Strange Fruit

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lyricist and composer:	Lewis Allan

publisher:	Basart Editions Carlin Music Corporation Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/18135 [info]
Songfacts:	http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=543 [info]
Wikidata:	Q765709 [info]

version of:	Bitter Fruit
is the basis for:	Strange Fruit
arrangements:	Strange Fruit (for string quartet, Hardy)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
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1939-04-20	Strange Fruit (1939-04-20 recording)		Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra	3:12
1939-04-20	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:08
1939-04-20	Strange Fruit No.2		Billie Holiday	3:14
1939-04-30	Strange Fruit	cover	Billie Holiday	3:11
1941-09-13	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Sidney Bechet Trio	2:30
1941-09-13	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Sidney Bechet Trio	2:33
1941-09-13	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Sidney Bechet	?:??
1945-02-12	Strange Fruit (live, 1945-02-12: Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	live	Billie Holiday	2:55
1956-06-07	Strange Fruit (1956-06-07 recording)		Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra	3:01
1956	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday with Tony Scott's Orchestra	3:01
1961-06-29	Strange Fruit	cover	Carmen McRae	2:49
1965-05-19 – 1965-05-20	Strange Fruit	cover	Nina Simone	3:31
1972-02-05	Strange Fruit	cover	Mal Waldron	2:51
1972-10-30	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Gene Ammons	3:30
1982	Strange Fruit / Fire Spirit (live, 1982: Continental Club, Buffalo, NY, USA)	cover and live	The Gun Club	4:55
1982 – 1983	Strange Fruit	cover	Colette Magny	3:32
1983-03-20	Strange Fruit (live, 1983-03: Radio Geneva)	cover and live	The Gun Club	5:17
1983-09 – 1983-10	Strange Fruit	cover and live	The Gun Club	4:47
1983-10-04	Strange Fruit (live, 1983-10-04: John Peel Session, UK)	cover and live	Cocteau Twins	1:52
1987-07-11	Strange Fruit (live, 1987-07-11: Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia, Italy)	cover and live	Sting & Gil Evans	7:11
1987-07-11	Strange Fruit	cover and live	Sting & Gil Evans	7:03
1987-11	Strange Fruit	live	Abbey Lincoln	6:16
1989-04	Strange Fruit	cover	Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy	7:54
1992-05-01	Strange Fruit (live, 1992-05-01: Moonwalker Club, Aarburg, Switzerland)	cover and live	Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy	9:15
1993	Strange Fruit	cover and live	Pamela Isaacs	3:03
1996-07 – 1996-10	Strange Fruit (live, 1996: The Blue Note Tokyo, Minami-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan)	cover, instrumental and live	Marcus Miller	3:56
1996-12	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Archie Shepp	4:40
2003-01-07 – 2003-01-08	Strange Fruit	cover and live	Trijntje Oosterhuis	3:54
2003	Edgar (live; 2003)	live, medley and partial	Jean Leloup	6:50
2007-05-08	Strange Fruit (live, 2007-05-08: Like a Version: Studio 261, ABC Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, Australia)	cover and live	Snowman	3:01
2007-05-08	Strange Fruit (live, 2007-05-08: Like a Version: Studio 261, ABC Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, Australia)	cover and live	Snowman	3:02
2013-06-29	Strange Fruit (live, 2013-06-29: Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands)	cover and live	Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa	5:58
2013-06-29	Strange Fruit (live, 2013-06-29: Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam, Netherlands)	cover and live	Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa	6:12
2014	Strange Fruit	cover	Annie Lennox	3:47
2014	Strange Fruit	cover	Cassandra Wilson	4:54
2015-08-17 – 2015-08-19	Strange Fruit	cover	Lucia Cadotsch, Otis Sandsjö & Petter Eldh	7:01
2018-09	Strange Fruit	cover and live	zeitkratzer	6:18
2019-06-10 – 2019-06-13	Strange Fruit	cover	The King’s Singers	3:30
	Strange fruit		Billie Holiday	3:04
	Strange fruit		Billie Holiday	3:14
	Strange fruit		Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet	4:52
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:11
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:09
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:15
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:10
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:05
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:08
	Strange Fruit		James Carter	4:21
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:05
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	10:49
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:13
	Strange Fruit	live	Billie Holiday	3:16
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:06
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:09
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:02
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:27
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	2:57
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:04
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	2:50
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:11
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:13
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:09
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:11
	Strange Fruit	cover	Lou Rawls	3:29
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:10
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Sidney Bechet	2:33
	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Sidney Bechet	2:34
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	2:58
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	2:43
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:14
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	2:52
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:07
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	3:11
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:12
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:01
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:15
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:14
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:08
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	2:36
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:14
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:07
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:09
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:04
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:10
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:06
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:04
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:18
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:12
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	?:??
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:08
	Strange Fruit	cover	Katey Sagal & The Forest Rangers feat. Blake Mills	4:05
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	3:09
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