Artist
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday appears once in our Jazz list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Jazz
- Year
- 1939
- Highest placing
- No. 5 in Jazz
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Strange Fruit
1939 · Commodore
Ranked No. 5 in Jazz
Her own label refused it, so she released it elsewhere. The most uncomfortable three minutes in American popular music, sung with almost no inflection, which is why it works.