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Legacy of Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit Endures with Impassioned Cover by Andra Day in Support of the Equal Justice Initiative (WATCH)

*NEW YORK – Andra Day, the award-winning singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, released today a recording and music video for “Strange Fruit,” the historic song originally recorded by Billie Holiday ...
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On This Day in 1959, Famed Singer Behind Controversial Jazz Standard Considered a “Declaration of War” Died at 44

On July 17, 1959, the famed singer behind a controversial jazz standard once condemned as a “declaration of war” died—an ironically tragic end to an internal war the singer endured in the final years ...
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Pittsburgh CLO's 'Lady Day' is a beautiful, raw evening spent with a legend

Billie Holiday will undoubtedly — and deservedly — be a household name for generations to come. The revered jazz singer was just 44 years old when she passed in July 1959. “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar ...
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Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering

Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin,' in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all ...
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Karole Foreman returns to role of ‘Lady Day’ for fifth time, at Cygnet Theatre

When Karole Foreman steps onstage at Cygnet Theatre for her star turn in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” it will mark the fifth time that she’s portrayed the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday ...
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Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday helped shape American popular music with her voice and unique style. But, her legacy extends way beyond music with one song in... Strange Fruit Strange Fruit Billie Holiday helped shape ...