Shows // Song: My Baby Just Cares for Me

“My Baby Just Cares for Me”—from the show and compact disc Black Pearls and Strange Fruit

Jackie sings a classic made famous by Nina Simone. This is from Jackie’s Black Pearls & Strange Fruit CD featuring songs from her one-woman show of the same name. The show is a “docu-singery” on the history of Black American woman singers and their struggle for racial dignity. It traces the history of Black American music from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement and features stories of eight famous singers.