The MOST HAUNTING song, ever!!

shorttrini said:

The MOST HAUNTING song, ever!!

Took the words right out of my mouth

Still gives me chills... the late great Lady Day...

My all time favorite by her.... Her voice tells a story with every song..very haunting

For years I falsely credited her for composing "Strange Fruit", but it was adapted from a poem written by Jewish songwriter Abel Meeropol under his Lewis Allan pseudonym.

Identity said:

For years I falsely credited her for composing "Strange Fruit", but it was adapted from a poem written by Jewish songwriter Abel Meeropol under his Lewis Allan pseudonym.

She didn't write most of her material. But she would sing it like it was her own

Identity said:

For years I falsely credited her for composing "Strange Fruit", but it was adapted from a poem written by Jewish songwriter Abel Meeropol under his Lewis Allan pseudonym.

Not much of a surprise.

Gunsnhalen said:

Identity said:

For years I falsely credited her for composing "Strange Fruit", but it was adapted from a poem written by Jewish songwriter Abel Meeropol under his Lewis Allan pseudonym.

She didn't write most of her material. But she would sing it like it was her own

Billie wrote these:

"Billie's Blues"

"Fine and Mellow"
"Lady Sings the Blues"

"God Bless the Child"

"Don't Explain"

"Everything Happens for the Best"

"I'm Left Alone"

"Now or Never" (not the one Elvis covered)

"Our Love is Different"

Timmy84 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

She didn't write most of her material. But she would sing it like it was her own

Billie wrote these:

"Billie's Blues"

"Fine and Mellow"
"Lady Sings the Blues"

"God Bless the Child"

"Don't Explain"

"Everything Happens for the Best"

"I'm Left Alone"

"Now or Never" (not the one Elvis covered)

"Our Love is Different"

Oh she wrote God Bless The Child? now that one i did not know

Gunsnhalen said:

Timmy84 said:

Billie wrote these:

"Billie's Blues"

"Fine and Mellow"
"Lady Sings the Blues"

"God Bless the Child"

"Don't Explain"

"Everything Happens for the Best"

"I'm Left Alone"

"Now or Never" (not the one Elvis covered)

"Our Love is Different"

Oh she wrote God Bless The Child? now that one i did not know

Yeah, according to Billie, she got the idea doing the song after an argument with her mother. At the end of the argument, Billie blurted "well God bless the child that got his own!" and hung up. She wrote the lyrics afterwards.