LENA HORNE Sings Love Me or Leave Me and The Eagle & Me 1965

Lena Horne is really cooking so WATCH OUT! You may be burned!

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• Lena
• Horne
• TV
• Jazz
• Pop
• 1965
• Black
• History
• Broadway

[taddyd1]

I aways knew she could sing but wasn't a fan(atic) until I saw her live. Every song was of the quality displayed in this clip. Probably the best concert presentation I have ever seen in my 57 years. Every detail was flawless.

Johnny Mathis is such an obvious talent too, but again, as with Lena, I didn't really fall flat on my face in awe, until I saw him in person.

[NYCguys2007]

@taddyd1 The biography from last year said that Johnny Mathis used IMITATE Lena and she hated it. LOL.

[taddyd1]

@NYCguys2007

you are shi**in me?!

I'm going to have to order this book. I remember reading the reviews quite a while ago, but it still seems to have stirred up everybody on this site.

I have never seen in traits of Lena in Johnny's style even though we've all seen him on Tv a gazillion times. How about you? He never seemed feminine to me either, even though he was the first person I heard "queer" rumors about, way back in the early 60s when I was only 8 and didn't even know what it meant.

[NYCguys2007]

@taddyd1 I never saw any similarities, but it goes way back to the beginning of his career. He's out by the way, no need for rumors anymore.

I don't recommend buying the book. You can read sections of it online, at Amazon if you have an account. Look Mathis up in the index. It can all be done online.

[jasonito23]

I laugh when I think about how Sanford reacted when Lena appeared on that show and how Bill Cosby acted when she appeared on his show. Those shows brought many icons of the Black community on to their shows. More on the Cosby show than Sanford and Son. Though Redd Foxx used to wash dishes as Chicago Redd next to Detroit Redd (Malcolm X) before they were famous. ALL ICONS.

[NYCguys2007]

These black stars were household names way before Redd Foxx or Bill Cosby.

[fkd1963]

james gavin is a pompous queen

[starstuff]

What a beauty!

[mrspatrickcampbell]

Lena was ugly, icky and boring!

[envymeforgood]

she was really beautiful!

[MrSluggo666]

@Bouah01 She was as african american as mary tyler moore who you kidding? maybe a partof her, but which part?

[Bouah01]

@MrSluggo666 Lena Horne was a (African American - as they like to call themselves) coloured women.

[jillianryan]

Amen to that! @heartsong4u

[HERBLANDZ]

here she look like white woman

[leplaq]

@heartsong4u i soo agree with u she was more than a face and despite what some ppl may say i think she had a amazing voice and she was a verrry great live performer she was funny on stage too. i have to say vocally and all she was at her peak when she was in her 60s

[MrSluggo666]

Hell I can never remember are jewish women like her considered white?

[babistsotsos]

sorry guys...no guitar riff....