Blogs about: Lena Horne

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30 June

jrofop wrote 6 days ago: http://condron.us                                                            http://alphainventions. … more →

Tags: Personal Interests, Outliers, akismet.com, andrew hill, Buddy Rich, Clayton's Weird Fact, Donald Mills, Fads of the 60's, http://crabbyoldfart.wordpress.com

June 30 B-Days

bunnybuntales wrote 6 days ago: Lena Horne (1917-  ) singer, actress, The Wiz Glenda Farrell (1904-1971) actress, Little Caesar Nest … more →

Tags: African-American, African-American classic films, Celebrities, classic film, classic film stars, Classic Movies, films, glenda farrell, Latin

The Ghosts of Harlem: New Book By Hank O'Neal

harlemworldblog wrote 2 weeks ago: Books Music producer, author, photographer and former CIA agent, Hank O’Neal has plenty of exp … more →

Tags: Books, jazz, Sugar Hill, Hank O'Neal, Cab Calloway, Milt Hinton, Doc Cheatham, Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Tate

"Soundies" - the Hollywood film shorts of Jazz & Big Band performers

thejazzmonger wrote 1 month ago: I was asked recently about where someone could purchase “Soundies,” the short-subject fi … more →

Tags: big band, big-band swing, jazz, Band, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, film, Hollywood, Motion pictures

U.L.O Thank You Letter

urban lounge online wrote 1 month ago: Classic   ….sometimes in life you have to say thanks while people are still here to accept … more →

Tags: 1, Culture, variety, Life, Flashbacks, Thoughts, Beauty, TV, African American movies

On This Date (May 25, 1994) Eric Gale / Jazz Guitarist

themusicsover wrote 1 month ago: Eric Gale September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994 Eric Gale was a jazz guitarist whose skills made h … more →

Tags: ~Musician~, jazz, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Eric Gale, Grover Washington Jr, Jesse Belvin, Joe Cocker

Lena's rage, Sofia's roses, and Maria's mission

George Anthony wrote 2 months ago: STORMY WEATHER: Advance word on Lena Horne’s autobiography, A Rage To Live, is decidedly steamy. App … more →

Tags: Gossip, Television, Authors, Actors, theatre, Stars, Show business, Books, Music

Obama: America's first Asian President3 comments

patriotdems wrote 2 months ago: Obamadonna and child Barack Obama is Asian. Whoa!!!! you say. WTF!?!? Who you zoomin? You know Oba … more →

Tags: Ann Dunham, Ann Soetoro, Barack Obama, dorothy dandridge, Ghetto, Hawaii, Indonesia, Lolo Soetoro

Minnelli, MGM's Musical Man

stephanie ogle wrote 2 months ago: New in at Cinema Books: Vincente Minnelli Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer by Emanual Levy, $37.95, cl … more →

Tags: Books, judy garland, Margaret O'Brien, MGM musical, Vincente Minnelli

Rachel Getting Married MEETS Milk, 20081 comment

John wrote 3 months ago: Lesbians? HOOK: We are to understand, empathize with, like, eventually even admire…two people we m … more →

Tags: Movies, Movie Review, film, Dogs, Jokes fun, John Lehman, Sidney Lumet, Rachel Getting Married, Milk

Lena Horne - Stormy Weather (1943)

planetcity1 wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: Photography, Life, Art, Philosophy, camera, singer

The Miseducation of Music

James Sanders wrote 4 months ago: Black music: Gospel, Soul, Jazz, all originated in the church. I thought about this as I listened to … more →

Tags: Race, pop culture, Eartha Kitt, Clara Ward, MAHALIA JACKSON, donny hathaway, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, big mama thornton

Lady Sings the Blues . . .

isoke85 wrote 4 months ago: This biopic of Lady Day was fantastic even though it was not really representative of the lady in qu … more →

Tags: Music, Movie Reviews, Feminism, sexism, Women's History Month, lady sings the blues, diana ross, Billie Holiday, Biopic

Grace Jones : Ultimate Collection

slummill wrote 4 months ago: 32bit Digitally Remastered Anthology of the Jamaican Model Turned Singer. She First Made a Splash in … more →

Tags: Grace Jones, billy holiday, Billie Holiday, THE COUNTRY GIRL, grace wohlberg

20 Actresses (grand finale)2 comments

Brad Wrolstad wrote 4 months ago: This viral theme has long played itself out everywhere else, but not here. It’s a big pantheo … more →

Tags: Movies, Setsuko Hara, Ann Sheridan, 20 Actresses, Joan Bennett, Norma Shearer, Ann Dvorak, Janet Gaynor, Ginger Rogers

"Stormy Weather" Is Not a Perfect Storm

Jana J. Monji wrote 5 months ago: If you’re not up on Lena Horne’s life and times, you might suffer a few moments of confu … more →

Tags: Stage, theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Leslie Uggams, Nikki Crawford

Q-Tip - Abstract Innovations

epiksoundz wrote 5 months ago: Click on Cover 2 Download 1. For The Nasty Remix Ft Busta Rhymes 2. Scram Jones 3. That’s Sexy Ft … more →

Tags: q-tip, Busta Rhymes, Royce Da 5′9″, Erykah Badu, heavy d, D’Angelo, Andre 3000

Ricardo Montalban Dies at 881 comment

kreuzer33 wrote 5 months ago: No KAAAAAHHHHHN jokes today. Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who was most well known as th … more →

Tags: tattoo, Star Trek, Ricardo Montalban, Montalban, eric garcetti, fantasy island, Esther Williams, naked gun, David Brokaw

Dynamic Vintage Divas1 comment

madisonrose1 wrote 6 months ago: In honor of Eartha Kitt, who passed at 81 on Christmas day, we have composed a little dedicatio … more →

Tags: Divas, Noteworthy, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, black women, Diahann Carroll, dorothy dandridge, Eartha Kitt, Josephine Baker


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