Recording: Strange Fruit

Performed by

Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds

First release

On Audio album A Tribute to Billie Holiday (July 5, 2011)

Rating

Song info

Song

Strange Fruit

Written by

Lewis Allan

First release

Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra on audio single Strange Fruit (1939)

Language

English

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra	1939
2	Strange Fruit	Josh White	1942
3	Strange Fruit	Webster Young, Paul Quinichette, Mal Waldron, Joe Puma, Earl May, Ed Thigpen	1957
4	Strange Fruit	Carmen McRae	1961
5	Strange Fruit	Lou Rawls	1963
6	Strange Fruit	Nina Simone	1965
7	Strange Fruit	Mal Waldron	1972
8	Strange Fruit	Diana Ross	1972
9	Strange Fruit	Gene Ammons	1973
10	Strange Fruit	UB40	September 6, 1980
11	Strange Fruit	Robert Wyatt	1980
12	Strange Fruit	Willy Heynen & Ingrid Pollet	1982
13	Strange Fruit	Siouxsie & The Banshees	March 2, 1987
14	Strange Fruit	Stan Campbell	1987
15	Strange Fruit	Salvation	1987
16	Strange Fruit	Abbey Lincoln	1989
17	Strange Fruit	Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy	1989
18	Strange Fruit	Dee Dee Bridgewater	1991
19	Strange Fruit	Miki Howard	1993
20	Strange Fruit	Tori Amos	January 1994
21	Strange Fruit	Marcus Miller	May 23, 1995
22	Strange Fruit	Cassandra Wilson	May 3, 1996
23	Strange Fruit	John Martyn	May 1998
24	Strange Fruit	Cocteau Twins	October 1999
25	Strange Fruit	Mary Coughlan	2000
26	Strange Fruit	Rossana Casale	2000
27	Strange Fruit	Shelley Neill	November 29, 2001
28	Strange Fruit	Jeff Buckley	September 2, 2003
29	Strange Fruit	James Carter	2003
30	Strange Fruit	The Twilight Singers	August 24, 2004
31	Strange Fruit	Béraud and the Birds	2004
32	Strange Fruit	Trijntje Oosterhuis	2004
33	Strange Fruit	Nnenna Freelon	2005
34	Strange Fruit	Kim Nalley	2006
35	Strange Fruit	AaRON	2007
36	Strange Fruit	Laïka Fatien	October 7, 2008
37	Strange Fruit	Snowman	October 25, 2008
38	Strange Fruit	Ruth Jacott	November 16, 2010
39	Strange Fruit	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	July 5, 2011
40	Strange Fruit	Viktor Lazlo	February 2012
41	Strange Fruit	Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa	May 21, 2013