Strange Fruit• Songs By Josh White• Mercury Album A48• 3 LP’s In Book Case• RARE
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Strange Fruit• Songs By Josh White• Mercury Album A48• 3 LP’s In a Book type Format case. Very RARE! All in good condition. I just played the LP’s (play at 78rpm), and they sounded great! Very moving version of “House of the Rising Sun”. Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s. Josh White, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 09091).jpg
White at the Café Society, ca. June 1946
Background information
Birth name
Joshua Daniel White
Also known as
Pinewood Tom, Tippy Barton
Born
February 11, 1914
Greenville, South Carolina, US
Died
September 5, 1969 (aged 55)
Manhasset, New York, US
Genres
Piedmont blues, country blues, topical songwriting
Occupation(s)
Singer, actor, songwriter
Instruments
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1928-69
Labels
Paramount, ARC, Decca, Elektra
White grew up in the South during the 1920s and 1930s. He became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel music, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely. His repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs, and he was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film.
However, White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies were subsequently used by McCarthyites as a pretext for labeling him a communist to slander and harass him. From 1947 through the mid-1960s, White was caught up in the anti-communist Red Scare, and as a consequence his career was damaged. However White's musical style would go on to influence several generations of musical artists.
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