Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest SongStrange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song Written by Gary Golio Illustrated...Erika Thulin DawesNational Council of Teachers of EnglishLanguage arts
How well-known is it that Frank Sinatra acknowledged Billie Holiday as a major influence on his style? Comeback chicks Two other fine documentaries illuminated black American history: the Oscar-nominated Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks by Bobby Houston and Joel Katz's Strange Fruit, which...
Many people objected to the song. It was unlike any other popular song. But it was a huge hit. Here is Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit." (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: In the nineteen forties, Holiday started using the illegal drug heroin. Soon her body needed more and more of the drug. ...
As the new documentary 'Billie' shows, the legendary singer Billie Holiday struggled to keep her drug addiction and demons at bay.
By way of a comparison, think of the great Billie Holiday singing “Strange Fruit”. It is a fine literary poem, set to music, and its author could have found no better singer to put it across. But a die-hard fan of Billie Holiday, the kind who has most of her recordings, is more...
This essay sheds new light on the politics of sexuality embedded in Holiday's early nightclub performance of "Strange Fruit." By examining her rendition outside of the conventional discussions of the song as a protest narrative, I complement and complicate the existing interpretations of Holiday's...
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday— exploring the legacy of the legendary jazz singer and her haunting, unflinching song ‘Strange Fruit’, about lynchings in the American South — it’s a thread that’s often lost among a scatter-shot portrait of Holiday’s life and the world she ...
1930sshebegansingingacivilrightssongcalledStrangeFruit,asongwhichtoldthetaleofalynching(用私刑处死)ofablackmanintheDeepSouth.Itwasverycontroversialforthatperiodanditwasnotplayedonradios.ItwasrecordedforCommodoreRecordsandsheperformeditmanytimesoverthenext20years.BillieHolidayhadadifficultupbringingwhichinfluencedher...
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To great controversy, Lady Day introduced the world to the racially charged protest song "Strange Fruit." In the end, some believe it killed her.