Lena: A New Album

1976 studio album by Lena Horne

Lena: A New Album

Studio album by

Lena Horne

Released| 1976
Recorded| 1976
Genre| Traditional pop
Length| 52:02
Label| RCA Records
Producer| Nat Shapiro, Norman Schwartz
Lena Horne chronology
| Lena & Michel
(1975)  | Lena: A New Album
(1976)  | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
(1981)

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Lena: A New Album is a 1976 studio album by Lena Horne, arranged by Robert Farnon.[2]

## Track listing

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1. "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:55
2. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:30
3. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:39
4. "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 4:18
5. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 5:33
6. "Softly, as I Leave You" (Hal Shaper, Antonio DeVito, Giorgio Calabrese) – 3:48
7. "I Have Dreamed" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 4:46
8. "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:18
9. "I've Got to Have You" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:52
10. "My Ship" (I. Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 5:20

## Personnel

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### Performance

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* Lena Horne – vocals
* Chris Laurence – double bass
* David Snell – harp
* Gordon Beck – keyboards
* Phil Woods – saxophone
* Raymond Cohen – violin
* Robert Farnon – arranger, conductor, orchestration
* Lennie Hayton – arranger

### Production

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* Dick Heckstall-Smith – art direction
* Acy Lehman
* Arlene Chapman – assistant producer
* Sherman Sneed – assistant
* Keith Grant – engineer, digital editing, editing, mixing, technical supervisor
* Nat Shapiro – executive producer
* David Ades – liner notes
* Nat Peck – orchestra assembly
* Richard Avedon – photography
* Norman Schwartz – producer

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Lena: A New Album at AllMusic

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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 articles|

* Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music

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