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Strange Fruit Records was an independent record label in the United Kingdom. The label, established by Clive Selwood and John Peel in 1986, was the primary distributor of BBC recordings, including Peel Sessions.
17 de abr. de 2019 · Billie Holiday recorded her iconic version of Strange Fruit on 20 April 1939. Eighty years on, Aida Amoako explores how a poem about lynching became a timeless call to action.
Strange Fruit. Label imprint of Strange Fruit Records Ltd., primary distributor of BBC recordings, including Peel Sessions. Established by Clive Selwood and John Peel in 1986, Strange Fruit closed its doors in 2004. Note: To be used for the label entry only.
"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.
7 de ago. de 2020 · Recorded by Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, sampled by Kanye West and Rapsody, and streamed by the millions, the anti-lynching song has taken on a new relevance in the era of Black Lives Matter ...
25 de nov. de 2013 · First recorded in 1939, the protest song Strange Fruit came to symbolise the brutality and racism of the practice of lynching in America's South. Now, more than seventy years later, such is 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.
