[Dixielandjazz] Strange Fruit

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Some background on Lewis Allen, the composer of "Strange Fruit." 
He wrote both the words and music. 
Another song, for which he wrote only the lyrics, was "The House I Live  
In,"
with music by Earl Robinson. The latter song was featured in a 1945
short movie by Frank Sinatra.
Lewis Allen was a "pen name." His real name was Abel Meeropol, and he  was
an English Literature teacher at De Witt Clinton HS in The Bronx, NYC. I  
was in his English class,
where he was very well-liked by the students, because of his relaxed  
approach to teaching the Subject.
I never found out that he was a song writer until many years later. He was  
also known for his courage in
adopting, along with his wife, the orphaned sons of Ethel & Julius  
Rosenberg---when nobody wanted them!
 
Bob Sann, (bjo), (gtr), (vcl)
Clearwater, FL
 
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Listmates might be interested in this show about the song Strange fruit  
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t went out on BBC radio4 this morning
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03jb1w1
 
Enjoy
 
Andy Ling