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Laura Duncan (singer)

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Laura Duncan was an American singer, whose performance of the song "Strange Fruit" (music and lyrics by Abe Meeropol) at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1938 helped bring the song to the notice of singer Billie Holiday, who later performed a powerful rendition of the song.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Lynskey, Dorian. "Strange Fruit: the first great protest song". The Guardian UK. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ^ Holiday, Billie. "Strange Fruit". Retrieved September 14, 2018 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Melissa U. D. Goldsmith; et al., eds. (2016). The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 172. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

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