Billie Holiday

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Sources

1. BookStrange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights
2. BookJazz: A History of America’s Music
3. WebsiteBillie Holiday

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died at:

• Metropolitan Hospital Center17 Jul 1959

  Sources: Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights

performed at:

• 52nd Street

  Sources: The History of Jazz, Jazz: A History of America’s Music

• Café Societysince 1939

  Sources: Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights

• Newport Jazz Festivalsince Jul 1954

  Sources: How a Boston Club Birthed the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, The History of Jazz

recorded:

• Strange Fruit

  Sources: Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights

recorded for:

• Columbia Records1936 – 1942

  Sources: Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights

• Commodore RecordsApr 1939

  Sources: Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights

Appears in4 items

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  Jazz4 items
  • Fifty-Second Street1934
  • Billie Holiday records “Strange Fruit”20 Apr 1939
  • The first Newport Jazz Festival17 Jul 1954
  • Billie Holiday dies17 Jul 1959