Singer Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, Lady in Satin, at the Columbia Records studio in December 1957 in New York City. [Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images] Abel Meeropol, a New ...

Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin,' in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all ...

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on evidence of ...

*NEW YORK – Andra Day, the award-winning singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, released today a recording and music video for “Strange Fruit,” the historic song originally recorded by Billie Holiday ...

Billie Holiday’s recording of the anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit” has stirred and haunted generations of listeners. A new article from the Journal of African American History, titled “Professional ...

In thrash metal tradition, the vocal for Angel of Death is a largely unintelligible roar. It’s set against a super-fast (and ...

Jill Scott gave a chilling performance of “Strange Fruit,” the iconic protest song made popular by Bille Holiday, on A&E’s Shining a Light concert special this past weekend. Scott joined the likes of ...

Billie Holiday's rendition of "Strange Fruit" remains a testament to injustice decades after the singer's death. File Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Today, Holiday is revered as one of the ...

(The Conversation) — Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity ...

Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all time. Time magazine named her 1939 recording of “Strange Fruit” the song of the 20th century. “In this sad, shadowy song ...