Donster Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Air Force Women's Auxiliary 1941: The Italians evacuate Mechili during the night. Lana Turner 1942: American Expeditionary Force lands in Northern Ireland. 1942: The US-Filipino withdrawal to the Bagac-Orion line is successfully completed. The Japanese quickly followed up the withdrawal and made several penetration in to the defensive new line, although these were all contained and thrown back. Lena Horne 1943: The Stalingrad pocket is split in two. Voronezh is captured. 1943: The Eighth Army takes Zaula in Libya, less than 100 miles from Tunisian frontier. 1943: The first OSS (Office of Strategic Services) agent parachutes behind Japanese lines in Burma. 1944: The British launch their main attack on the Japanese ‘Golden Fortress’ in the Arakan, Burma. 1945: Himmler is put in command of Army Group Vistula by Hitler. The Russians isolate three German armies in East Prussia. The Red Army captures Kattowitz in Upper Silesia. Auschwitz concentration camp is captured by the Russians, but they find fewer than 3,000 survivors as the SS has moved most of the remaining prisoners to camps inside Germany. Major General Poorten (READ COVER STORY) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Lana Turner...Smokin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Lana's nice, but she couldn't sing like Lena!...............MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Did Lena ever have a hit other than Stormy Weather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Did Lena ever have a hit other than Stormy Weather? Lena Horne conserves fuel - (Office of War Information photograph) Looks like her album sales was better than single hit releases. Only one other single on the charts... * "Stormy Weather" (1943) * "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955) #19 U.S. Pop However no mention of the Jazz charts. So don't know if there was a few via the Jazz charts. Lena Horne Wiki Can I say that in mixed company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I like Lena, honestly, I do, but that smile on her face in that idyllic kitchen tableau is just this side of creepy. Yeeeeeeees, dear, I have your dinner riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight here. At which point she opens the oven door, pulls out a Tommy gun, and hoses you with hot lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Well, she performed extensively with the following bands, so I guess she was a jazz singer. That's what I remember her as. Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet. Don't you love the high heels in the kitchen, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I like Lena, honestly, I do, but that smile on her face in that idyllic kitchen tableau is just this side of creepy. Yeeeeeeees, dear, I have your dinner riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight here. At which point she opens the oven door, pulls out a Tommy gun, and hoses you with hot lead. Dunno about that, but from the look on her face, it could be a nicely roasted cat she was offering you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schatten Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I was thinking the creepy smile was more along the lines that she was saving on meat rations too by cooking up her husband's kids from his first wife or something. She looks like a psych-oooo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I was thinking the creepy smile was more along the lines that she was saving on meat rations too by cooking up her husband's kids from his first wife or something. She looks like a psych-oooo. Yeah, I was thinking along those lines as well. I can see her opening the oven door, pulling out the roasting pan and inside the pan is little Johnny's severed head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Ok this thread just slipped into the "your creeping Red out" zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre_USA Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Spectre's beginning to wonder as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Donster Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Separated at Birth??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Could be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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