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"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, who first sang and recorded it in 1939. Written by teacher Abel Meeropol as a poem and published in 1937, it protested American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans. Such lynchings had reached a peak in the South at the turn of the century, but continued there and in other regions of the United States. Meeropol set it to music and, with his wife and the singer Laura Duncan, performed it as a protest song in New York venues in the late 1930s, including Madison Square Garden.
The song continues to be covered by numerous artists, and has inspired novels, other poems, and other creative works. In 1978, Holiday's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
"Strange Fruit" was originated as a poem written by American writer, teacher and songwriter Abel Meeropol under his pseudonym Lewis Allan, as a protest against lynchings. In the poem, Meeropol expressed his horror at lynchings, inspired by Lawrence Beitler's photograph of the 1930 lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. He published the poem under the title "Bitter Fruit" in 1937 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine. Though Meeropol had asked others (notably Earl Robinson) to set his poems to music, he set "Strange Fruit" to music himself. His protest song gained a certain success in and around New York. Meeropol, his wife, and black vocalist Laura Duncan performed it at Madison Square Garden.
Nina Simone (/ˈniːnə sᵻˈmoʊn/; born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist who worked in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
Born in North Carolina, the sixth child of a preacher, Simone aspired to be a concert pianist. With the help of her supporters in Tryon, she enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music in New York but was unable to continue because of the high fees. She was later denied a scholarship to study at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, despite a well-received audition. Simone became fully convinced her rejection had been entirely due to her race, a statement that has been a matter of controversy.
To make a living, Simone chose to play "cocktail piano" at a night club in Atlantic City, where she was told she had to sing to her own accompaniment, effectively launching her career as a jazz vocalist. She recorded more than forty albums, mostly between 1958, when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue, and 1974, and had a hit in the United States in 1958 with "I Loves You, Porgy".
Annie Lennox, OBE (born 25 December 1954), born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician David A. Stewart went on to achieve major international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. With a total of eight Brit Awards, including Best British Female Artist six times, Lennox has won more than any other female artist. She has also been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".
Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). Aside from her eight Brit Awards, she has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard Magazine. In 2004, she won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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Morgan Freeman introduces Jill Scott's full performance of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" from Shining A Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America, presented by A E Networks and iHeartMedia. #ShiningALight Find out more about the concert here: http://www.aetv.com/shows/shining-a-light-a-concert-for-progress-on-race-in-america?cmpid=Social_YouTube_ShiningLight Watch more great performances in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4PLzIrzI6k&index;=4&list;=PLcviVtB85dLxyLkuDtE-7y5v2KORsKiMV Show your support by donating to the Fund for Progress on Race in America: http://aetv.us/ShineALight_Donate Your donations to the Fund will help to provide grants to those who are doing great work to raise awareness about the causes and effects of racial divisiveness, promote social...
A magic song from a magic voice lyrics Strange Fruit Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop
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Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop I don't own this No copyright infringement intended
From a disgusting smelly fruit called the Durian to the Romanesco that looks other worldly here are strange fruits that look like aliens. Subscribe to Talltanic http://goo.gl/wgfvrr # 10 Wood Apple To many of us Westerners, the Wood Apple looks completely unfamiliar. It kind of looks like a wooden coconut filled with strange looking pulp. Although they’re pretty much non-existent in the States, in Sri Lanka they’re as abundant as any other innocuous fruit. The wood apple has an outer exterior so hard it has to be cracked open with a small hammer! # 9 Salak The Salak is also called the snake fruit, for obvious reasons. Personally, I think it looks a lot like a dragon egg. The fruit has a scaley and prickly outside that makes it look and feel like an inedible cactus. Just like the main c...
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[Lyrics Maarit Hurmerinta - Strange fruit] Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Here is fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop
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Billie Holiday in a story drawn by Claire Braud. Subscribe to our channel here: http://bit.ly/BDMusicSubs Get the digital version on iTunes: https://itun.es/fr/KWFL8 Discover the CD version (2CD+Cartoon) on BD Music website: http://bit.ly/CDversion-BillieHoliday1 00:05 - My Man 02:48 - Strange Fruit 05:46 - Solitude 09:07 - God Bless the Child 12:21 - Yesterdays 15:15 - Blue Moon 18:49 - Miss Brown to You 20:39 - Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer 23:27 - Trav’lin All Alone 25:44 - Lover Come Back to Me 29:09 - Laugnin’ at Life 32:06 - It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie 35:16 - Moonglow 38:20 - Sugar BDMUSIC collection presents all your favorite singers drawn with the eye of draftsmen, painters or illustrators of our era. The collection represents more than 250 albums illustrated by 150 painter...
On the way back from a mission, Josh, Yoko and Brett can't believe how hungry they are -- so they decide to land on a nearby planet to check out the local cuisine. Unfortunately, when they get there, they find that the planet, with its lush, tropical landscape, is void of any restaurants. As Yoko and Brett are about to leave, Josh spots a tree bearing an abundance of unusual-looking fruit. Brett warns him not to eat it: "Who knows what effect alien fruit will have on the human digestive system?" But Josh isn't worried -- after all, a herd of freaky aliens across the valley seem to be eating it without any problem. Josh gorges himself. Upon returning to Galaxy High, Josh is pleased to learn that after many attempts, Toby has finally agreed to go on a date with him. But then something strang...
Topic: Preview of Documentary film, "Strange Fruit Redux Guest: Dr. Hakim Rashid Production: Read 1 Communications Producer: Khalil Shadeed
Venue: University College Falmouth/Dartington College of Arts. "Exploited, plundered, assaulted and unknown, this anonymous mass is called... O'Povo (The people)" This is a piece of devised theatre about the sugar plantation slave trade which combines a modern sugar trade office with the life of slaves in the plantations. We use alot of symbolism and intense imagery. The paper trail at the end was inspired by a slave called Priscilla who left a paper trail wherever she went so she could be traced through history. The laptop at the beginning is displaying footage of the company digging to gather the soil that was then used in the piece. Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian art form which combines martial arts, music, and dance created in Brazil by slaves from Africa. Some were forced to wor...
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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the roots
Black bodies swingin' in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
And the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is the fruit
For the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop