Strange Fruit - Covers

Covers

  • Nina Simone's album Pastel Blues released in 1965 includes her version of the song.
  • Reggae group UB40 covered the song on their 1980 album Signing Off.
  • In 2007, Mojo magazine selected Siouxsie and the Banshees's version from their Through the Looking Glass album, for a CD called Music Is Love: 15 Tracks That Changed The World Recovered By....
  • Tori Amos recorded it as a B-side to her 1994 single "Cornflake Girl".
  • Cocteau Twins sang it as a BBC session recording.
  • The Twilight Singers included it in their 2004 cover album She Loves You.
  • Folk Punk ensemble This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb covers the song in their 2008 album Convertible.
  • John Martyn included it on his album The Church with One Bell.
  • Robert Wyatt sings it on his album Nothing Can Stop Us.
  • Jeff Buckley sang a live version on his album Live at Sin-é (Legacy edition)
  • Diana Ross covers this song on both the soundtrack of her 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues and on her live album Stolen Moments (1992).
  • Karate covers this song in their album In the Fishtank 12.
  • Cassandra Wilson covered it on her album New Moon Daughter (1995).
  • Karan Casey covered it on her album The Winds Begin To Sing (2001).
  • The Gun Club on the live bonus edition of their Death Party EP.
  • Lou Rawls on the album Black and Blue and Tobacco Road.
  • Sting and Gil Evans performed the song together and it appears on the live album Last Session (1987).
  • Snowman covered the song for Triple J's Like a Version segment. The song appeared on the fourth Like a Version compilation CD, released in 2008.
  • Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli covered the song together as The Gutter Twins.
  • Flowers Forever (Derek Pressnall of Tilly & the Wall) covers the song on the band's self-titled debut.
  • Bassist Marcus Miller performed the song live on his album Live & More. He also included a cover of the song for his 1995 studio album Tales
  • Vanessa Petruo, a German jazz singer, covered this song for her 2007/2008 album, which remains unreleased.
  • A karaoke version of "Strange Fruit" appears on Karaoke Union Songs (2007). The vocal version on this album is by Jackie Richardson.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees performed a cover of Strange Fruit for their album Through the Looking Glass (1987).
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater performed a cover of "Strange Fruit" for her album Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater (2009).
  • AaRON covered the song on their album 'Artificial Animals Riding On Neverland' in 2007.
  • Roxana Amed covered it on her album Entremundos (2006, RCA/Sony Music).

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