The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years

A scintillating and seductive singer,a great beauty, an enduring star and an African-American woman who profoundly influenced the world around her throughout a long,richly varied career. Lena Horne was a unique figure in American culture during the 20th century. Winner of four Grammys and a Tony Horne made some of her finest recordings for RCA Victor in the 1940s and 1950s,and they return to the catalogue in this collection of golden standards that begins and ends with the irreplaceable versions of her haunting signature song, “Stormy Weather”.