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Strange Fruit : Billie Holiday, Café Society, title: and an Early Cry for Civil Rights author: Margolick, David. publisher: Running Press isbn10 | asin: 0762406771 print isbn13: 9780762406777 ebook isbn13: 9780585264158 language: English Allan, Lewis,--1903-1986.--Strange fruit, Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959--Political and subject social views, Café Society (Nightclub : New York, N.Y.) , Lynching--Southern States-- Songs and music. publication date: 2000 lcc: ML3477.M37 2000eb ddc: 782.421592 Allan, Lewis,--1903-1986.--Strange fruit, Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959--Political and subject: social views, Café Society (Nightclub : New York, N.Y.) , Lynching--Southern States-- Songs and music. Page 1 "Strange Fruit" The Best Song of the Century In this sad, shadowy song about lynching in the South, history's greatest jazz singer comes to terms with history itself. Time, December 31, 1999 Praise for Strange Fruit: I have been haunted by the beauty and the sadness of David Margolick's devastating biography of the song "Strange Fruit" and the tragic performer who made it her anthem. Dominick Dunne The one song that can't be defined as a pop song, a jazz piece, or a ballad is "Strange Fruit." It defies all labels, but its power is overwhelming. David Margolick captures its meaning, its circumstances, and, of course, the exquisite artist whose hallmark it became: Billie Holiday. Studs Terkel I cannot recall so multidimensional an account of an unforgettable songand singeras David Margolick's Strange Fruit. He has provided a deeply evocative accompaniment to the still disturbing music. Nat Hentoff David Margolick once again reminds me of the great emotions that Billie Holiday and "Strange Fruit" can arouse. Lena Horne Page 3 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday, Café Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights by David Margolick Foreword by Hilton Als Page 4 © 2000 by David Margolick All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions Printed in the United States This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Digit on the right indicates the number of this printing Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Number 99-74354 ISBN 0-7624-0677-1 STRANGE FRUIT by Lewis Allan Copyright © 1939 (Renewed) by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by Permission. Research material by Linda Lipnack Kuehl, courtesy Avalon Archives, Ltd. Cover photographs by Culver Pictures (front) and Frances J. Soo Ping Chow (back) Picture research by Susan Oyama Cover and interior design by Frances J. Soo Ping Chow Edited by Caroline Tiger Typography: Perpetua This book may be ordered by mail from the publisher. Please include $ 2.50 for postage and handling. But try your bookstore first! Running Press Book Publishers 125 South Twenty-second Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-4399 Visit us on the web! www.runningpress.com Page 5 To the City of New York, which gave "Strange Fruit"and mea home Page 6 Acknowledgments This book was not only a labor of love, but labor-intensive, too. I have many debts to acknowledge. First, there are the eyewitnesses: the people who experienced "Strange Fruit" firsthand, and shared their thoughts with me: Heywood Hale Broun, Holmes "Daddy-O" Daylie, Ahmet Ertegun, Milt Gabler, Norman Granz, Lena Horne, Bernard and Honey Kassoy, Albert Murray, Max Roach, Ned Rorem, Pete Seeger, Artie Shaw, Studs Terkel, Bobby Tucker, Mal Waldron, and George Wein. There are those who've refreshed and perpetuated the song: Tori Amos, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Abbey Lincoln, Eartha Kitt, Cassandra Wilson. Many other people assisted me. Apart from those quoted in the text, whose contributions are clearly apparent, these include Bob Adams, Michael Anderson, George Avakian, Charlie Bourgeois, Oscar Brand, Paul Buehl, Donald Clarke, Ron Cohen, Art D'Lugoff, William Dufty, Bill Ferris, Henry Foner, Leah Garchik, Marvin Gertleman, Farah Jasmine Page 7 Griffin, John Jeremy, Ken Maley, Gertrude Margolick, David Ostwald, Carrie Rickey, Mark Satlov, Don Shirley, Chuck Stone, Elijah Wald, Jay Weston, Josh White, Jr., Douglas Yeager, and Sidney Zion. My thanks to them all. Two of the musicians I interviewedHarry "Sweets" Edison and Johnny Williamsdied before this book was completed, and I want to pay special tribute to them, as well as to the late Jack Millar, founder and guiding light of the Billie Holiday Circle, who was unfailingly courteous to me. The book was greatly enhanced by the help and encouragement of Abel Meeropol's two sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol. I also want to thank the many people who responded to my queries about "Strange Fruit," recalling with great power and eloquence their associations with Billie Holiday, Josh White, and the song. It was a thrill to read their recollections and a privilege to include many of them in my book. I want also to thank the incomparably knowledgeable and generous Dan Morgenstern at the Institute for Jazz Studies at Rutgers University; Tom Page 8 Bourke and George Bozewick of the (also incomparable) New York Public Library; Sean Noel at Boston University; Peter Filardo at the Tamiment Library at New York University; Ralph Elder of the University of Texas; and Deborah Gillaspie of the Chicago Jazz Archive. The archive of my alma mater, the New York Times, is another inspiring institution, and I want to thank Lou Ferrer there for his cheerful assistance. My editors at Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter and Doug Stumpf, were enthused about this project from the outset, and I am grateful to them. I am thankful, too, to Caroline Tiger, Carlo DeVito, Susan Oyama, Justin Loeber, Jennifer Worick, and the many other wonderful people at Running Press who encouraged me to revisit and expand upon my research, making it an even more rewarding experience for me. DAVID MARGOLICK NEW YORK, JANUARY 2000
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