Strange Fruit
Sign in to saveoriginal song written and composed by Lewis Allan (Abel Meeropol); first recorded by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra
Wikidata facts
- Main subject
- lynching
- Composer
- Abel Meeropol
- Lyrics by
- Abel Meeropol
- Image
- Strange-Fruit-Commodore-1939.jpg
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- publication date
- 1939-01-01
- inspired by
- lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
- language of work or name
- English language
- has characteristic
- protest song
- form of creative work
- song
- title
- Strange Fruit
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