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"Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the
Superfruit is also the name of their comedy show, featured on their eponymous YouTube channel. [2] [3] Their channel was created in August 2013 with a focus on comedic vlogs and music performances. As of July 2023, the channel has over 2.4 million subscribers and over 481 million views. [4]
The song introduced several of rock music's most characteristic musical features, including its loud volume, powerful vocal style, and distinctive beat and rhythm. [ 4 ] In 2007, an eclectic panel of renowned recording artists ranked "Tutti Frutti" at No. 1 on Mojo ' s "The Top 100 Records That Changed The World" and hailed the recording as ...
Beans, Beans, The Musical Fruit" (alternately "Beans, Beans, good for your heart") is a playground saying and children's song about how beans cause flatulence (i.e. farting). [ 1 ] The basis of the song (and bean/fart humor in general) is the high amount of oligosaccharides present in beans.
Today, “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday, “A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke and “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye remain relevant to Black America.
Music video; on YouTube "Salade de fruits" (Translation: Fruit salad) is a 1959 song by Bourvil. Background and writing The song was written by Noël Roux and ...
"The Rigga Ding Dong Song" is the debut single by the German Eurodance group Passion Fruit, released in 1999. The song is the group's most successful hit, reaching the top 10 in several countries, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the top 20 in the Netherlands.
Fruitcakes is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett.Initially to be called Quietly Making Noise, the album was released in May 1994.It was Buffett's first studio recording since Off to See the Lizard (1989), with its five-year gap being the longest between two albums in his career.