BILLIE HOLIDAY [same] COMMODORE [mono] FL 30008/DG
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Oct 29, 2009 Sold Date
Oct 22, 2009 Start Date
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 1959 COMMODORE Records FL-30,008

DEEP GROOVE * MONO

*

VINYL is VG-
many marks,
plays through

 COVER is VG
 edge/surface wear,
bottom seam 1" split
top/seam 3" split
spine split

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Holiday approached her recording label, Columbia, about recording the song. Columbia, fearing a backlash by record retailers in the South as well as possible negative reaction from affiliates of Columbia's co-owned radio network, CBS, refused to record the song. Even her great producer at Columbia, John Hammond, refused. In frustration, she turned to her friend Milt Gabler (uncle of comedian Billy Crystal), whose Commodore label produced alternative jazz. Holiday sang "Strange Fruit" for him a cappella, and the song moved Gabler so much that he wept. In 1939, Gabler worked out a special arrangement with Vocalion Records to record and distribute the song and Columbia allowed Holiday a one-session release from her contract in order to record it.

She recorded two major sessions at Commodore, one in 1939 and one in 1944. "Strange Fruit" was highly regarded. In time, it became Holiday's biggest selling record. Though the song became a staple of her live performances, Holiday's accompanist, Bobby Tucker, recalled that Holiday would break down every time after she sang it.


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