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  1. 30. Mai 2024 · A brilliant story-teller with a unique understanding of Southern Gothic, Gentry knocked The Beatles off the Billboard #1 spot with her sprawling debut single Ode to Billie Joe - a song that has haunted and fascinated critics, scholars, fellow artists and fans for well over half a century.

  2. Vor 5 Tagen · The real Bobbie Gentry was not a country bumpkin pin-up who lucked into one big hit, as she was sometimes described in profiles that read as condescending from a modern perspective. Bobbie Gentry ...

  3. 22. Mai 2024 · Buy Bobbie Gentry The Girl From Chickasaw County (Highlights From The Capitol Masters) Vinyl 2 LP today from Discrepancy Records with Fast & Free Delivery Australia's Top Rated Vinyl Record LP Store

  4. Vor 4 Tagen · Bobbie Gentry admitted having her own interpretation, once hinting, it could have been “something symbolic” like a wedding ring. But she never revealed the truth, insisting the focus should be on the “nonchalant way the family discussed the suicide.”

  5. juderogers.substack.com › p › the-year-in-music-3rd-juneThe Year In Music: 3rd June

    Vor 5 Tagen · This is how the Southern storytelling of Bobbie Gentry arrived in the ears of the American public in July 1967, when her first single, Ode To Billie Joe, was released. The final track on her debut album, it became a US no 1, knocking The Beatles’ All You Need Is Love off the top of the charts. Over that summer, it travelled across the Atlantic like the Gulf Stream, arriving in the UK mid ...

  6. 12. Mai 2024 · Bobbie Gentry was born into poverty in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. According to some accounts she grew up on a farm with no plumbing or electricity. She was raised by her grandparents until age 13 when she joined her mother in California. Her first album ascended to #1 in five weeks.

  7. 1. Juni 2024 · Editor's note: This article originally appeared online May 31, 2016, in the (Jackson, Mississippi) Clarion Ledger.Music fans knowthe importance of Friday.“It wasthe 3rd of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.”That is the opening line of one of music’s most discussed, examined and appreciated songs...