It is also remembered for releasing Billie Holiday's hit "Strange Fruit".

[3] Commodore's biggest hit was "Strange Fruit" (backed with "Fine and Mellow") by Billie Holiday, which reached No.

[5] The roster included Bud Freeman, Bobby Hackett, Edmond Hall, Hot Lips Page, Pee Wee Russell, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Muggsy Spanier, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Lee Wiley, and Lester Young.

In the early 1960s, a series of Commodore albums was compiled by Gabler and released by Mainstream.

[1] In the late 1980s, Mosaic issued Commodore's complete recordings in three box-sets (LP).