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Vor 2 Tagen · Diego A. Manrique | Madrid | Jul 23, 2024 - 14:55 EDT. The emergence, 65 years ago, of a generation of ambitious musicians and best-sellers gave new life to a genre that was losing the talent of Billie Holiday and Lester Young. All the news about Billie Holliday published in EL PAÍS. Information, articles and breaking news about Billie Holliday.
Vor 2 Tagen · Guy Howie. Wed 24 July 2024 2:00, UK. First recorded in 1939, the rendition of ‘Strange Fruit’ by Billie Holiday would go on to haunt the United States for the next 20 years, raising the demand for civil equality and the call for a movement against white supremacy in the starkest possible terms, to such an extent that the FBI felt the need ...
Vor 4 Tagen · “Good Morning Heartache” was written by Irene Higgenbotham, Dan Fisher, and Ervin Drake for vocalist Billie Holiday, who first recorded it on January 22, 1946. It soon became one of her signature tunes.
Vor 3 Tagen · Stärker noch als bei Janis Joplin oder Billie Holiday waren ihre Leiden verwoben mit den grandiosen Liedern, die sie zum größten Teil selbst schrieb. Schon an der Theater- und Musikschule für ...
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Vor 5 Tagen · Strange Fruit is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees.
Vor 3 Tagen · In 2016, McDonald starred as Billie Holiday in the filmed stage production, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, for which she received critical acclaim.
Vor 3 Tagen · Billie Holiday covered the song in January 1957 for her 1958 Verve album Songs for Distingué Lovers. Frank Sinatra covered the song for his 1958 studio album Come Fly With Me, and performed it regularly live.
