Strange Fruit
Sign in to saveoriginal song written and composed by Lewis Allan (Abel Meeropol); first recorded by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
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- publication date
- 1939-01-01
- title
- Strange Fruit
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1939 songsAmerican protest songsBillie Holiday songsHistory of African-American civil rightsMusicBrainz work same as WikidataSongs about black peopleSongs about deathSongs about racism and xenophobiaSongs about the American SouthSongs about treesSongs based on American historySongs based on poemsSongs of the civil rights movementUnited States National Recording Registry recordingsWorks about lynching in the United StatesWorks originally published in American magazines