Reply #16: Strange Fruit [View All]

[wysingm]

Billie Holiday singing this song for the first time publicly, in 1939 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Society">Cafe Society, Greenwich Village, New York City. The club also prided itself on treating black and white customers equally, unlike many venues, such as the Cotton Club, that featured black performers but barred black customers.

In December, 1999, Time magazine labelled it the http://clorechronicles.com/2009/03/30/strange-fruit/">song of the century.