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. The Best of Lena Horne
Search: Softly As I Leave You
by: Lena Horne
Release Date July 02, 2007
Having celebrated her 90th birthday in June, the legendary Lena remains an iconic figure with a long career dating back to her period as a dancer in the famous Cotton Club revues during the Thirties before moving on to become a solo singer with appearances with the Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway Orchestras. In Hollywood during the 40's, she sparkled in the 20th Century Fox musical melodrama STORMY WEATHER while her memorable MGM screen musicals included CABIN IN THE SKY, TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY and WORDS AND MUSIC. Later she triumphed as a supper club entertainer with stage work in JAMAICA (1958) and her 1981 one woman show, THE LADY AND HER MUSIC adding kudos to a fabulous career.
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