Hartford, Conn - Lena Horne beamed when she heard of her drummer's compliment about her extraordinary musical ear. "It's true that I hear when anything goes wrong", she laughed. "They say I have eyes and ears in the back of my head. "But then I learned everything I know from Musicians." Horne says her light-hued beauty was her ticket to Hollywood. Lena Horne Singer. January 16, 1951. (Photo by Jack Dawson).