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Vor 5 Tagen · In the 1940s, Horne was one of the first black performers hired to sing with a major white band and among a handful with a Hollywood contract. In 1943, she won the role of Selina Rogers in the all-black movie musical "Stormy Weather." Her rendition of the title song became a major hit. She won a special Tony Award for her 1981 one-woman Broadway show, "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music." She ...
Vor einem Tag · The opening quote is from the song, “Stormy Weather,” sung by Lena Horne, who recorded it in 1941 for RCA, then re-recorded it for the movie, “Stormy Weather,” in 1943. Ethel Waters recorded it first at Harlem’s Cotton Club in 1933. The song was also covered by Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Etta James (to name just a few). It was written by Harold Arlen and Ted ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Photos taken during Juneteenth UNITYFEST at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The event featured sets by DJ Spinna, Merlin Bobb, with live sets from Monique Bingham, Lady Alma, and Crystal Waters.
Vor 5 Tagen · In 1917, singer Lena Horne, who broke racial barriers as a Hollywood and Broadway star famed for her velvety rendition of "Stormy Weather," was born in BedfordStuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Vor 3 Tagen · Still was not present; in the summer of 1940 he was writing movie music in Hollywood. In 1943, he would resign from a lucrative studio contract, in part to protest the depiction of African-Americans in the film Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller. Music Played in Today's Program
Vor 4 Tagen · DJ & Music Producer Michaël Brun backstage at his Benefit Concert: Michael Brun Presents BAYO at Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, June 15, 2024. “If you never experienced what Haitian culture, Caribbean culture felt like, it's supposed to be the most concise version of that in a single event,” Brun laughs.
Vor 23 Stunden · In 1994, the late Japanese electronic producer Susumu Yokota was just getting started but only a few years away from releasing a string of brilliant, inventive ambient electronic records that ditched the 4:4 stomp for luscious, textured meditative tracks on albums like Sakura, Magic Thread, and Grinning Cat. Then living in Berlin and working with the Sven Vath-connected Frankfurt label ...
