Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria

Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria is a 1957 live album by Lena Horne, conducted by Lennie Hayton, recorded in Stereo at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on the evening of February 20, 1957.[2] One of the first non-classical live albums to be recorded in Stereo, the monaural album peaked at #24 in the Billboard Hot 200 and became the best selling record by a female artist in the history of the RCA Victor label.[3][4][5] The album was re-issued on CD in 2002, by Collectables Records, together with Horne's 1961 live album Lena Horne at the Sands.

Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
Live album by
Lena Horne
Released1957
RecordedFebruary 20, 1957
GenreTraditional pop music
Length35:39
LabelRCA Victor
Lena Horne chronology
It's Love
(1955)		 Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
(1957)		 Stormy Weather
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing
  1. "Today I Love Everybody" (Harold Arlen, Dorothy Fields) - 2.55
  2. "Let Me Love You" (Bart Howard, Lou Levy) - 3.06
  3. "Come Runnin'" (Roc Hillman) - 2.42
  4. Cole Porter Medley: "How's Your Romance?"/"After You"/"Love of My Life"/"It's All Right with Me" - 7:21
  5. "Mood Indigo"/"I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills)/(Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 4:30
  6. "How You Say It" (Matt Dubey, Harold Karr) - 3:16
  7. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) - 2:59
  8. "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) - 2:07
  9. "New Fangled Tango" (Dubey, Karr) - 3:06
  10. "I Love to Love" (Herbert Baker) - 4:20
  11. "From This Moment On" (Porter) - 1:57

Personnel

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria". Allmusic. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  3. www.playbill; RCA Victor Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. New York Times; Lena Horne Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
  5. Lena Horne Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria Billboard Hot 200 album charts
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