“People don’t understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.” Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday records the Civil Rights song “Strange Fruit” a poem written by Abel Meeropool exposing American racism and lynching. Time Magazine designated Strange Fruit, written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie Holiday as the “Song of the 20th Century.”
Billie Holiday – American Musician – Associated Links:
- Strange Fruit Background: http://www.billieholiday.com/portfolio/strange-fruit/
- “The Strange Story of the Man Behind ‘Strange Fruit | NPR: https://www.npr.org/2012/09/05/158933012/the-strange-story-of-the-man-behind-strange-fruit
- “Strange Fruit” | Kabbalah Experience: https://kabbalahexperience.com/strange-fruit/
- “How ‘Strange Fruit’ Killed Billie Holiday” | The Progressive: http://progressive.org/dispatches/strange-fruit-caused-the-murder-of-billie-holiday-180220/
- “‘Strange Fruit’: The First Great Protest Song” | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/16/protest-songs-billie-holiday-strange-fruit
- ‘Strange Fruit’ on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6W5706MsehAWMAZLIg9Fu2?autoplay=true&v=T
- Billie Holiday | Quotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/billie_holiday
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