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Dec 22, 2011 · 26.2K subscribers. Subscribed. 125K. 10M views 12 years ago. lyrics Strange Fruit ...more. lyrics Strange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the...
Mar 1, 2021 · “Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze,” blues legend Billie Holiday sang in her powerful 1939 recording of the song, “Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.” The song’s lyrics...
Apr 12, 2021 · April 12, 2021 | Liz Fields. The mesmerizing performance from Academy Award-nominated actress and singer Andra Day in “The United States Vs. Billie Holiday” has revived interest in the...
“Strange Fruit” is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, who first sang and recorded it in 1939. Written by a white, Jewish high school teacher from the Bronx and a member of the Communist Party, Abel Meeropol wrote it as a protest poem, exposing American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans.
Feb 16, 2011 · Billie Holiday's 1939 song about racist lynchings redefined popular music. In an extract from his history of protest songs, Dorian Lynskey explores the power of Strange Fruit
Apr 17, 2019 · 17 April 2019. By Aida Amoako,Features correspondent. Alamy. Billie Holiday recorded her iconic version of Strange Fruit on 20 April 1939. Eighty years on – in the first of our Songs that...
Apr 25, 2021 · April 25, 2021. When Billie Holiday first performed “Strange Fruit” in 1939, the song was so bold for the time that she could sing it only in certain places where it was safe to do so. The...
