The song even has inspired a slender but worthy book, released earlier this year by Vanity Fair writer David Margolick and titled “Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Cafe Society and an Early Cry ...

It was named the song of the century by Time magazine in 1999, and the story of Strange Fruit’s conception has entered legend. Originally a poem called Bitter Fruit, it was written by the Jewish ...

Still thinking his song was on the verge of being forgotten, Meeropol died at 83 in 1986; an old friend performed “Strange Fruit” at a memorial meeting at his house.

"Strange Fruit" was different. The song gazes unflinchingly on the "strange fruit" of the title: hanged, burned and mangled flesh left to rot on a tree. Well into the 20th century, ...

"Strange Fruit" can feel like a period piece, more a memorial than a protest song. Rare are the performers who have invested it with new meaning, fraught as it is with the legacy of America's past.

The history of 'Strange Fruit' – the song Rebecca Ferguson wants to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration. A protest song about lynchings of African-Americans in the 20th century.

Strange Fruit explores the history and legacy of a song unique in the annals of American music. Best-known from Billie Holiday's haunting 1939 rendition, the song "Strange Fruit" is a harrowing ...

Look back at every song with fruit in its title to make the top 10 on the Hot 100. The songs are listed in chronological order. “Watermelon Man,” Mongo Santamaria, April 27, 1963, No. 10 ...

Billie Holiday, who in 1939 popularized the song "Strange Fruit," in 1947. Billie Holiday, who in 1939 popularized the song "Strange Fruit," in 1947. William P. Gottlieb/Wikimedia Commons ...