This musician sang on the original recording of Harry Woods's song "What a little moonlight can do," and Ray Ellis arranged the orchestration for this singer's final album. Her discography includes Songs for Distingue Lovers as well as the aforementioned Lady in Satin. This singer popularized Sam Lewis's english translation of a Hungarian song by Rezso Serres called "Gloomy Sunday. " She also popularized a song which attacked racism by describing "blood on the leaves and blood at the root/ black bodies swinging in the s
This musician sang on the original recording of Harry Woods's song "What a little moonlight can do," and Ray Ellis arranged the orchestration for this singer's final album. Her discography includes Songs for Distingue Lovers as well as the aforementioned Lady in Satin. This singer popularized Sam Lewis's english translation of a Hungarian song by Rezso Serres called "Gloomy Sunday. " She also popularized a song which attacked racism by describing "blood on the leaves and blood at the root/ black bodies swinging in the southern breeze." Besides that version of "Strange Fruit," she co-wrote several songs with Arthur Herzog Jr., including"Don't Explain" and one about someone "that's got his own." For 10 points, name this jazz vocalist whose standards include "God Bless the Child,"and who was nicknamed "Lady Day."
This musician sang on the original recording of Harry Woods's song "What a little moonlight can do," and Ray Ellis arranged the orchestration for this singer's final album.
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