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Strange Fruit

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"Strange Fruit"
Single by Billie Holiday
B-side"Fine and Mellow"
Released1939
RecordedApril 20, 1939[1]
Genre
Length3:02
LabelCommodore
Songwriter(s)Abel Meeropol
Producer(s)Milt Gabler
Billie Holiday singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Lock My Heart"
(1938)
"Strange Fruit"
(1939)
"God Bless the Child"
(1942)
Official Audio
"Strange Fruit" on YouTube

"Strange Fruit" is a song written by Abel Meeropol and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans in the South and reached its peak in the early 20th century. The song has been a declaration and the beginning of the civil rights movement. Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978. It has been covered by a number of artists over the years including Nina Simone in 1965.

References

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  1. "Billie Holiday recording sessions". Billieholidaysongs.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2011.