Lena Horne performs "Honeysuckle Rose" in stereo for the first time ever! With Benny Carter in "Thousands Cheer" (1943). Music by Fats Waller with lyrics by Andy Razaf. Thanks to Art Smith for finding the stereo track.
Thank you! I've always found the opening of this sequence extremely stunning. Ebony players with gold instruments in front of an ebony background really catches your eye!
Horne has the finest number in an otherwise dreary all-star MGM musical, "Thousands Cheer." Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, Judy Garland, Rooney and Lucille Ball are all dwarfed by Lena's segment. That says plenty!
