Billie Holiday” has revived interest in the hauntingly beautiful and controversial song “Strange Fruit,” which Holiday first popularized in the late 1930s.

Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all time. Time magazine named her 1939 recording of “Strange Fruit” the song of the 20th century. “In this sad ...

This was during Billie Holiday’s peak as a popular artist and her contract was with mighty Decca Records–which refused to record “Strange Fruit.” Holiday thus turned to Milt Gabler (the ...

Holiday closed sets with "Strange Fruit" from 1939 until the final months of her life. In making it her trademark song, she offered solidarity and faithful witness to racial violence and injustice ...

How did Billie Holiday die? Holiday’s continued protest via “Strange Fruit” angered Anslinger to no end. His determination to imprison and silence her extended all the way to her death bed.

Billie Holiday’s recording of the anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit” has stirred and haunted generations of listeners. A new article from the Journal of African American History, titled ...

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Andra Day appears as Billie Holiday in the Hulu film, "The United States Vs. Billie Holiday," premiering on February 26. In the film, the FBI wanted Holiday to stop singing "Strange Fruit," so ...

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence ...

“It really is horrifying that nearly 80 years later, through Billie’s lifetime and now my 74 years, the meaning of this song still applies,” Bettye LaVette said about "Strange Fruit ...

It’s the opening lyrics to Billie Holiday’s generation-defying song, Strange Fruit. The melody bare, with trumpets blaring, as heard in our report and played live by musician and retiring ...

With President-Elect Donald Trump's inauguration only weeks away, several artists have been asked to perform at his inauguration, and almost every one has denied the request. Well, that stops now.