My God, Lena WAS beautiful! Even singing that dreadful song written by that dreadful woman DORY Previn, dahling. Not Dori. I had a French maid named Dori once, she had a wooden leg. But back to that episode of the "Dean Martin Show," I was supposed to be on it too, singing "Lemon Tree, Very Pretty" (it was a theme show, about trees) but I had to cancel at the last minute. I died or something.

Posted by: The Late Tallulah Bankhead at April 2, 2008 12:14 PM

A true classic, Lena Horne. Love her!

Posted by: B Brown at April 3, 2008 1:24 AM

Interestingly, while Margaret Whiting sang the version Hayward lipsyncs in the film, someone else did it on the soundtrack album. Anyone know who?

PS: I love Lena's version. You're right, she attacks it like it's a real song.

Posted by: vlad at April 3, 2008 1:39 AM

She was the only good thing in The Wiz!

Posted by: peaches lumet at April 3, 2008 5:36 PM

yes, lena was & is one in a million, but did we notice the trees she sang among? didn't they look like something an atom bomb had fallen on moments ago? a nagasaki nature preserve?

Posted by: little edie at April 5, 2008 9:41 AM

Yes, that's why I wrote "scary, post-apocalyptic forest." I don't miss a trick, honey.

Posted by: musto at April 5, 2008 10:18 AM