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Allen Lowe's avatar

correction - it is Ahmet Ertegun. But a question - I have never heard of people walking out during Billie Holiday's singing of Strange Fruit. Can you document? Thanks.

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Joe Kendrick's avatar

Allen, thanks for reading and for your reply. The misspelling is because the transcription is bad at getting a lot of names right.

Here's where I read about people leaving her performances because of that song, which should come as no surprise: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/the-story-behind-billie-holidays-strange-fruit/17738/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSouthern%20trees%20bear%20a%20strange,the%20entertainment%20industry%20and%20beyond.

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