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Billie Holiday

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
New York, United States

Billie Holiday made her first recordings with Benny Goodman and spent a year singing in Count Basie's band. In 1939, Holiday recorded a song, Strange Fruit, that challenged America to face it's racial reality.

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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem

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