Ms. Horne died Sunday May 9th at age 92 at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Horne, In the 1940s, she was one of the first black performers hired to sing with a major white band, the first to play at Copacabana nightclub. She was also the first black women to be signed to a long term contract by a major Hollywood studio (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Horne still holds the record for the longest-running solo performance in Broadway history-Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway. A live album entitled, Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria, became the largest selling record by a female artist in the history of the RCA-Victor labe Ms. Horne faced many racial obstacles through out her life. She also played a major part in the Civil Rights Movement.
"I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody." Lena Horne
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