When Billie was eighteen she moved to New York to live with her mother. .

I downloaded “Strange Fruit” and the song has an incredibly eerie feeling to it. It is almost scary to listen to. I got this creepy feeling even before Billie started singing, just by the tone of the song, not to mention the powerful lyrics. I will definitely consider Billie Holiday for the topic of my final paper because I have respect for all of the hardships she overcame throughout her life.

She admired musicians like Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. Holiday’s music is known to be a mixture of Armstrong’s swing and Smith’s sound (geocites). She began singing at a popular jazz club called Pods’ and Jerry’s located in Harlem. It was there that she was discovered by John Hammond who set her up with three recording sessions with Benny Goodman. After that she performed in many clubs in New York and had a decent black follo

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