Strange Fruit 1937-1939

Billie Holiday | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 20, 1996
• Label: Jazzterdays Records
• ASIN: B000005MVU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #371,998 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. They Can't Take That Away from Me

2. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)

3. Yours and Mine

4. Mean to Me

5. Easy Living

6. Me, Myself and I

7. A Sailboat in the Moonlight

8. Getting Some Fun Out of Life

9. Trav'lin' All Alone

10. Nice Work If You Can Get It

11. My Man

12. You Go to My Head

13. Havin' Myself a Time

14. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key)

15. I Can't Get Started

16. Sugar

17. More Than You Know

18. Long Gone Blues

19. Yesterdays

20. Fine and Mellow

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and moving, August 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Strange Fruit 1937-1939 (Audio CD)

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.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I never really gained an interest in her until now., December 4, 2000

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"[e-mail]" (Prince George, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strange Fruit 1937-1939 (Audio CD)

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.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Emotionally, painfully beautiful, August 14, 2001

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I. Allison (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strange Fruit 1937-1939 (Audio CD)

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.