When
· Teens
· · 2018
· · · February
· · · · 17 (1 entry)
SotD: Fine and Mellow · This is a song not only performed but written by Billie Holiday; it was a hit in 1939, the flip side of the beautiful but gruesome Strange Fruit (the fruit was a lynching victim). Fine and Mellow is sad too, but a fairly standard man-treats-me-bad blues. It’s a treat for the ears and the heart ...
