Lena Horne, the velvet-voiced chanteuse who went from Cotton Club chorus girl to singing and movie star, famed for her interpretation of “Stormy Weather,” died Sunday in New York. She was 92. Renowned ...

Lena Horne, the velvet-voiced chanteuse who went from Cotton Club chorus girl to singing and movie star, famed for her interpretation of “Stormy Weather,” died Sunday in New York. She was 92. Renowned ...

In James Gavin's new biography "Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne," (Atria Books, 2009) he outlines the life of an icon. Though Horne was reluctant to adopt the title, the singer-actress paved ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Jazz legend Lena Horne passed away yesterday at the age of 92. A ...

ON A ‘STORMY’ PATH: “This is really all about Lena,” Leslie Uggams says. “I’m not doing a copy of Lena. There is only one Lena Horne. But I’m bringing the essence of Lena.” Both entertainers overcame ...

The first serious biography of entertainment legend Lena Horne, the star who became one of the first African-American icons. Gavin has gotten closer than any other writer to the celebrity, who has ...

Lena Horne, the silky-voiced singing legend who shattered Hollywood stereotypes of African-Americans on-screen in the 1940s as a symbol of glamour, and whose signature song was "Stormy Weather," died ...

Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow her on Twitter. Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917 (she is ...

“Stormy Weather” singer was among first black performers to sing with major white band. This is a 1995 file photo of singer and actress Lena Horne, who broke racial barriers as a Hollywood and ...

Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress who reviled the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, slowing her rise to Broadway superstardom, has ...

BIANCULLI: That's Lena Horne from the 1943 film "Stormy Weather." She became Hollywood's first glamorous Black movie star. We're going to listen back to an interview with her daughter, Gail Lumet ...