"Lessons From A Lady: Syndee Winters Sings Lena Horne In Concert" is a celebration of Lena Horne's life and music, honoring traditional renditions of her most iconic repertoire while introducing fresh ...

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 ...

LENA HORNE: (Singing) Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky. Stormy weather since my man and I ain't together. LEILA FADEL, HOST: That's the voice of Lena Horne. She was a pioneering star of ...

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 ...