An old-fashioned kind of girl

A few weeks ago Lena Horne died. Aside from being a lovely woman and a marvelous screen actress, she was responsible for popularizing the song Stormy Weather. I'm particularly attached to this song, because when I was a young thing of 16, I auditioned to sing this song with my high school jazz band. Actually singing with them on stage was like a dream - a huge audience, a full band, and I was singing by myself with a mic, in a pretty dress. It was magical. Did I know anything about stormy weather? Well, not really. But doesn't every sixteen-year-old think she's intimately acquainted with tragedy?

Enjoy this video of Miss Horne, and when you're done check out her bio on wikipedia here.