Search results
"Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937.
Aug 25, 2020 · In March 1939, a 23-year-old Billie Holiday walked up to the mic at West 4th's Cafe Society in New York City to sing her final song of the night. Per her request, the waiters stopped serving...
Originally written in 1937 by Abel Meeropol, “Strange Fruit” is a dark and profound song centered around the lynching of African Americans in the Southern United States during the Jim Crow Era.
Dec 22, 2011 · lyrics Strange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees...
- 3 min
- 10.2M
- prokoman1
Apr 17, 2019 · Cultural critic Emily J Lordi is describing the particular power of a song that still shocks 80 years after it was first performed. On 20 April 1939, the jazz singer Billie Holiday (born Eleanora...
Apr 12, 2021 · Learn how a poem by a Jewish teacher became a powerful protest song against lynching, performed by Billie Holiday despite the risk of government retaliation. Discover the history and legacy of 'Strange Fruit', the best selling record of Holiday's career and a song of the century.
Learn about the origin, history and impact of "Strange Fruit", a song performed by Billie Holiday in 1939, based on a poem by Abel Meeropol. The song exposed the horrors of racial violence and became a symbol of civil rights and social justice.
