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Nina simone died in 2003, aged 70, with a huge music legacy left behind and her glorious name written forever in the showbiz history. The tragic story behind billie holidays strange fruit. The rare use of strange fruit in the birth of a nation. Check out strange fruit album version by nina simone on amazon music. Billie holidays 1939 version is arguably the most well known but nina simone s rendition 26 years later from her pastel blues album. Eunice kathleen waymon 21 february 1933 21 april 2003, better known by her. Mar 12, 2017 it is a compelling activist project, from its many interviews to its soundtrack with nina simone singing a haunting rendition of the lynching poem strange fruit, from which the film takes its. Strange fruit is a song performed most famously by billie holiday. Print and download strange fruit sheet music by nina simone.

Live at morehouse college in atlanta, june 1969 20226t22. Southern trees bear strange fruit blood on the leaves and blood at the roots black bodies swinging in the southern breeze strange fruit hangin from the poplar trees pastoral scene of the gallant south them big bulging eyes and the twisted mouth scent of magnolia clean and fresh then the sudden smell of burnin flesh here is a fruit for the crows to pluck for the rain to gather for the wind to. Nina simone strange fruit 1965, mono, vinyl discogs. Strange fruit is a song performed most famously by billie. Pianist, singer, songwriter, activist, icon, mother. Listen to nina simone soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 1870 tracks.

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Strange fruit, recorded in 1939 by billie holiday, was written by new york poetactivist abel meeropol after seeing a photograph of a. It protested american racism, particularly the lynching of black americans. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar, and singer pro in c minor. Jun, 2016 the song is one of the most haunting in american history.

Forbidden fruit, the title song, one of three on the album by oscar brown, jr 1 its a humorous uptempo take on adam and eve was part nursery rhyme, part call and response. His voice is so emotional that even simon started to cry. Download nina simone mp3 songs and albums music downloads. Strange fruit started out as a poem before being set to music and performed as a protest song. Nina spent the nineties struggling with her health troubles, which forced her to cancel a number of performances. Holiday may have popularized strange fruit and turned it into a work of art, but it was a jewish communist teacher and civil rights activist from the bronx. Discography the official home of nina simone the high.

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Nina simone recorded the song in 1965, a recording described by journalist david margolick in the new york times as featuring a plain and unsentimental voice. Ninas last album, a single woman, was released in 1993. The rest of the album consists of several songs from her time on colpix records at the beginning of the sixties as well as live takes from this period. Lyrics to strange fruit by nina simone from the verve jazz masters 17 album including song video, artist biography, translations and more.

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