outstanding. I have never seen or heard this before. I have heard the miles davis version with no words. She fills in the words. She is such a beautiful soul.

[jielyel]

wow...smooth

[csimiamifan10]

crazy she was 50 n gorgeous this yrshe was 92 n was gorgeous sad she's gone but she is in a better place

beautiful singa im 15 n i love ha music

[rgalvez24]

RIP

[lena2b]

beautiful!

[ankhaton]

hI

i HAVE half A SONG BY HER

estate

CANT FIND IT ON YOUTUIBE

DO YOU HAVE IT ?

PS

see my OBAMA BLUES

[paxandrews]

rip Lena...xx i saw you in 1979, san francisco.. you took my breath away........

[embrjj27]

this is so classic and i just love it my angles follow you forever R.I.P.

[blinkie7]

Sounds like Mundel Lowe.

[tritone43]

What a talented, beautiful, classy lady! I have always thought that Lena Horne's phrasing was superb. Instrumentalists, not just singers, could learn a lot by listening to her recordings. Does anyone know the name of the guitarist who backs Ms. Horne on the first chorus?

[gebo513]

@tritone43 sounds like joe pass, but i'm just guessing

[cdevereaux7]

Beautiful!

[cherriac19]

I will keep on dreaming ;-)

[pjdance]

RIP Lena... You were of a generation where in order to make you had to have a voice, dignity, respect, class, and some kind talent other than a body or a gimmicky stage act.

[supersysy77]

RIP Lena Horne.Amazing talent

[mandie0077]

rip

[darkestwolf115]

*cries*

[love4myclarks7]

RIP LADY HORNE! I'm so appreciative of every talented, motivating and impacting effort she's made in her career. What a legend, and a class act.

[littleprincey]

R.I.P., Lena--you will always be a legend! And we will miss you...

[less01]

REST IN PEACE GREAT AMERICAN SINGER!

[ConnerLives]

You will be missed.  RIP, Ms. Horne.

[sinatrabooth89]

I was sad to hear about her passing this evening, we will never have another like her.

[TheatreGrrl87]

Timeless perfection. I love the expressions she makes, like she's really feeling the longing and hope the song conveys. RIP Lena Horne. You will be missed.

~Thea

[waynebrasler]

What an interesting song for her to choose. And what interesting things she does with it.

[pepperytime]

How great is this !

[less01]

EXEPTIONAL VOICE CONTROL!!!!!!!

[RUBA246]

Excellent!!!

[heleiandie]

such intensity!

[jamlimited3]

Thats one beautiful 50 year old!  She looks 40 at the latest. Interesting reading everyone's responses.

[yaleboy716]

ABSOLUTELY! Lena is COMPLETELY in the moment. A true original...they all copied her....everyone wanted to know what was going on in her head while she sang....the mark of a true artist-her internal movie was always running while she sang-laying her heart and soul bare for us to see and project our feelings and emotions onto-she is more like Garland than anyone else...both brilliant-in one hundred years-those 2 will still be counted among the best the world has ever encountered

[lenahorneclub]

Disagree with the comparison with Garland -- Garland was all out there on the stage -- Lena was more internal.

[marcosvalenca]

@lenahorneclub Exactly.

[jillianryan]

@lenahorneclub Agreed... Garland was very about the performance... I think the most internal/truthful I ever heard her was when she sang "What do I do?" and "The Man That God Away." As far as internal singers there are very few... but you can definitely see the influence Lena had on Barbra Streisand.... every song for both of those women was like a new character. I adore adore adore this!!!!!

[jillianryan]

@lenahorneclub If anything I would compare Lenas execution to that of Barbra Streisand. They are both extremely internal, and it is obvious Barbras delivery was influenced by her. The songs are acted out.

[sandaglad]

In light of the recent biography of Lena, this number is especially poignant. The lady is in a rarified category all her own. What a voice, and what a face. She almost appears ready to cry at the very end here.  Thank God for Lena Horne.

[twanbiz2]

only select few people can do this today....just stand there and sing with such execution and passion......and beautiful and perfect tone....this right here is on point

[helenajesstarzak]

Lena Horne - What A Woman!!!!

She sure is brilliant!

[jasoncp514]

Lena is 50 in this video.

50!!!

She'll be 92 this year, and she STILL looks and sounds stellar.

[xleahfitzgeraldx]

beautiful, just beautiful ... i am 16 and i love all of this.. it's so real compared to most mainstream music these days.

[lenahorneclub]

This must be a Janet Jackson fan with (obviously) no taste.

[tweezijdigplakband]

That's quite a radical analysis of two and a half sentences.

Her (Lena's) technique is ok, but the intonation could have been better, her articulation is exaggerated ('how thrilling' and 'whisper') and the staring into the distance is a bit of a gimmick. And she changed the beautiful opening notes.

[lenahorneclub]

Lena's style was influenced by the style of pop singing of the day -- ever listen to Barbra Streisand exaggerations in the 1960s? That was the style. Also keep in mind that Lena's main gig was live & stage performing which may explain what might look gimmicky in front of a close TV camera.

[Tunesy]

...lesson number 6, kids: There's nothing any of us can teach Lena Horne about singing jazz standards...

[mireille4joe]

My God! Lord Mercy is she UGGGGLY as hell. so boring slow sleepy voice. the package is not there all together. Too bad she was not givted by some beauty at least to match the show biz tittle.

[perseus651]

Where are the class acts like this today?

[StephanAOTTO1]

My generation's so-called "Singers" should be FORCED to watch real ladies like Lena & Julie London in order to see what being sexy is really all about.

The new girls are just VULGAR, not sexy.

There's a difference.

[NatureBoyPabbs]

@StephanAOTTO1 Amen to that!

[mrconducter]

Completely gorgeous! Never heard this version and like it more than the later recorded one on "A New Album." We are so lucky to have and to have had Lena. Thank you for spreading around this glorious tribute.