The impact of #BillieHoliday on the history of #jazz is incalculable, for her singing and for vocal improvisation. She was born in Philadelphia on #ThisDayInHistory in 1915. Here is her version of the #AbelMeeropol song #StrangeFruit, about #lynchings:
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Born on this day in 1903, Abel Meeropol wrote "Strange Fruit" sung by Billie Holiday
Only 263 days left 'til nextHalloween!
#HalloweenCountdown #AbelMeeropol #BillieHoliday #StrangeFruit #BlackHistoryMonth
Today’s Decay along with #abelmeeropol #lonchaneyjr #stephengammell and #lennykaye are all #incrediblystrangecreatureswhostoppedliving&becamemixedupzombies
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ThisClassicalLife
Abel Meeropol, Sheku Kanneh‐Mason, Jess Gillam & Sheku Kanneh‐Mason:
🎵 Strange Fruit
#BBCRadio3 #AbelMeeropol #ShekuKannehMason #JessGillam
Lee Daniels’ film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (2021), which depicts how the FBI’s Narcotics Commissioner systematically murdered Billie Holiday by way of proxy tactics from 1947 - 1959.
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#StrangeFruit #LewisAllan #AbelMeeropol #BillieHoliday
Lee Daniels’ film “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (2021), which depicts how the FBI’s Narcotics Commissioner systematically murdered Billie Holiday by way of proxy tactics from 1947 - 1959.
www.imdb.com/title/tt8521...
#StrangeFruit #LewisAllan #AbelMeeropol #BillieHoliday
Milt #Gabler, the only one willing to record Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” after Columbia Records and John Hammond turned it down...
#AbelMeeropol #CommodoreRecords
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#abelmeeropol #strangefruit #lonchaneyjr #stephengammell #scarystoriestotellinthedark #theuninvited #traviswalton #pattismith #lennykaye #nycpunk #psychobilly #dementedarego #rerun #lastyearscontentbutimcontentwithit #todaysdecay
