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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday Sings Strange Fruit
Single US 1956 on Sonet label
Jazz (Swing)
This version: 3-prong center (Unlike 4-prong version) An Embassy Master. Writing credit for A1 wrongly attributed to Holiday. Side A recorded March 20, 1939 B1 recorded March 25, 1944 B2 recorded April 8, 1944 All tracks recorded in New York City
Musicians
 | Billie Holiday voc, 1915-1959 US vocals, album by, written by |
 | Lem Davis as, 1914-1970 US alto saxophone |
 | Tab Smith sax, voc, 1909-1971 US alto saxophone |
 | John Simmons b, 1918-1979 US bass |
 | Johnny Williams b, 1908-1998 US bass |
 | Eddie Dougherty dr, *1915 US drums |
 | Sidney Catlett dr, 1910-1951 US drums |
 | Jimmy McLin g, 1908-1983 US guitar |
 | Teddy Walters g, US guitar |
 | Eddie Heywood p, 1915-1989 US piano |
 | Sonny White p, 1917-1971 US piano |
 | Kenneth Hollon voc, sax, 1909-1974 US tenor saxophone |
 | Stanley Payne sax, US tenor saxophone |
 | Vic Dickenson tb, 1906-1984 US trombone |
 | Doc Cheatham tr, 1905-1997 US trumpet |
 | Frank Newton tr, 1906-1954 US trumpet |
Producers
| Sten Axel Ahlstrand painting |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strange Fruit | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | |
| 2 | Fine And Mellow | Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | |
| 3 | He's Funny That Way | Billie Holiday | Neil Moret, Richard Whiting | |
| 4 | I'll Get By | Billie Holiday | Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk |
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