[Dixielandjazz] Billie Holiday was 16 year old singer (All Of Me)

[EDWIN COLTRIN]

Steve thanks for the youtube, I bought the record in the late 30s early 40s, for  Strange Fruit, if I recall Fine and Mellow on the flip side Rememberl that the disc jockeys of the time were not permitted to airplay it.
   
  great to see the emotion and feelings in the clip, almost brings me to tears, a black smudge on the history of the United States . 
   
  Slainte 
   
  Ed Coltrin

Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:
  
I am very glad Strange Fruit has been preserved on film. First saw it some 
years ago in a jazz history class. Maybe some folks who hadalready heard her 
do the tune left to make a pain-avoidance choice. It is very difficult even 
to "hear", let alone watch her pain as she delivers it.
Ginny


In a message dated 2/2/2007 10:31:36 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

That was a very powerful song for her. She usually ended the evening with it
because she would drain emotionally whenever she sang it. I remember 2 of
those those performances which I saw. Depending upon who was in the club
audience, some people walked out because they couldn't, or wouldn't relate
to it back in the late 1940s early 1950.

See it below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQTWVgKZtlg&NR

Cheers,
Steve Barbone




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