Lena Horne - Stormy Weather (1943)

Here's the full version of a performance that can be found truncated elsewhere on YouTube -- from the 1943 film of the same name, the great Lena Horne delivers a sizzling performance of her signature song. (I wish I had the full dance that follows it, which includes some amazing ballet. If anyone has a full-length version, please post it or get in touch with me!)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lena
• Horne
• Stormy
• Weather
• jazz
• 1943

[envymeforgood]

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!

[toplaycool21]

Such a beautiful song, the 28 people who dislike this video are listening to Justin Bieber too much!!!!!!!!!!

[JamesClairLewis]

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.

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@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.

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@Drea1239232

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....

[betawicupu]

You people really give a fuck about her race rather than her music? Please gtfo. Or just listen to the damn good music.

[Clintgibon]

In tears.........

[mrjroc318]

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.

[Malass16]

@toplaycool21 The 28 people disliking this are probably skinheads.

[tlove610]

@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.

[lalahohola1209]

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.