Strange Fruit

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Relationships

composer: Lewis Allan
lyricist: Lewis Allan
publisher: Basart Editions
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
SecondHandSongs: http://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/18135 [info]
Songfacts: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=543 [info]
Wikidata: Q765709 [info]
lyrics page: http://lyrics.wikia.com/Billie_Holiday:Strange_Fruit [info]
version of: Bitter Fruit

Recordings

Date Title Attributes Artist Length
performance
1939-04-20 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:14
1961-06-21 – 1961-07-26 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
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: Perugia Jazz Festival, Italy) cover and live Sting & Gil Evans 7:11
1993 Strange Fruit cover and live Pamela Isaacs 3:03
2003-01-07 – 2003-01-08 Strange Fruit cover and live Trijntje Oosterhuis 3:54
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
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
2008-11-29 Strange Fruit instrumental and live Marcus Miller & Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo 5:52
2014 Strange Fruit cover Annie Lennox 3:47
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone ?:??
Strange Fruit cover Mary Coughlan 3:14
Strange Fruit cover Mary Coughlan 2:34
Strange Fruit cover Mike Silver 3:41
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:13
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:53
Strange Fruit cover and live Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa 5:58
Strange Fruit cover Rokia Traoré 3:40
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:05
Strange Fruit cover Lou Rawls 3:28
Strange Fruit cover UB40 4:06
Strange Fruit cover Tori Amos 4:02
Strange Fruit cover AaRON 2:52
Strange Fruit cover Robert Wyatt 3:38
Strange Fruit cover Diana Ross 3:35
Strange Fruit cover Siouxsie and the Banshees 3:53
Strange Fruit cover Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy 9:15
Strange Fruit cover Abbey Lincoln 6:16
Strange Fruit cover and live Dee Dee Bridgewater 5:13
Strange Fruit cover Dee Dee Bridgewater 4:16
Strange Fruit cover Miki Howard 4:07
Strange Fruit cover Cassandra Wilson 5:36
Strange Fruit cover John Martyn 4:04
Strange Fruit cover Rossana Casale 6:04
Strange Fruit cover Mary Coughlan 2:16
Strange Fruit cover and live Jeff Buckley 7:43
Strange Fruit cover Beraud and the Birds 2:13
Strange Fruit cover The Twilight Singers 3:29
Strange Fruit cover Nnenna Freelon 2:21
Strange Fruit cover This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb 2:28
Strange Fruit cover Karate 2:18
Strange Fruit cover Karan Casey 3:07
Strange Fruit cover The Gun Club 1:56
Strange Fruit cover Flowers Forever 3:48
Strange Fruit cover and live Marcus Miller 3:56
Strange Fruit cover Marcus Miller 2:14
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 4:03
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:10
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:11
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:04
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:55
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:37
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:53
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:55
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:25
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:56
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 5:48
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:17
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:51
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:56
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:10
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:04
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:09
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:26
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:04
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:54
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:09
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:04
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:10
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday & Frankie Newton and His Orchestra 3:07
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:07
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:08
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:02
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:58
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:08
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:03
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:11
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:16
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:49
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:05
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:04
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:10
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:28
Strange Fruit live Billie Holiday 2:48
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:11
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:02
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:27
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:27
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:58
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:07
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:07
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:06
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:27
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:06
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:08
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday with Milt Raskin 2:37
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:03
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:56
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:03
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:12
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:02
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:01
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:12
Strange Fruit cover Siouxsie and the Banshees 3:30
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:09
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:01
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:08
Strange Fruit cover Robert Wyatt 3:33
Strange Fruit cover and live John Martyn 3:55
Strange Fruit Abbey Lincoln 6:16
Strange Fruit cover Loni Lovato 3:20
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone ?:??
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone 3:30
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone 3:32
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone 3:32
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone ?:??
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone 3:24
Strange Fruit cover Nina Simone 4:18
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:59
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:01
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday feat. J.A.T.P. 2:50
Strange Fruit cover Viktor Lazlo 3:06
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:08
Strange Fruit Nina Simone 3:25
Strange Fruit cover Claire Johnston 3:07
Strange Fruit cover Cassandra Wilson 4:54
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:08
Strange Fruit live Annie Lennox 4:09
Strange Fruit Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds 4:47
Strange Fruit cover Moddi 2:31
Strange Fruit cover Laïka 5:12
Strange Fruit cover and live Sting & Gil Evans 7:03
Strange Fruit cover and live Sting 2:39
Strange Fruit cover Sting 7:10
Strange Fruit cover Tori Amos ?:??
Strange Fruit cover Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa 5:47
Strange Fruit cover Lou Rawls 3:27
Strange Fruit cover Trijntje Oosterhuis 3:24
Strange Fruit cover Maarit 4:54
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:03
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 2:45
Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 3:22
Strange Fruit (alternative version) Billie Holiday 3:19
Strange Fruit (Interview) cover Nina Simone ?:??
Strange Fruit (Lady Sings the Blues) Billie Holiday 2:59
Strange Fruit (live) live Billie Holiday 2:57
Strange Fruit (Outsider mix) cover Billie Holiday 3:28
Strange Fruit (Outsider mix) Billie Holiday 3:37
Strange Fruit (radio edit) Dwayne Wiggins 3:59
Strange Fruit (Tricky remix) Billie Holiday 3:19
Strange Fruit [clean version] Billie Holiday 3:14
Strange Fruit / Change Is Gonna Come cover and medley Vanderbilt Melodores feat. Seth Johnson 4:02
Strange Fruit #2 Billie Holiday 3:21
Strange Fruits Billie Holiday 3:06