Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit 19371939 (22 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit: 1937-1939
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
2. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Billie Holiday, Ahlert, Fred E.
3. Yours and Mine - Billie Holiday, Brown, Nacio Herb
4. Mean to Me - Billie Holiday, Ahlert, Fred E.
5. Easy Living - Billie Holiday, Rainger, Ralph
6. Me, Myself and I - Billie Holiday, Gordon, Irving
7. A Sailboat in the Moonlight - Billie Holiday, Loeb, John Jacob
8. Getting Some Fun Out of Life - Billie Holiday, Burke, Joe [2]
9. Trav'lin' All Alone - Billie Holiday, Johnson, J.C. [Comp
10. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday, Gershwin, George
11. My Man - Billie Holiday, Charles, Jacques
12. You Go to My Head - Billie Holiday, Coots, J. Fred
13. Havin' Myself a Time - Billie Holiday, Rainger, Ralph
14. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) - Billie Holiday, Eaton, Jimmy
15. I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday, Duke, Vernon
16. Sugar - Billie Holiday, Alexander, Edna
17. More Than You Know - Billie Holiday, Eliscu, Edward
18. Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie
19. Yesterdays - Billie Holiday, Harbach, Otto
20. Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday, Holiday, Billie
21. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues - Billie Holiday, Arlen, Harold
22. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday, Allan, Lewis

CD Details

All Artists: Billie Holiday
Title: Strange Fruit: 1937-1939
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Jazztory
Release Date: 1/1/1996
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Blues, Traditional Blues, Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Classic Vocalists, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

CD Reviews

I never really gained an interest in her until now.

tigerhead@msn.com | Prince George, VA United States | 12/05/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I had heard Billie Holidays' music off and on though the years. I finally made a connection when I viewed a story about her life on "Touched by an Angel" when of course, they presented a story ref: "Strange Fruit". This artist demonstrated such bravery; when I received the CD, and I listened to her words, I have fell in love with her life. She is one that should always be respected. I plan to put a play together at my church about her tragic life story. Thank God for her courage to use her voice to make a stand. I love the entire CD, it is music for your soul. The service I received from Amazon.com was great."

Lovely and moving

08/03/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"An absolutely worthwhile C.D. with some of Billie Holiday's most wonderful songs. Especially the beautifully disturbing Strange Fruit. Billie Holiday's vioce brings out all the pain and emotion of this powerful music. A great buy that will bring tears to your eyes."

Emotionally, painfully beautiful

I. Allison | Sacramento, CA United States | 08/15/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard the song, "Strange Fruit" in the HBO movie, "The Affair", starring Kerry Fox and Courtney B Vance. The song goes along perfectly with the movie, because Fox and Vance both share a common interest: this Billie Holiday song. The song sets the beginning as well as the painful ending. {Vance is hanged for sleeping with Fox, after her husband returns home from the war, and tells her to tell the court that Vance raped her, or he will take their son and divorce her.} All that aside, I loved the song and fell in love with Ms. Holiday's voice."