Strange Fruit

E178488

anti-lynching song protest song song

"Strange Fruit" is a haunting protest song, most famously performed by Billie Holiday, that powerfully condemns the lynching of Black Americans in the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Strange Fruit canonical	13
“Strange Fruit”	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-lynching song ⓘ protest song ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedWith	American civil rights history ⓘ Billie Holiday’s activism ⓘ
basedOn	poem by Abel Meeropol ⓘ
composer	Abel Meeropol ⓘ
controversy	banned or discouraged by some radio stations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	controversial ⓘ haunting ⓘ politically charged ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue	Café Society ⓘ surface form: Café Society, New York City
firstPopularizedBy	Billie Holiday ⓘ
firstRecordedBy	Billie Holiday ⓘ
genre	blues ⓘ jazz ⓘ
hasForm	popular song ⓘ
hasRecognition	named song of the century by Time magazine (1999) ⓘ
historicalContext	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow era in the United States
includedIn	United States National Recording Registry ⓘ surface form: National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress
influenced	later protest music about racial injustice ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricsBy	Abel Meeropol ⓘ
medium	vocal music ⓘ
metaphor	Black victims of lynching as strange fruit on trees ⓘ
notablePerformer	Billie Holiday ⓘ Josh White ⓘ Nina Simone ⓘ
originalPoemAuthorPseudonym	Lewis Allan ⓘ
originalPoemAuthorRealName	Abel Meeropol ⓘ
originalPoemPublication	1937 ⓘ
performanceStyle	minimal accompaniment ⓘ slow tempo ⓘ
recognizedBy	Time magazine ⓘ
recordLabel	Commodore Records ⓘ
setInLocation	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
significance	early musical protest against racism in the United States ⓘ precursor to the American civil rights movement anthems ⓘ
subject	lynched Black bodies hanging from trees ⓘ
theme	civil rights ⓘ lynching of Black Americans ⓘ racial violence in the United States ⓘ racism ⓘ
title	Strange Fruit self-link ⓘ
yearOfFirstRecording	1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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Billie Holiday → notableWork → Strange Fruit ⓘ

North → hasPart → Strange Fruit ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Strange Fruit”

Blood on the Leaves → sampledWork → Strange Fruit ⓘ

Strange Fruit → title → Strange Fruit self-link ⓘ

film "Lady Sings the Blues" → featuresSong → Strange Fruit ⓘ

subject surface form: Lady Sings the Blues

Commodore Records → notableRelease → Strange Fruit ⓘ

Eleanora → hasNotableWork → Strange Fruit ⓘ

subject surface form: Eleanora Fagan

Lillian Smith Book Award → namedAfterNotableWork → Strange Fruit ⓘ

Bitter Fruit → betterKnownAs → Strange Fruit ⓘ

Bitter Fruit → hasTitle → Strange Fruit ⓘ

The United States vs. Billie Holiday → mainSubject → Strange Fruit ⓘ

Pastel Blues → hasTrack → Strange Fruit ⓘ

Pastel Blues → includesSong → Strange Fruit ⓘ

Tales → hasPart → Strange Fruit ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Strange Fruit”

Tales → includesCover → Strange Fruit ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Strange Fruit”

Through the Looking Glass → hasTrack → Strange Fruit ⓘ