Lena Like Latin

1963 studio album by Lena Horne

Lena Like Latin

Studio album by

Lena Horne

Released

1963

Recorded

1963

Genre

Traditional pop

Label

Charter Records

Producer

Dick Peirce

Lena Horne chronology

Lena Horne Sings Your Requests
(1963)

Lena Like Latin
(1963)

Here's Lena Now!
(1964)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Record Mirror	^[2]

Lena Like Latin (a.k.a. Lena Goes Latin) is a 1963 studio album by Lena Horne, arranged by Shorty Rogers and Marty Paich.^[3] Recorded in Hollywood in July 1963 and released in the summer of 1963 on the Chater label. The album was reissued on CD in 2008 by Fresh Sound Records, together with the album Lena Horne Sings Your Requests. The CD issue featured a bonus track "He Loves Me" that was previously only issued on 45rpm single.

Track listing

"From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 1:52
"Take Me" (Mack David, Rube Bloom) – 2:23
"Night and Day" (Porter) – 2:41
"Old Devil Moon" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 2:39
"More (Theme From Mondo Cane)" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 1:43
"My Blue Heaven" (George A. Whiting, Walter Donaldson) – 2:25
"Cuckoo in the Clock" (Johnny Mercer, Donaldson) – 3:34
"Meditation" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Newton Mendonça) – 2:19
"By Myself" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:44
"Island in the West Indies" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) – 2:21
"Ours" (Porter) – 2:48
"Falling In Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:02

CD bonus track

13. "He Loves Me" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) - 1:53

Personnel

Performance

Lena Horne – vocals
Lennie Hayton – arranger, conductor, orchestration
Shorty Rogers, Marty Paich - arranger

Production

Ken Whitmore - photography
Dick Peirce - producer

References

^ Allmusic review
^ "Lena Horne: Like Latin" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 164. 2 May 1964. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Lena Like Latin at AllMusic

Lena Horne

Albums

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

Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music

v t e Shorty Rogers
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader or co-leader	Modern Sounds (1951) Popo (1951) Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953–54) Cool and Crazy (1953) Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1954–55) Collaboration (1954) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Martians Come Back! (1955) Martians Stay Home (1955) The Swinging Mr. Rogers (1955) Way Up There (1955) Portrait of Shorty (1957) Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers (1957) Wherever the Five Winds Blow (1957) Afro-Cuban Influence (1958) Chances Are It Swings (1958) Gigi in Jazz (1958) The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs (1959) The Swingin' Nutcracker (1960) An Invisible Orchard (1961) The Fourth Dimension in Sound (1961) Bossa Nova (1962) Jazz Waltz (1962) Mavis Meets Shorty (with Mavis Rivers, 1962) Gospel Mission (1963) Yesterday, Today and Forever (and Bud Shank, 1963) California Concert (with Bud Shank, 1985)
With Stan Kenton	Innovations in Modern Music (1950) Stan Kenton Presents (1950) Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (1950–53) The Kenton Era (1950–51) The Innovations Orchestra (1950–51)
With Pete Rugolo	Introducing Pete Rugolo (1954) Adventures in Rhythm (1954) Rugolomania (1954–55) New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (1954–55)
Sideman with others	Collaboration West (Teddy Charles, 1952–53) Evolution (Teddy Charles,1953–55) Jimmy Giuffre (Jimmy Giuffre, 1954–55) The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)
Soundtracks	The Man with the Golden Arm (with Elmer Bernstein, 1955) Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (from Tarzan, the Ape Man, 1959) Baby the Rain Must Fall (film released 1965) Stagecoach (collaboration with Jerry Goldsmith, film released 1966) Heart Beat (1979)
Arranger	Christmas Album (Herb Alpert, released 1968) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) You're the Reason I'm Living (for Bobby Darin, 1962–63) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile (for Bobby Darin, released 1966) Ode to Billie Joe (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1967) Local Gentry (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) The Delta Sweete (for Bobbie Gentry, released 1968) Reza (for Terry Gibbs, 1966) Lena Like Latin (for Lena Horne, 1963) In Love Again! (for Peggy Lee, 1963) Pass Me By (for Peggy Lee, 1965) The West Coast Sound (for Shelly Manne, 1953–55) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (for Shelly Manne, 1962) Portrait of Carmen (for Carmen McRae, 1967) The Sound of Silence (for Carmen McRae, 1967–68) The Wichita Train Whistle Sings (for Michael Nesmith, 1968) Big Swing Face, 1967) Buddy & Soul (for Buddy Rich, 1969) A Spoonful of Jazz (for Bud Shank, 1967) Comin' Home Baby! (for Mel Tormé, 1962)
Arranger for The Monkees	The Monkees Present (1966–69) "Daydream Believer"/"Goin' Down" (released 1967) "D. W. Washburn" (released 1968) The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees (1967–68)