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Elvira (song) " Elvira " is a song written and originally recorded by Dallas Frazier in 1966 on his album of the same name. Though a minor hit for Frazier at the time of release, the song became a bigger and much more famous country and pop hit by the Oak Ridge Boys in 1981. "Elvira" is now considered one of the Oak Ridge Boys' signature songs .
27. Juli 2019 · Bobbie Gentry at FAME Studios, Muscle Shoals, 1969, Photo: Capitol Records Archives. Bobbie Gentry, born on 27 July 1944, and whose life and work is celebrated in the career-spanning 8CD box set ...
Fancy was written by singer-songwriter, Bobbie Gentry, in 1969. It became her second biggest solo hit after her monster #1 Ode to Billie Joe. Fancy, released in Oct 1969, went #8 a.c,#31 pop, #26 country and #65 r&b for Bobbie. It spent four solid months on the pop hot 100 and earned Bobbie a grammy nomination and Academy of Country Music nod for top female vocalist. In Canada, the song went ...
27. Juli 2016 · It went on to become even more famous in 1991 when country star Reba McEntire cut it on her Rumor Has It album. She took it to the Top Ten on the country charts and it has become a concert staple for her. She is known to wear a large black coat for the first half of the song and midway through, drop the coat a reveal a stunning red dress.
23. Jan. 2021 · What is the song Fancy based on? “Fancy” is a song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry in 1969. The song depicts its protagonist using prostitution to overcome childhood poverty. Gentry viewed the song as a feminist statement: “Fancy” is my strongest statement for women’s lib, if you really listen to it. Who sang Fancy originally?
23. Apr. 2022 · Page originally wanted it to be the B-side to a cover of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind, but the band lobbied long and hard for Wild Thing as the A-side. Recorded in just 10 minutes, and released in May 1966, it took The Troggs to No.1 in the US, and in the UK hit No.2 and propelled the band into the pop spotlight.
26. Juli 2020 · This is a guest post from Tara Murtha, author of Ode to Billie Joe. Fifty years after Bobbie Gentry first recorded it, “Fancy” ain’t done bad. It’s still in regular rotation on TV singing contests, down the local karaoke bar, and at the cabaret. It even inspired an off-Broadway show in 2017. Beyond popular longevity, the subversive nature of the classic rags-to-riches story-song has ...
