Strange Fruit

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lyricist and composer:	Lewis Allan

publisher:	Basart Editions Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)

lyrics page:	http://lyrics.wikia.com/Billie_Holiday:Strange_Fruit [info]
SecondHandSongs:	http://www.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

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	performance
1939-04-20	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:13
1956-06-07	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:05
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
1972-10-30	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Gene Ammons	3:30
1982 – 1983	Strange Fruit	cover	Colette Magny	3:32
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
1996-12	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Archie Shepp	4:40
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	3:01
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
2008-11-29	Strange Fruit	instrumental and live	Marcus Miller & Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo	5:52
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
2019-06-10 – 2019-06-13	Strange Fruit	cover	The King’s Singers	3:30
	Strange fruit		Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet	4:52
	Strange Fruit	cover	Nina Simone	4:18
	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	Rokia Traoré	3:40
	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	3:10
	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	cover	Moddi	2:31
	Strange Fruit	cover and live	The Gun Club	3:43
	Strange Fruit	instrumental	Sidney Bechet	2:33
	Strange Fruit		Sidney Bechet	2:33
	Strange Fruit (part of “Laurent Garnier: Excess Luggage” DJ-mix)	cover	John Martyn	3:55
	Strange Fruit		Dominique Fils-Aimé	3:07
	Strange Fruit		Annie Ross, Dorothy Dunn & Shelby Davis	2:49
	Strange Fruit	cover	Natalia Mateo	4:30
	Strange Fruit	cover	Josh White	3:11
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:05
	Strange Fruit	cover	Siouxsie and the Banshees	3:30
	Strange Fruit (part of “Sound Concierge #401” DJ-mix)	cover	Robert Wyatt	3:33
	Strange Fruit		Abbey Lincoln	6:16
	Strange Fruit	cover	Loni Lovato	3:20
	Strange Fruit	cover	Nina Simone	3:29
	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		Billie Holiday	3:22
	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		Billie Holiday	4:20
	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		Billie Holiday	3:08
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:09
	Strange Fruit		Billie Holiday	3:01
	Strange Fruit	cover	Laïka	5:12
	Strange Fruit	cover and live	Sting & Gil Evans	7:03
	Strange Fruit	cover and live	Sting	2:38
	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 (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 / Fire Spirit (live, 1982: Continental Club, Buffalo, NY, USA)	cover and live	The Gun Club	4:55
	Strange Fruit #2		Billie Holiday	3:21
	Strange Fruits		Billie Holiday	3:06

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