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My Man
Strange Fruit
The Blues Are Brewin' (w/ Louis Armstrong)
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I Love You Porgy
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Holiday sings lynching, Crystal’s uncle sells records—justice hums in minor key
Linking Billie Holiday to Billy Crystal’s uncle, the story traces the roots of “Strange Fruit,” a chilling protest song about lynching that reshapes 20th-century music. Holiday’s haunting performance transforms a poem into a cultural indictment, sung not with fanfare but subdued rage.
Later, figures like lyricist Michael Stoller and Atlantic Records’ Jerry Wexler circle this legacy, shaping the soundtrack of the civil rights era through quieter, calculated acts of defiance recorded in smoky studios and dim-lit clubs.
Antonio Carlos Jobim's 'Antonio Brasileiro' is his fifteenth album completed 11 months before his death and released days after on December 11, 1994 by Sony.Track Listing : . 1.Variations On...
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This day (November 10, 1994), in Beverly Hills, California, died Carmen McRae, an American jazz singer.Tracklist : 1 . Round Midnight 2 . Guess Who I Saw TODAY, Gonna Look...
Tony Bennett's 'Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues' is an album recorded with famous other vocalists.and released on November 6, 2001 by Sony Records.Track Listing : 1.Alright, Okay,...
Annie Lennox' "Nostalgia" is her sixth studio album featuring a collection of her favourite songs from youth and released on October 27, 2014, Track Listing : 1.Memphis In June (Paul...
'Givin' It Up' by Al Jarreau & George Benson is their first collaboration album, released on October 24, 2006 by Concord.Track Listing : 1.Breezin' (Bobby Womack, Al Jarreau) - 05:40...
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Miles Davis' albums are known not just for their groundbreaking music, but also for their distinctive album covers. The visual artists behind these covers played a key role in shaping...
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'Nina Simone at Town Hall' is her third release and her first live album recorded live at The Town Hall New York City on September 12, 1959 and released the...
Gloria Estefan's "The Standards" is her first English-language album since 2011 and her twenty-seventh overall, released on September 10, 2013 by Sony MasterworksTrack listing : 1.Good Morning Heartache (Ervin Drake,...
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Herbie Hancock's 'Possibilities' is his forty-fifth studio (featuring a myriad of famous guests) album released on August 29, 2005 by Vector/Hear Music.Track listing : 1.Stitched Up (Herbie Hancock, John Mayer)...
This day (August 27, 1990), in East Troy, Wisconsin, died Stevie Ray Vaughan, an American guitarist, singer-songwriter.Tracklist : 1 . Voodoo Child 2 . Riviera Paradise (1989) 3 . Tightrope...
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'Feeling Good ' by Randy Crawford & Joe Sample is an album released - thirty years after their first collaboration on 'Everything Must Change' - on August 21, 2006 by...
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