Billie Holiday | "Strange Fruit"

Deleted Joined: January 1970 Posts: 0	Billie Holiday \| "Strange Fruit" Apr 25, 2015 19:01:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 19:01:53 GMT -5 Billie recorded this in 1939. It was written as a protest against the lynching of blacks in the South, which was still going on at that point. Excellent. Classic.
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owenlovesmusic 4x Platinum Member Chillin! Joined: December 2017 Posts: 4,887 My Charts	Billie Holiday \| "Strange Fruit" Jun 26, 2018 18:53:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by owenlovesmusic on Jun 26, 2018 18:53:24 GMT -5 Samples from a cover of this song are heavily used in Blood On the Leaves by Kanye West:
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Soulsista Diamond Member Room for one more, honey. Joined: December 2006 Posts: 10,988	Billie Holiday \| "Strange Fruit" Feb 28, 2021 22:33:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Soulsista on Feb 28, 2021 22:33:59 GMT -5 Andra Day sings this in the new movie The United States Vs. Billie Holiday.