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Vor 2 Tagen · Bobbie Gentry’s Haunting Debut: “Ode to Billie Joe Lyrics” Ode to Billie Joe is a timeless classic in the realm of storytelling through song.. Released in July 1967 on Bobbie Gentry’s debut album Ode to Billie Joe, the single’s enigmatic narrative, set against a backdrop of sparse acoustic guitar and haunting strings, immediately captured the public’s imagination with its vivid ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Ode to Billie Joe is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry, released on July 10, 1967. It became an instant hit, known for its haunting narrative and mysterious storyline, capturing the imaginations of listeners with its tale of Southern gothic intrigue. Bobbie Gentry, born Roberta Lee Streeter, grew up in Mississippi, a setting that deeply influenced her ...
Vor 3 Tagen · “[Ode to Billie Joe] was one of the records that drove me to Southern music more, because you realize there was no boundaries on Southern music,” Cobb tells Rolling Stone. “It’s such an ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Cathryn Beeks covers Bobbie Gentry's ODE TO BILLIE JOE from the album THE AFTER TIMES available at Patreon.com/listenlocalradioProduced, engineered, mixed by...
Vor 3 Tagen · In 1976, Gentry re-recorded Ode To Billie Joe for a movie of the same name, one that added meaty details to her song’s picked-bare bones. In director Max Baer’s treatment, Billie Joe had had a drunken fling with a man, which tragically was the source of his shame. The female protagonist was suspected of having been pregnant, or of having ...
Vor 3 Tagen · To me, no pop song ever recorded feels more real than “Ode To Billie Joe.” It’s brilliant and enduring and Southern as hell. The narrator is chopping cotton. Her brother is baling hay. They come inside for blackeyed peas and biscuits. And by the way, Mama has some news: Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Vor 4 Tagen · This week commemorates the anniversaries for two legendary story songs of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Monday is June 3, the day the protagonist of Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe" discovered that Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge. And Thursday is June 6, the day the truck convoy started that inspired the famed CB ...
