Lena...Lovely and Alive

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Lena...Lovely and Alive
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Studio album by
Released1962
Recorded1962; Los Angeles, California
Genre Traditional pop
Length35:39
Label RCA Victor
Producer Dick Peirce
Lena Horne chronology
Lena on the Blue Side
(1962)
Lena...Lovely and Alive
(1962)
Lena Horne Sings Your Requests
(1963)

Lena...Lovely and Alive is a 1962 studio album by Lena Horne, arranged by Marty Paich and featuring trumpeter Jack Sheldon. [1]

Contents

At the 5th Grammy Awards, Horne was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female for her performance on this album. A Grammy was awarded to Robert Jones, Art Director for the Best Album Cover—Non-Classical.

Track listing

  1. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 2:42
  2. "I Get the Blues When It Rains" (Marcy Klauber, Harry Stoddard) - 3:41
  3. "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 3:57
  4. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:51
  5. "I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al J. Neiburg) - 3:25
  6. "I Want to Be Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
  7. "I Surrender, Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford)
  8. "I've Found a New Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams)
  9. "I Understand" (Mabel Wayne, Kim Gannon) - 3:44
  10. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Henry Nemo, and John Redmond) - 2:43
  11. "I Ain't Got Nobody" (Spencer Williams)
  12. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)

Personnel

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References

  1. "Lena...Lovely and Alive". Allmusic. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2011.