I love how people within the entertainment industry stood up for their fellow black entertainers 👍

Two of the best singers in my youth. That's my story.

TRULY LOVED LENA HORNE MET HER A FEW TIMES IN THE '80'S AND SHE WAS MESMERIZING AND EXQUISITE IN EVERY WAY....AND HER PERFORMANCES BOY CAN SHE SELL A SONG!! GOD BLESS AND RIP BEAUTIFUL!

Pure professionals singing at their best. Lets hope they are still singing up in the clouds

Hers was the most electrifying smile I've ever seen in my life. Talk about lighting up a room!

She sparkled like I don't know what! Barely noticed Frank!

Fantastic clip. The band sounds amazing.

Harold Arlen music was so diverse. A true genius

Love it!

She was great I love Frank Sinatra

"It's quauta to three" love Lena here with Sinatra!

This is great 👍

Wow now that's a treat

On a national level, Frank Sinatra was a generous financial supporter of Martin Luther King. He was always willing to headline fundraisers and help the Civil Rights Movement in any way that he could. He received a lifetime award from the NAACP. Very few men have lived a life as complex and controversial as Frank Sinatra’s. But when we examine the ways in which Frank Sinatra and civil rights intertwined, it is impossible not to tip your hat to the Chairman.

I love them both...but the frost between them is quite evident. It was no secret that they did not like each other. Thank God they were both supreme performers.

Happy Birthday Mr.Arlen.

They way Lena belted out Stormy Weather seemed to have a gospel tinge. Beautiful

A message from the sky. Angels singing for us.

Lena was just a truly beautiful woman and old blue eyes was jyst irresistible

Aquí tenemos un video histórico, la fabulosa Lena Horne y Frank Sinatra rindiéndole tributo a Harold Arlen. A puro swing una serie de temas de gran musicalidad de este gran compositor . "Es sólo una luna de papel","Tiempo tormentoso", "Uno para mi nena", "Alégrate" y otros. El año de este video es 1960.

LOS MEJORES............SIN DUDA.............

There were stars and there were galaxies .( elite entertainer). They both definitely were galaxies.

Then low notes whew 🔥🔥I think she was in her late 30 or mid 40s here

The network probably insisted that there'd be no physical contact between Sinatra and Horne. That's why they're sitting two feet from each other. In her autobiography, Horne talks about how she accidentally touched Perry Como while singing a duet and she was worried that the sponsors would complain. Como couldn't have cared less and told her so.

Love Lena❤️

Me declaro Fan de la hermosa Lena.

Legal só fera das músicas clássicas.......Brasil.

I am also reading "Stormy Weather" and agree....there is no chemistry between the two in this clip.

Frank should have done Johnny Mercer's One For My Baby...he owns that song

they did pretty i thought professionally.

👏🏾👏🏾

I think they are in secret fond of each other. You can se how they trying to be subtle but fail to.

I'm currently reading "Stormy Weather The Life of Lena Horne" by James Gavin who interviewed Lena in depth. Lena and Sinatra hated each other because she was good friends with Ava Gardner. Lena and Frank only worked together when they absolutely had to, and it really shows in this clip. If you watch her singing with Dean Martin and Bing Crosby you'll see the same treatment with Crosby. She couldn't stand him either.

Frank looks like he'd rather be anywhere else than right there, ah, these wonderful ghosts..

Lena Horne? This cat had met his match!

They were not fond of each other at all even though Lena husband was one of Frank's close friends. She once told him to kiss her ass.

😎👍👏😉.

from what i've read, neither one of them was crazy about each other.

dos monstruos...............pero lena es lena.......y Frank es Frank......dos monstruos.......del canto.....y de la empatía humana difícil de catalogar........salvo DECIR QUE SON DIOSES DEL CANTO EN LA TIERRA.................

Nf - leave me alone

It looks as if Sinatra was under the influence or was going through a rough patch in his personal life. I have never seen such a lackluster performance by him. Lena shined like a diamond in spotlight

They are really a greatly mismatched pair. She is all drama and he is all understatement. Even when he sings something like "Get ready for the Judgement Day" his singing is understated. And his renditions are not the best while she knocks every song out of the room!

Notice how they weren't permitted to touch each other. We've come along way out of the morass of bigotry since those dark days. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Frank has a scowl on his face.

Somehow Frank seemed a little remote in this medley. I didn't feel any spark between the two. Which is strange since they both were at MGM at the same time. This isn't the best medley I've seen Horne in. She might just as well have been singing solo.

Why didn’t these two like each other? It pretty obvious.

Look at the Como/Horne duet on youtube.. There was eye contact, Como held her hand. He smiled at her. By contrast, Frank and Lena looked like they were on different planets. Yes, I know, Sinatra did "something" to defend Horne in Vegas (the Sands), but, geez, he could have told the TV sponsors to take a hike. It is well known, that Sinatra was told by the TV show sponsors to keep his distance from Horne prior to this taping.

Lena looking so vivacious, but Frank doesn't seem comfortable at all. Nonetheless, a great medley from these two iconic singers

Lena Horne was a very atractive lady

There is no eye contact going on here, quite a disconnect between Mr. Sinatra and Ms. Horne. I don't get any chemistry here like I did when Frank sang with Ella for example. Very strange

These two were not allowed or to give any sign that there was anything more than just singing this song. I see this clip as very sad indeed - a White Man and a Black Woman singing to the camera only, following directions at a time when mainstream entertainers had better do so

Frank has a stronger feeling for jazz than Lena

i think frankie's blotto

'Chris Rivers', but they thought enough for her to sing with Frank Sinatra. If they are that racist why don't they just have a white women sing with him. There were plenty of white singers to sing with. The thing is, they couldn't resist or deny her. They really liked her, but let their pride of racism get in the way. Gladly years later in the 70's, 80's, etc. whites finally gave in and had better interactions with blacks, and let their mental illness of racism of some degree diminish.

They look tired and wired

Yes Yes!! This is a VERY RACIST clip. It happened before Brown vs Board of ED and the Civil Rights movement. You can see Frank Sinatra was doing all he can to avoid eye contact with Lena Horne. Since the NETWORK felt she was looking to beautiful and passable for their white audiences to accept. let alone see past them even touching shoulder to shoulder like some of his other clips with white women. Which shows more obvious appreciation of the singer. This was the way Television networks operate back in the day with CODES OF TELEVISION ETIQUETTE. Even though she was light skin and considered approachable to white audiences at the time it was not appropriate to have any major white recording artist seen showing STAGE chemistry to someone of COLOR, let alone someone who would make other white women feel THREATEN their boyfriends or husbands could actually consider a LIGHT SKIN female over another WHITE women to be with, HEAVEN FORBID! at that time. So even if Frank Sinatra didn't personally feel this way, who would know . Sad time in AMERICAN history though but regardless of the circumstance lena, ignored what was orchestrated around her and made the clip memorable where she stood out more.

They have no chemistry

The coldness between them was obvious. She is the better singer and swung much harder musically than that skinny shrimp.