Unfortunately for Lena, she was seen as a 'n*gger' by Whites back then like every other black person. For those who question her blackness, look at how she was viewed by Whites. People need to realize that back then it didn't matter if you were light-skinned or dark...if you were Black you were Black...and you were treated as such. It's very unfortunate and a damn shame. Her celebrity status helped her, but I guarantee she couldn't go to the South and stay in a 'whites only' hotel.
But, this is Lena Horne! Let's not remember her because you're still trying to figure out if she was mixed or not. Let's remember her for her legacy as an influential performer and all around American icon.
All these comments about her ethnicity makes me laugh. It's nice to know that America has become such a melting pot that seeing a person of mixed heritage is common and easily recognized. But, let's not forget that the "typical" African American we see on television does not fit every African Amercian walking down the street. Just because one does not have a darker skin tone, does not mean they are mixed. I know this from personal experience.
People on here and the rest of the world are clearly ignorant...ppl act like they aint never seen a very fair-skinned black woman before...its 2011...loads of ppl are mixed today..no one s pure anything...as far as I'm concerned shes African-American..POINT BLANK PERIOD!!
God she was beautiful.! And this is WAY better than music today.! she had REAL talent and so did the musicians.!! Where did this passion go.?? and where ever you are please come back.!!
@Marquia777 Sad to say... the passion is dead.. And lets face it.. It will never be the same. Although, the only chance we have is the formula rising from the next line of talent that can create a new line of passion/ or new style. (and im not saying there are no brilliant artists out there. There are plenty of newcomers ready to change the music industry for the better.)
Why does it have to be about weather she looks black or white or both? Why can't she just be a great american actress/singer? Which she was as and will always be to me, its not about her color she was gifted. In her time she wasnt able to get a lot of the respect she was due, but had she been herself in this day and age she would definatly be giving Halle a run for her money.
@runrockwater wowww...to me a black person is the guy at the table watching over her and not Lena, I cant even see any sort of black line in the shape of her nose, in videos with color we clearly see she was not black. Even Whitney houston insistis to say this is the best performance of a black woman from that time!
@cadumadonno Racism was so ingrained at that time that the movies she starred in was shot so that her scenes could be cut out when they were shown in the South, since most theaters in the South refused to show films that portrayed blacks in anything other than subservient roles to whites, and most movie studios did not want to take a chance on losing that particular source of revenue. If that is not validation that she was black what is.
you dont only have to have white blood in you to be tanned ... there are so many africans with tanned skin ... not because they bleached thier skin ....yoruba in nigeria ,fante in ghana... in botswana ....there are so many shades of black ....just so you know,.... a lil travelling will help ...
point of correction cleopatra wasnt entirely african ......she was fully greek .... from the ptolemaic dynasty set by alexander the great . .. as a matter of fact all the kings of egypt after alexander death were greeks....cleopatra was the only ptolemic monarch who learned egyptian and could actually speak it ......
This is it Daddy! I will Post this one for your 95th Birthday today November 30,2011. You loved Lena so much. I remember you talking of Lena all the time during my childhood and you both were 1 year apart I just discovered a minute ago. She is so beautiful. You may have known her in your day of working with John Wayne in the "The Flying Leathernecks" and being his Stuntman flying. You are something Daddy. I Love You and Happy Birthday!
@gatheringleaves Stop with the arguing. She was biracial but considered herself black because she felt she looked that way. Besides in her hayday whites looked at her as a black woman.
Yeah well she obviously has white in her. She looks like a tanned european woman or possibly a Middle Eastern or a Mulatta, I should know because there are many people in the Middle East and Pakistan and India who resemble her, but there are relatively few Africans who resemble her, unless they are in Ethiopia and Somalia. Did she consider herself just black or Biracial?
@gatheringleaves Just to clarify and set the record straight there have been African that look like her long before ever coming to this county just so happens the American media Only publicizes those that look like they just got off the last slave ship . By the way Egypt is not in the Middle East isn’t in and on the African continent. Cleopatra was African and Lena Horne is from New York with two African American parents
@gatheringleaves Just to clarify and set the record straight there have been African that look like her long before ever coming to this county just so happens the American media Only publicizes those that look like they just got off the last slave ship . By the way Egypt is not in the Middle East isn’t in and on the African continent. Cleopatra was African and Lena Horne is from New York with two African American parents
That was Lena Horne singing her most famous song, “Stormy Weather.” She sang this song in a nineteen forty-three musical movie of the same name. In the nineteen forties, Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. Her deal with MGM stated that she would never play the role of a servant.
@benevolentimmortal Just to clarify and set the record straight there have been African that look like her long before ever coming to this county just so happens the American media Only publicizes those that look like they just got off the last slave ship . By the way Egypt is not in the Middle East isn’t in and on the African continent. Cleopatra was African and Lena Horne is from New York with two African American parents
she was a friend of Billie Holiday, I read in Billie's autobiography that after she came out of prison, Sarah Vaughn ignored her, but Horne gave her a hug and started crying! That says a lot about her
@wesniffinviparea Lena Horne was the epitome of a gracious lady & they are few & far between. Come visit my channel's tribute to a century of music. Was working on a special list that honors the great musicians who have passed on since I came to utube. individual lists cover nearly 500 artists & every year since 1900. chuck
what 27 people could possibly hate this, i listen to this in tribune to my pops Lena horne was his all time favorite performer he would have been 77 today RIP POPS
Please don't ever compare Lena horn to Beyonce seriously she can't even compare not her beauty,music,or sex appeal they are not even in the same category now Alicia keys and Lena horn yes I can definitely see it!
@envymeforgood Beyonce is just as beautiful as Ms.Lena Horne!!! you ignorant basterd!! and Beyonce can sing any type of music and do it very well so if you hate her than its because of you and not her!! so stfu!!
@Beyoncefan1000 lol i would never ever in a million years ever want to be beyonce im sorry shes not that pretty too me.... her face is very flat very bad side profile theres nothing that she has that i would ever want!
Its you. Lena radiates elegance. Alicia does not. Seeing as how that got to plan on using Lena's actual voice for the music in the film, because its so distinctive, why was
Alicia cast in the part??? She the only lighter skinned female Oprah could think of???
FAIL! Alicia has talent, but she as Miss Horne is akin to Fantasia as Miss Ross....
The fact that people had to discuss race, rather than music in this thread, is a sad indication many of us still think "race" is important for some reason.
I'm Japanese, 23 yrs old, an accounting major who loves the LA lakers and watches Jersey Shore. My parents don't even listen to anything older than the 60s. My life has nothing to do with music like this... I don't know how it started but who cares, I still can't help listening to her sing before I go to sleep every night. I love Her...
Lena voice could sooth the savage beast when she sings, love this song,,,The late Willie Hutch does an excellent rendition of the song Stormy Weather, check it out.
I just read some comments, here. I think that...it,s imposible to compare artists such as Ella, Lena, etc....Each one of this LADIES has class, talent, passion...I LOVE this kind of music. I feel pleasure with Ella,s albums from Cole Porter, Gershwin..etc, AND feel the same pleasure with Lena albums, such as the original 4 vinils records from the movie STORMY WEATHER (1943).This album was a present from dad to my mom when they were very young. I ADMIRE TALENT. God bless them- Carlos
If you are a truth seeker, search "Truth Contest" in Google and click on the 1st result, then open The Present and read what it says. Everyone needs to see this. The Present will turn this world right-side up if it reaches enough people.
thank you for placing this. You made my very old mother very happy. old memories came above .. now she is singing stormy weather the whole day... thanks Evelien
@PigfootAbernathy I was going to agree with you until I listened to British Music Sensation Amy Winehouse from London who sadly succumbed to drugs and alcohol at a very young age 27 yrs.This song could be the soundtrack to Amy Winehouse's short lived music career but it shined so brilliantly while it did!
Check out her two albums Frank! 2003 and Black to Black 2006. You said'They don't make em like Ms. Horne anymore!!!" well they didn't until Amy Winehouse sang 60 years after this song was made
@ajohn1987,@ReginaMuse93, @SegChainberland, @jewelsheartsmakeup, @ACDC31415, @alrozz: she was a wonderful boss & she told us great stories about the past along with her manager Mr. Sneed & the wardrobe mistress Ms. Auderie (Momma) Whitmore all from the Cotton Club Era...& alrozz-she might have worn you out in the 80's too.....(smile) She had a lot of energy every night & she always gave it her all. It was amazing to watch. (read the article below) thank God we have her videos & music. ChinaDoll
There is a young lady in Atlanta Georgia named Christina Alfred that should play Ms. Horne....she portrayed Ms. Horne in a Tribute last September 2010 & she was great. Sang & danced like Ms. Horne when she was young & is just as beautiful with the same authentic southern drawl when she speaks. I saw this show personally & after everyone else named Christina does Ms. Lena Horne with class & expertise & Christina can sing her behind off. From a former Ms. Horne bckgrnd singer/dancer-ChinaDoll
I'm 14, and I grew up listening to this line of music, classic rock, oldies, and modern alternative. I love all types of music, especially the legendary type.
@Sheckywoo Mediocre? she was the first person of African American decent to widely known as an excellent singer among the white community. Very difficult of the time....
@ACDC31415 Compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, she places well behind both of them --Ella and Sarah were both virtuosos, Lena couldn't hold a light to them - I've heard some recordings of Ella where I would swear Doris Day was singing and I've heard unbelievably technical Sarah recordings... which Ella could match -- maybe Lena was the first to have a pleasing voice and pleasing aesthetic which worked for white people- but I would deem her second tier compared to those two ladies--
@Sheckywoo Ella and Sarah were/are a whole different level, in every aspect of musicality. They are the pinnacle of the artform. And yes Billie Holiday is in that revered company. Whilst not having the same technical ability & range, she had a one of a kind voice that totally captured the essence of Jazz in terms of phrasing, time and most prominently, emotional content in her delivery. Her style, modeled on Armstrong's horn, was unique and beloved by Jazz musicians. She was/is the soul of Jazz.
@bolder2009 I think we're in agreement -- I didn't include Billie(my favorite of all of them, by the way) in the group because I feel she's just a different type of singer -- Sarah, Ella, Lena and a host of other minor players seemed to all be competing for the same class of listener -- on the other hand, Billie in most cases although she sang the same tunes was singing for and to a different audience --
@Sheckywoo Yeah we are. I didn't need to chime in. But I did. You are right, Billie was a one of a kind artist. Without her influence, its highly probable that Sinatra would not have developed his style as effectively as he did. He studied her phrasing and in his most acclaimed work such as 'Songs For Swingin' Lovers', 'In The Wee Small Hours', and 'Only The lonely', her influence is tangible. So regardless of whether her intonation was bad as some say, she was and is a monumental artist..
@Sheckywoo But it all goes back to Louis Armstrong. Satchmo is arguably the most influential singer of the 20th century. He is the father of Jazz singing in terms of the innovations he introduced. He used his voice like a horn. Billie developed her style from him. And Sinatra developed his sense of time and phrasing from studying Billie, and allied what he got from her with the Italian Bel Canto technique. Ella's two biggest influences were Armstrong and Connee Boswell of The Boswell Sisters.
To those saying she called herself black in those days. You had no choice but to call yourself black. If you were biracial (white/black) you were discriminated against by whites. So naturally you gravitated towards your black heritage. There were many people that looked like her in those days who said they were black and were proud of it!
she looks like a black woman when she was younger but when i saw her in the wiz when i was a kid I asked my mother why everybody was black instead of glinda and she said thats lena horne and im lik 6 so i dont know who the hell she was talkin about then she said shes black i was shocked like well who was black to make her
Hey, I’m a young artist, & I would really appreciate it if everyone would check out my cover of Michael Bublé’s “You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You.” Although I’m knowledgeable that Michael Bublé was not the first to record the song, my version was inspired by his rendition, nonetheless. I promise you that you will not regret giving my version of the song a listen, & it will truly knock you off of your feet! So please listen & enjoy! Thanks!
@aleah198 I think it was cool she favoured her black side. She was really a heroine to the black community, and certainly a great pride. What talent! Add Cab and the Nicholas Brothers here and it's perfect!
I look out of place some comments, the issue of skin color should be buried forever ... this woman and the artists of those years were true artists, with wonderful voices and great talent
Back then she was 'black' in the eyes of white society. If she hadn't been a famous performer, she would have had to sit at the back of the bus, refused service in all white restaurants, etc just like every other black person.
To all of the persons that are making this a white versus black issue. All persons have their genetic roots in Africa...thus all people are black, even if you're 0.0001%.
Also, the majority of Black persons here in the United States are mixed with something...whether it be French, Spanish, English, (American) Indian, etcetera. Why do people loathe the fact that the human race is an amalgamation of so many cultures and colors?
@1stbrasscaptain scientifically you are right, were all people of color. but socially its another issue and the truth of the matter is people get treated differently based on the color of their skin and a large array of other physical distinctions we may have. So to say its not a white versus black issue is stupid.
@juliasbestfriend1 The primary reason that I commented was because of all the negativity that was on almost every single page of this video. If an individual didn't have something positive and/or nice to say...they didn't have to comment at all. I understand that this is a free forum type of website.
Also, the majority of the negativity was about her skin colour. In particular, the lack thereof? What about her performance, her marvelous singing voice, what about her as an individual? >_<
@1stbrasscaptain scientifically you are right, were all people of color. but socially its another issue and the truth of the matter is people get treated differently based on the color of their skin and a large array of other physical distinctions we may have. So to say its not a white versus black issue is stupid.
@1stbrasscaptain scientifically you are right, were all people of color. but socially its another issue and the truth of the matter is people get treated differently based on the color of their skin and a large array of other physical distinctions we may have. So to say its not a white versus black issue is stupid.
If the lovely doris day sang Lena's music there would be statues of her all over but since Lena wasn't white person like I am I don't think she ever got was due her in offers of work or even hotels , anyway people who enjoy Lena's work can watch and listen all we want
you know instead of getting bogged down in this racial foolishness... can we just enjoy the art that is displayed here? u two idiots are missing the point. Mickyfick Wiki or any other reference. Use your own eyes and ears. Appreciate what you are seeing here. Look and listen... I hear and see art not race. You two should be ashamed of yourselves... really.
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@jperryjr50 racism is here to stay you have got to b blind not to see that, it has always been and will always be about color dont lie to yourself lol, yes she has a beautiful voice but selling out to be famous dosent sit well to me she wasnt worth two pieces of shit in a brown paper bag lol
@bigE1983themonsta she didn't sell out. u have no idea how bad it was in the 30's,40's to perform. the generation of that time didn't recognize people of color. this movie was made by african americans of the time. movie producers wanted her to play african women and darken her up. she refused and didn't play mammies, whores or anything else.if it wasn't for her and others at that time, they open the doors for all people.hats off to all of them. bless their souls what they did for all of us
My grandma used to play this song in the car when shed pick me up from elementary and I always loved it...when I heard that lena died it was so sad :'( the greats have ran their course...at least they continue to inspire and be remembered:)
I like to have music to go with my Blogs. This is perfect, so if you start getting a few more Views, I might have something to do with it.
JamesClairLewis 22 hours ago
You people really give a fuck about her race rather than her music? Please gtfo. Or just listen to the damn good music.
betawicupu 1 week ago
In tears.........
Clintgibon 1 week ago
Unfortunately for Lena, she was seen as a 'n*gger' by Whites back then like every other black person. For those who question her blackness, look at how she was viewed by Whites. People need to realize that back then it didn't matter if you were light-skinned or dark...if you were Black you were Black...and you were treated as such. It's very unfortunate and a damn shame. Her celebrity status helped her, but I guarantee she couldn't go to the South and stay in a 'whites only' hotel.
mrjroc318 1 week ago
Such a beautiful song, the 28 people who dislike this video are listening to Justin Bieber too much!!!!!!!!!!
toplaycool21 2 weeks ago 5
@toplaycool21 The 28 people disliking this are probably skinheads.
Malass16 1 week ago
But, this is Lena Horne! Let's not remember her because you're still trying to figure out if she was mixed or not. Let's remember her for her legacy as an influential performer and all around American icon.
lalahohola1209 3 weeks ago
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All these comments about her ethnicity makes me laugh. It's nice to know that America has become such a melting pot that seeing a person of mixed heritage is common and easily recognized. But, let's not forget that the "typical" African American we see on television does not fit every African Amercian walking down the street. Just because one does not have a darker skin tone, does not mean they are mixed. I know this from personal experience.
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lalahohola1209 3 weeks ago
People on here and the rest of the world are clearly ignorant...ppl act like they aint never seen a very fair-skinned black woman before...its 2011...loads of ppl are mixed today..no one s pure anything...as far as I'm concerned shes African-American..POINT BLANK PERIOD!!
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charlesthepoet2004 1 month ago
Nothing like raining a little Stormy Weather from Lena in the morning!
ewoo23a 1 month ago
wth 27 dislikes
foobarlover 1 month ago
God she was beautiful.! And this is WAY better than music today.! she had REAL talent and so did the musicians.!! Where did this passion go.?? and where ever you are please come back.!!
Marquia777 1 month ago
@Marquia777 Sad to say... the passion is dead.. And lets face it.. It will never be the same. Although, the only chance we have is the formula rising from the next line of talent that can create a new line of passion/ or new style. (and im not saying there are no brilliant artists out there. There are plenty of newcomers ready to change the music industry for the better.)
rockectsciencesuckz 1 month ago
She black ? :)
Salamendre456 1 month ago
Why does it have to be about weather she looks black or white or both? Why can't she just be a great american actress/singer? Which she was as and will always be to me, its not about her color she was gifted. In her time she wasnt able to get a lot of the respect she was due, but had she been herself in this day and age she would definatly be giving Halle a run for her money.
Pearla8 1 month ago
wow i thought she was white or mexican didnt know she was black she looks mixed
runrockwater 1 month ago
@runrockwater she is African American, Native American and European American
candyrain1984 1 month ago
@runrockwater wowww...to me a black person is the guy at the table watching over her and not Lena, I cant even see any sort of black line in the shape of her nose, in videos with color we clearly see she was not black. Even Whitney houston insistis to say this is the best performance of a black woman from that time!
cadumadonno 1 month ago
@cadumadonno Racism was so ingrained at that time that the movies she starred in was shot so that her scenes could be cut out when they were shown in the South, since most theaters in the South refused to show films that portrayed blacks in anything other than subservient roles to whites, and most movie studios did not want to take a chance on losing that particular source of revenue. If that is not validation that she was black what is.
tlove610 2 weeks ago
you dont only have to have white blood in you to be tanned ... there are so many africans with tanned skin ... not because they bleached thier skin ....yoruba in nigeria ,fante in ghana... in botswana ....there are so many shades of black ....just so you know,.... a lil travelling will help ...
kwesigyamfi 1 month ago
point of correction cleopatra wasnt entirely african ......she was fully greek .... from the ptolemaic dynasty set by alexander the great . .. as a matter of fact all the kings of egypt after alexander death were greeks....cleopatra was the only ptolemic monarch who learned egyptian and could actually speak it ......
kwesigyamfi 1 month ago
Lena Horne is beautiful!!!!
MrJoe1Tiger 1 month ago 2
@MrJoe1Tiger ...?
MrGareff 1 month ago
one of my all times favorites from the legendary and beautiful lena!......
milanmocha 1 month ago
A unique personality in show business. Simply fabulous!
klokheten 2 months ago
This is it Daddy! I will Post this one for your 95th Birthday today November 30,2011. You loved Lena so much. I remember you talking of Lena all the time during my childhood and you both were 1 year apart I just discovered a minute ago. She is so beautiful. You may have known her in your day of working with John Wayne in the "The Flying Leathernecks" and being his Stuntman flying. You are something Daddy. I Love You and Happy Birthday!
elise754 2 months ago
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No she's clearly not, her skin tone and features and hair are definitely white, if she is black she is only part black, but she looks more white
gatheringleaves 2 months ago
@gatheringleaves Stop with the arguing. She was biracial but considered herself black because she felt she looked that way. Besides in her hayday whites looked at her as a black woman.
trooper40below 2 months ago
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Yeah well she obviously has white in her. She looks like a tanned european woman or possibly a Middle Eastern or a Mulatta, I should know because there are many people in the Middle East and Pakistan and India who resemble her, but there are relatively few Africans who resemble her, unless they are in Ethiopia and Somalia. Did she consider herself just black or Biracial?
gatheringleaves 2 months ago
@gatheringleaves Just to clarify and set the record straight there have been African that look like her long before ever coming to this county just so happens the American media Only publicizes those that look like they just got off the last slave ship . By the way Egypt is not in the Middle East isn’t in and on the African continent. Cleopatra was African and Lena Horne is from New York with two African American parents
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@gatheringleaves Just to clarify and set the record straight there have been African that look like her long before ever coming to this county just so happens the American media Only publicizes those that look like they just got off the last slave ship . By the way Egypt is not in the Middle East isn’t in and on the African continent. Cleopatra was African and Lena Horne is from New York with two African American parents
Foreverlifex 1 month ago
What a beautiful class act...
mscarolannstaples 2 months ago
That was Lena Horne singing her most famous song, “Stormy Weather.” She sang this song in a nineteen forty-three musical movie of the same name. In the nineteen forties, Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. Her deal with MGM stated that she would never play the role of a servant.
bobbyelvis12 2 months ago
Wow, what's a white lady doing with all those black people?
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@benevolentimmortal Just to clarify and set the record straight there have been African that look like her long before ever coming to this county just so happens the American media Only publicizes those that look like they just got off the last slave ship . By the way Egypt is not in the Middle East isn’t in and on the African continent. Cleopatra was African and Lena Horne is from New York with two African American parents
Foreverlifex 1 month ago
oh wait...she was hot yo!!!
blaztradiouz666 2 months ago
she looked amazing
MsOneiroi77 2 months ago
Great voice! Sing it Ms. Horne!
TWIGGY281 2 months ago
lena horn is exotic and classic beauty!
envymeforgood 2 months ago
lightnings sounded weird in those days.
turoshboi 2 months ago
Now why can't women dress classic like this today. This how women should represent themselves.
geniusindesigns 2 months ago
Womens' clothes were so awesome in the 30's and 40's
Blondewithtools 3 months ago
she was a friend of Billie Holiday, I read in Billie's autobiography that after she came out of prison, Sarah Vaughn ignored her, but Horne gave her a hug and started crying! That says a lot about her
wesniffinviparea 3 months ago
@wesniffinviparea Lena Horne was the epitome of a gracious lady & they are few & far between. Come visit my channel's tribute to a century of music. Was working on a special list that honors the great musicians who have passed on since I came to utube. individual lists cover nearly 500 artists & every year since 1900. chuck
chkjns 2 months ago in playlist Lena Horne . . . . . . 25 Songs
she has the same name as meeee xD
lenalenaxxx 3 months ago
what a classic. I've never heard anyone out do Lena Horne singing stormy weather
oliverpillay 3 months ago
Tiiiime... She bends those blues notes like nobody else
WondersNassiri 3 months ago
BaBopYaye By Janelle Monae reminds me of this
Drea1239232 3 months ago
what 27 people could possibly hate this, i listen to this in tribune to my pops Lena horne was his all time favorite performer he would have been 77 today RIP POPS
psu68born 3 months ago
Please don't ever compare Lena horn to Beyonce seriously she can't even compare not her beauty,music,or sex appeal they are not even in the same category now Alicia keys and Lena horn yes I can definitely see it!
envymeforgood 3 months ago 6
@envymeforgood Beyonce is just as beautiful as Ms.Lena Horne!!! you ignorant basterd!! and Beyonce can sing any type of music and do it very well so if you hate her than its because of you and not her!! so stfu!!
Beyoncefan1000 3 months ago
@Beyoncefan1000 lol i would never ever in a million years ever want to be beyonce im sorry shes not that pretty too me.... her face is very flat very bad side profile theres nothing that she has that i would ever want!
envymeforgood 2 months ago
@envymeforgood thats expected from ugly insecure people like yourself to say such a thing lol
Beyoncefan1000 2 months ago
@Beyoncefan1000 what makes me insecure cause beyonce is not attractive to me lol sorry im just being for real she has nothing i want lol!
envymeforgood 2 months ago
@envymeforgood and im sure you have nothing none of us want either!!!
Beyoncefan1000 2 months ago
@envymeforgood ummm first u dont know me and never ever saw me and never will so speak for yourself and second who is us lol im only talking to u !
envymeforgood 2 months ago
@Beyoncefan1000 who cares thats just how i see it and see her !
envymeforgood 2 months ago
@envymeforgood , Beyonce reminds me of a pole dancer. Cheap, Cheap , Cheap.
SpazChat 1 month ago
@envymeforgood
Everyone has the right to like whatever celebrity they choose, so I guess everyone
has the right to dislike whomever, as well. I don't understand this rabid dislike of
Beyonce that goes on, but whatever. However to say Beyonce is not to be compared
to Lena, but the likes of Alicia, is, is not only laughable, but stomach turning. Alicia
is the worst choice imaginable! They should have gotten an unknown more suitable, or Robin Thicke's wife Paula.
pics2share 2 days ago
superb! although I live in one of the driest regions of the world I can feel the storm listening to this song....thanx for sharing
59Napoli 3 months ago
This song brings tears to my eyes. Who knows the troubles she was going through when this was filmed
sagat4 3 months ago in playlist sagat4's Favourited Videos
Very good voice love it and the movie.
TheJazzlover99 4 months ago
Is it me or does Alicia Keys favor Ms.Horne?
Drea1239232 4 months ago 2
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Its you. Lena radiates elegance. Alicia does not. Seeing as how that got to plan on using Lena's actual voice for the music in the film, because its so distinctive, why was
Alicia cast in the part??? She the only lighter skinned female Oprah could think of???
FAIL! Alicia has talent, but she as Miss Horne is akin to Fantasia as Miss Ross....
pics2share 2 days ago
Lena owns this song lock,stock and barrel.
medmond6 4 months ago
Beyonce is also good too,better than most stars of today.But Lena Horne is
the best.
Pentagonshark666 4 months ago
shes almost white..
itsmemarcjoe 4 months ago
@itsmemarcjoe Definitely Not.
jillianryan 4 months ago
@itsmemarcjoe shes ha;f black half native american
reaceness 4 months ago in playlist reaceness's Favorited Videos
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Yeah she had alot of non-black ancestry, her mother could pass for white and her father was part black, native american, and white.
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pearl6570 4 months ago
Que Voz y Mujer tan Elegante. Me encanta siempre.gracias
avdabrasil 4 months ago
She is gorgeous
kfaulk581 4 months ago
Theme song for Hurricane Irene victims
Brockett122 4 months ago
thats a pretty dress and lady
TheRisingforce2000 4 months ago
MASTER PIECE!!!!
TheCollegeguyman 4 months ago
The fact that people had to discuss race, rather than music in this thread, is a sad indication many of us still think "race" is important for some reason.
MichaelJHuman 4 months ago 2
@MichaelJHuman Agreed! Thank you so much for that.
jillianryan 4 months ago
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@MichaelJHuman Agreed! Thank you so much for that.
jillianryan 4 months ago
Lovely singing and not bad on the eyes.TY MarkusRTK for posting.
paulostroff99 4 months ago
Great job on the Hyman Arluck, he of the Queen City On the Lake, tune.
stagesurvivor5 4 months ago
OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS GORGEOUS!!!
JubileeAway 5 months ago
What a delight.. gawd, she is just so amazing.
Kanecarroll 5 months ago
wow this woman is beautiful....
bingin15 5 months ago
wow, another one of my all time fave songs. Lena was so beautiful.
Etalimissa 5 months ago
She is just frighteningly full of talent. Wow! And she never lost it.
disisdkat 5 months ago
If u disliked this video/song, u need to jump off the nearest bridge.
mzstrawberrydyme 5 months ago
I did a version of this on piano check it out :D
Jpear5000 5 months ago
I'm Japanese, 23 yrs old, an accounting major who loves the LA lakers and watches Jersey Shore. My parents don't even listen to anything older than the 60s. My life has nothing to do with music like this... I don't know how it started but who cares, I still can't help listening to her sing before I go to sleep every night. I love Her...
abumishe26 5 months ago 24
@abumishe26 I'm part japanese myself! :D enjoyed your comment thoroughly, but please stop watching that show :( it depresses me a great deal.
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@abumishe26 I'm part japanese myself! :D enjoyed your comment thoroughly, but please stop watching that show :( it depresses me a great deal.
dairylandbogurt 1 month ago
Lena voice could sooth the savage beast when she sings, love this song,,,The late Willie Hutch does an excellent rendition of the song Stormy Weather, check it out.
dendot57 5 months ago
Sanford and Son brought me here..just kidding.
richiebear1969 5 months ago
omg, when i look at her I can't help but think of Alicia Keys! Alicia could totally pass for Lena's daughter...
VocalEyez 5 months ago
Lena Horne is hella fine! Finer than Beyonce.
RYAN5100 5 months ago 38
@RYAN5100 She is! She's flawless like Halle Berry! And what a voice!
beccasmith7 5 months ago
@RYAN5100 I'mma let you finish, but Beyonce was.. oh never mind.
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sirapopzaza1596 5 months ago
PS: AND...one of the most beautiful women EVER !!- Even in her last years. Talent, Beauty, Elegance, Passion...GOD:::SHE HAS EVERYTHING !!- Carlos
gwtwcarlos 5 months ago
I just read some comments, here. I think that...it,s imposible to compare artists such as Ella, Lena, etc....Each one of this LADIES has class, talent, passion...I LOVE this kind of music. I feel pleasure with Ella,s albums from Cole Porter, Gershwin..etc, AND feel the same pleasure with Lena albums, such as the original 4 vinils records from the movie STORMY WEATHER (1943).This album was a present from dad to my mom when they were very young. I ADMIRE TALENT. God bless them- Carlos
gwtwcarlos 5 months ago
People always sing this to me :p (my name is Stormy)
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DemianHermann 6 months ago
Very nice, as beginner listener of jazz music, I only can say that I regret didn't heard this before
ClaudinneV 6 months ago
nice
emilythebabe1 6 months ago
This is from one of my favorite movies seen it a 100 times. Lena Horne was just BEAUTIFUL. RIP MS HORNE!!!
neceekaye 6 months ago
I remember my grandma always playing this when shed pick me up in her car...memories(: I gotta get that cd from her.
calilove1942 6 months ago
my favorite song by my favorite singer
kitschking 6 months ago
Etta James sings it better in my opinion. Lot more soul when she sings it
purpleEmily2014 6 months ago
This song is part of our field show this year(:
LAKARA21 6 months ago
Gee, blackboysports, you certainly are some mindless cunt-troll from the depths of some swamp.
fringelily 6 months ago
thank you for placing this. You made my very old mother very happy. old memories came above .. now she is singing stormy weather the whole day... thanks Evelien
sielien 6 months ago
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she's not black. she's slave aka fake azz mixed white man's whore!
blackboysports 6 months ago
Imagine. This was the scene THAT WAS CUT! whenever the film was shown in the South!
Zaidemeit 6 months ago 2
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ugly bitch
ashtonnesmith 6 months ago
She was beautiful, elegant, talented, courageous, sexy, & classy. They don't make em like Ms. Horne anymore!!!
Rest In Peace
LENA HORNE (1917-2010)
PigfootAbernathy 6 months ago 74
@PigfootAbernathy I was going to agree with you until I listened to British Music Sensation Amy Winehouse from London who sadly succumbed to drugs and alcohol at a very young age 27 yrs.This song could be the soundtrack to Amy Winehouse's short lived music career but it shined so brilliantly while it did!
Check out her two albums Frank! 2003 and Black to Black 2006. You said'They don't make em like Ms. Horne anymore!!!" well they didn't until Amy Winehouse sang 60 years after this song was made
rohanmarkjay 6 months ago
I m deeply sorry but that´s not the full version. I can´t see the complete video. It just ripps of in the fith minute
MsSpaceCracker7 6 months ago
2:13 is that Louis Armstrong (o_O")~~?
jepekyen 7 months ago
@jepekyen Bill Robinson.
jillianryan 6 months ago
Happy Birthday Lena Horne.
soretips 7 months ago
Happy 94th Birthday Lena Horne 6/30/1917 , love you always RIP
VAUGHN1943 7 months ago 2
.....im melting its so beautiful :)
bilardg 7 months ago
love this song!
misscinderella 7 months ago
pure class RIP Ms Lena Horne.
securitycat11 7 months ago
@ajohn1987,@ReginaMuse93, @SegChainberland, @jewelsheartsmakeup, @ACDC31415, @alrozz: she was a wonderful boss & she told us great stories about the past along with her manager Mr. Sneed & the wardrobe mistress Ms. Auderie (Momma) Whitmore all from the Cotton Club Era...& alrozz-she might have worn you out in the 80's too.....(smile) She had a lot of energy every night & she always gave it her all. It was amazing to watch. (read the article below) thank God we have her videos & music. ChinaDoll
THEDISH54 7 months ago
There is a young lady in Atlanta Georgia named Christina Alfred that should play Ms. Horne....she portrayed Ms. Horne in a Tribute last September 2010 & she was great. Sang & danced like Ms. Horne when she was young & is just as beautiful with the same authentic southern drawl when she speaks. I saw this show personally & after everyone else named Christina does Ms. Lena Horne with class & expertise & Christina can sing her behind off. From a former Ms. Horne bckgrnd singer/dancer-ChinaDoll
THEDISH54 7 months ago
I'm 14, and I grew up listening to this line of music, classic rock, oldies, and modern alternative. I love all types of music, especially the legendary type.
calilove1942 7 months ago
Beautiful! Awesome talent!
amacro11 7 months ago
I wish I was alive back then to make love to Lena Horne...she would've put me in a coma.
alrozz 7 months ago
She's black, Indiana and European, but who cares! She was gorgeous until the day she died! Awesome!
mamirosa10 8 months ago
Wow, she's beautiful -- just wow -- voice is mediocre compared to her competition during this era, but ... well, wow.
Sheckywoo 8 months ago
@Sheckywoo Mediocre? she was the first person of African American decent to widely known as an excellent singer among the white community. Very difficult of the time....
ACDC31415 7 months ago
@ACDC31415 Compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, she places well behind both of them --Ella and Sarah were both virtuosos, Lena couldn't hold a light to them - I've heard some recordings of Ella where I would swear Doris Day was singing and I've heard unbelievably technical Sarah recordings... which Ella could match -- maybe Lena was the first to have a pleasing voice and pleasing aesthetic which worked for white people- but I would deem her second tier compared to those two ladies--
Sheckywoo 7 months ago
@Sheckywoo Ella and Sarah were/are a whole different level, in every aspect of musicality. They are the pinnacle of the artform. And yes Billie Holiday is in that revered company. Whilst not having the same technical ability & range, she had a one of a kind voice that totally captured the essence of Jazz in terms of phrasing, time and most prominently, emotional content in her delivery. Her style, modeled on Armstrong's horn, was unique and beloved by Jazz musicians. She was/is the soul of Jazz.
bolder2009 6 months ago
@bolder2009 I think we're in agreement -- I didn't include Billie(my favorite of all of them, by the way) in the group because I feel she's just a different type of singer -- Sarah, Ella, Lena and a host of other minor players seemed to all be competing for the same class of listener -- on the other hand, Billie in most cases although she sang the same tunes was singing for and to a different audience --
Sheckywoo 6 months ago
@Sheckywoo Yeah we are. I didn't need to chime in. But I did. You are right, Billie was a one of a kind artist. Without her influence, its highly probable that Sinatra would not have developed his style as effectively as he did. He studied her phrasing and in his most acclaimed work such as 'Songs For Swingin' Lovers', 'In The Wee Small Hours', and 'Only The lonely', her influence is tangible. So regardless of whether her intonation was bad as some say, she was and is a monumental artist..
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bolder2009 6 months ago
@Sheckywoo But it all goes back to Louis Armstrong. Satchmo is arguably the most influential singer of the 20th century. He is the father of Jazz singing in terms of the innovations he introduced. He used his voice like a horn. Billie developed her style from him. And Sinatra developed his sense of time and phrasing from studying Billie, and allied what he got from her with the Italian Bel Canto technique. Ella's two biggest influences were Armstrong and Connee Boswell of The Boswell Sisters.
bolder2009 6 months ago
Ah the old masters did it best. Our modern day singers would do well to take a lesson from them.
Jastro88 8 months ago
To those saying she called herself black in those days. You had no choice but to call yourself black. If you were biracial (white/black) you were discriminated against by whites. So naturally you gravitated towards your black heritage. There were many people that looked like her in those days who said they were black and were proud of it!
mrjroc318 8 months ago
she looks like a black woman when she was younger but when i saw her in the wiz when i was a kid I asked my mother why everybody was black instead of glinda and she said thats lena horne and im lik 6 so i dont know who the hell she was talkin about then she said shes black i was shocked like well who was black to make her
HERBLANDZ 8 months ago
Theres definatly a bit of Pakeha in her. Shes lovely tho.
grandadpoppyable 8 months ago
A great voice who will be remembered forever.
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Cerandubois 8 months ago
wow what a beautiful woman
8ringsofshaolin 8 months ago
It should never matter what her skin tone was or is
aleah198 8 months ago 2
She's biracial she never called herself biracial she always said that she was black
aleah198 8 months ago
@aleah198 I think it was cool she favoured her black side. She was really a heroine to the black community, and certainly a great pride. What talent! Add Cab and the Nicholas Brothers here and it's perfect!
bartonim 8 months ago
This is my great great great grandmother
aleah198 8 months ago 2
I look out of place some comments, the issue of skin color should be buried forever ... this woman and the artists of those years were true artists, with wonderful voices and great talent
interxavi 8 months ago
@interxavi i agree so much with your comments !! oldies are the true talents
wise84 8 months ago
I love lean horn
cornellious45 8 months ago
She's black ? She looks pretty pale for a black.
Oh well ... like this mattered a rat's a**, after all.
Briselance 8 months ago
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Back then she was 'black' in the eyes of white society. If she hadn't been a famous performer, she would have had to sit at the back of the bus, refused service in all white restaurants, etc just like every other black person.
mrjroc318 6 months ago
@mrjroc318
Yep. Quite so.
Briselance 6 months ago
there is the sequence of the dance, write stormy weather film on youtube
bluebelletango 8 months ago
somebody please tell me of Busby Berkely was involved in these special effects!
IMAGIO1952 8 months ago
To all of the persons that are making this a white versus black issue. All persons have their genetic roots in Africa...thus all people are black, even if you're 0.0001%.
Also, the majority of Black persons here in the United States are mixed with something...whether it be French, Spanish, English, (American) Indian, etcetera. Why do people loathe the fact that the human race is an amalgamation of so many cultures and colors?
1stbrasscaptain 8 months ago 2
@1stbrasscaptain scientifically you are right, were all people of color. but socially its another issue and the truth of the matter is people get treated differently based on the color of their skin and a large array of other physical distinctions we may have. So to say its not a white versus black issue is stupid.
juliasbestfriend1 8 months ago
@juliasbestfriend1 The primary reason that I commented was because of all the negativity that was on almost every single page of this video. If an individual didn't have something positive and/or nice to say...they didn't have to comment at all. I understand that this is a free forum type of website.
Also, the majority of the negativity was about her skin colour. In particular, the lack thereof? What about her performance, her marvelous singing voice, what about her as an individual? >_<
1stbrasscaptain 8 months ago
@1stbrasscaptain scientifically you are right, were all people of color. but socially its another issue and the truth of the matter is people get treated differently based on the color of their skin and a large array of other physical distinctions we may have. So to say its not a white versus black issue is stupid.
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@1stbrasscaptain scientifically you are right, were all people of color. but socially its another issue and the truth of the matter is people get treated differently based on the color of their skin and a large array of other physical distinctions we may have. So to say its not a white versus black issue is stupid.
juliasbestfriend1 8 months ago
If the lovely doris day sang Lena's music there would be statues of her all over but since Lena wasn't white person like I am I don't think she ever got was due her in offers of work or even hotels , anyway people who enjoy Lena's work can watch and listen all we want
flowage5 8 months ago
@flowage5 there's an interview she did with johnny carson where she says she couldn't even eat in some of the places she performed.
longlivethe80s 8 months ago
I love Lena Horne, she became even sexier as she aged.
hilarycutter 9 months ago 12
shes stunning! very beautiful
leomadesis 9 months ago
WHY CAN"T WE HAVE TALENT LIKE THIS TODAY ? GIVES ME GOOSE PIMPLES , LENA WAS MAGNIFICENT AND SO IS THIS SONG . THANK YOU
bearcub410 9 months ago
you know instead of getting bogged down in this racial foolishness... can we just enjoy the art that is displayed here? u two idiots are missing the point. Mickyfick Wiki or any other reference. Use your own eyes and ears. Appreciate what you are seeing here. Look and listen... I hear and see art not race. You two should be ashamed of yourselves... really.
jperryjr50 9 months ago
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@jperryjr50 racism is here to stay you have got to b blind not to see that, it has always been and will always be about color dont lie to yourself lol, yes she has a beautiful voice but selling out to be famous dosent sit well to me she wasnt worth two pieces of shit in a brown paper bag lol
bigE1983themonsta 9 months ago
@bigE1983themonsta she didn't sell out. u have no idea how bad it was in the 30's,40's to perform. the generation of that time didn't recognize people of color. this movie was made by african americans of the time. movie producers wanted her to play african women and darken her up. she refused and didn't play mammies, whores or anything else.if it wasn't for her and others at that time, they open the doors for all people.hats off to all of them. bless their souls what they did for all of us
DoUWanna007 8 months ago 2
@DoUWanna007 EDUCATE THEM :)!!!!
EclecticTrebleMaker1 8 months ago
@EclecticTrebleMaker1 thanks:)
DoUWanna007 8 months ago
My grandma used to play this song in the car when shed pick me up from elementary and I always loved it...when I heard that lena died it was so sad :'( the greats have ran their course...at least they continue to inspire and be remembered:)
calilove1942 9 months ago