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Ode to Billie Joe. " Ode to Billie Joe " is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released by Capitol Records in July 1967, and later used as the title-track of her debut album. Five weeks after its release, the song topped Billboard's Pop singles chart.
Ode to Billie Joe. Ode to Billie Joe ist ein Song der Sängerin Bobbie Gentry, der sich 1967 zu einem Millionenseller entwickelte. Das Stück handelt von der heimlichen Zuneigung eines jungen Paares im Mississippi-Delta und dem Sprung Billie Joe McAllisters von der Tallahatchie-Brücke .
Bobbie was born Roberta Lee Streeter, on the 27th July 1942, in a little farm outside the town of Woodland in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, she spent her childhood years on her paternal grandparents’ farm, after her own parents divorced, where she grew up without electricity or plumbing. In a 1973 Mid-South magazine cover story, she ...
Bobbie Gentry (* 27. července 1944 Woodland (Mississippi) jako Roberta Lee Streeter) je americká countryová zpěvačka, kytaristka a skladatelka. Písně psala od sedmi let, absolvovala konzervatoř v Los Angeles, přivydělávala si jako modelka a tanečnice. V její tvorbě převažovaly balady inspirované životem na jižanském venkově ...
Gentry se graduó en la Palm Valley School en 1960. Eligió su nombre artístico de la película de 1952 Ruby Gentry, sobre una heroína nacida en la pobreza, pero decidida a hacer un éxito de su vida. Comenzó a actuar en Clubs de Country locales, y alentada por Bob Hope, actuó en una revista en Les Folies Bergeres, un club nocturno de Las ...
Billboard’s review of the album, published in the issue dated September 7, 1968, said, "Bobbie (Billie Joe) Gentry deserts the Delta for Beatle land, including a stunning "Eleanor Rigby" as well as her own dusty Delta dramas. Mississippi melodies includes the self-penned "Sweete Peony" and "Ace Insurance Man", both sensitively set against the Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere” and Kenny ...
Bobbie Gentry, född Roberta Lee Streeter den 27 juli 1944 i Chickasaw County, Mississippi, är en amerikansk före detta sångerska, låtskrivare och musiker. I mitten av 1970-talet drog sig Gentry tillbaka från sin sångkarriär men fortsatte senare att uppträda i olika TV-program.
