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Lena on the Blue Side

Lena on the Blue Side
Lena Horne - Lena on the Blue Side.jpg
Studio album by Lena Horne
Released 1962
Recorded 1961
Genre Traditional pop music
Label RCA Victor
Producer Marty Gold
Lena Horne chronology
Lena Horne at the Sands
(1961)
Lena on the Blue Side
(1962)
Lena...Lovely and Alive
(1962)

Lena on the Blue Side is a 1962 studio album by Lena Horne, released by RCA Victor in stereo and monoaural in February 1962, recording took place in New York in the summer of 1961. The album features mainly blues inspired songs, a departure for Horne from her usual standards, and recordings from the Great American Songbook. The recordings were arranged and conducted by Marty Gold. The album was received well by the music press and Billboard Music Week of February 1962 rated it with a four star. Charting in the Billboard 200 album chart at # 102. The complete album has only been re-issued on CD in Japan in 1991.


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