Harry & Lena

Harry and Lena

Studio album by Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne

Released

1970

Recorded

1970

Label

RCA

Producer

Chiz Schultz

Harry Belafonte chronology

Homeward Bound
(1970)

Harry & Lena
(1970)

Belafonte by Request
(1970)

Lena Horne chronology

Lena & Gabor
(1969)

Harry & Lena
(1970)

Nature's Baby
(1971)

Harry & Lena is a 1970 studio album by Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne.^[1] In 1970 Belafonte Enterprises Production, recorded a television special for ABC featuring Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne as double billed artists. The hour special titled Harry & Lena, For The Love Life first aired on March 22, 1970, featuring solo and duet performances. Later in year the main sponsor of the show, Fabergé, made this studio recording of songs featured and performed in the television special available as a limited edition collectors item.^[2] The album was originally only available on post order basis and was not sold in record stores. As of February 2011 this album has not been re-issued on CD.

Track listing

"Walk A Mile In My Shoes" (Joe South) Duet Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne
"My Old Man" (Jerry Jeff Walker) Harry Belafonte
"It's Always Somewhere Else" (Jake Holmes) Lena Horne
"In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Lena Horne
"The Ghetto" (Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Bonnie Bramlett) Harry Belafonte
"Brown Baby" (Oscar Brown, Jr.) Lena Horne
"Down on the Corner" (John Fogerty) Harry Belafonte
"Subway to the Country" (David Ackles) Harry Belafonte
"Measure the Valleys" (Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin) Lena Horne
"Love Story (You and Me)" (Randy Newman) Duet Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne
"I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) Lena Horne
"The First Time Ever" (Ewan MacColl) Duet Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne
"Don't it Make You Wanna Go Home" (South) Duet Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne
"Abraham, Martin and John" (Dick Holler) Harry Belafonte

Personnel

Bob Freedman - arranger, conductor
William Eaton

Performance

References

↑ "Harry Belafonte and Friends". Akh.se. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
↑ Black Enterprise - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

Lena Horne

Albums	It's Love Give the Lady What She Wants Porgy & Bess Songs by Burke and Van Heusen Lena Horne at the Sands Lena on the Blue Side Lena Sings Your Requests Lena Like Latin Lena in Hollywood Merry from Lena Soul Lena & Gabor Harry & Lena Nature's Baby Lena & Michel Lena: A New Album The Men in My Life We'll Be Together Again An Evening with Lena Horne Being Myself Seasons of a Life

Singles	"Stormy Weather" "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" "'Deed I Do" "Love Me or Leave Me"

Radio	The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street

Related topics	Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music

Book

Harry Belafonte

Discography

Studio albums	Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954) Belafonte (1956) Calypso (1956) An Evening with Belafonte (1957) Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957) To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958) Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958) Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959) My Lord What a Mornin' (1959) Swing Dat Hammer (1960) Jump Up Calypso (1961) Midnight Special (1962) The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962) Streets I Have Walked (1963) Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964) In My Quiet Room (1966) Calypso in Brass (1966) Belafonte on Campus (1967) Belafonte Sings of Love (1968) Homeward Bound (1970) Belafonte by Request (1970) The Warm Touch (1971) Calypso Carnival (1971) Play Me (1973) Turn the World Around (1977) Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981) Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)

Live albums	Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959) Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960) Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964) En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966) Belafonte...Live! (1972) Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974) Belafonte '89 (1989) An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)

Compilations	Very Best of Harry Belafonte (2001) The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001) The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)

Collaborations	Porgy and Bess (1959) An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965) An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri (1966) Harry & Lena: For the Love of Life (1970) "We Are the World" (1985)

Related articles	Shari Belefonte (daughter) March on Washington Mississippi Freedom Summer

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