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Vor 13 Stunden · Mississippi Clarion Ledger Many Mississippians know the third of June as the day Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge as Bobbie Gentry sang in her 1967 smash "Ode to Billie Joe."
Vor 23 Stunden · On the B-side of this Capitol 5950 is Mississippi Delta which was also written by Bobbie Gentry.
Vor 3 Tagen · A tombstone for Billie Joe McAllister who jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge in Bobbie Gentry's famed 1967 song "Ode to Billie Joe," dedicated by the Mississippi June Bugs. Facebook Twitter
Vor 23 Stunden · Gentry’s husky vocals and atmospheric instrumentation painted a vivid picture of Mississippi life, leaving the nature of the young lovers’ secret — “thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge” — although never revealed, assumed to be related to taking their own life. This song’s brilliance lies not just in its method of storytelling, but in the unsettling nonchalance of a family ...
Vor 5 Tagen · 179 subscribers. 4 views 29 minutes ago #Pop #Folk #Christmas. The lovely Ms. Gentry is still with us and recorded this originally in the 60's. It apparently only appeared on compilation LP's...
Vor einem Tag · Bobbie Gentry, ‘Ode to Billie Joe’ Innuendo has always played a role in folk and country music. But few songs piqued the pop crossover crowd’s curiosity more than Mississippi-born, Los Angeles-schooled Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 debut, in which an adolescent narrator and her family sit around the dinner table passing biscuits and gossiping about Billie Joe McAllister’s descent from the ...
Vor 23 Stunden · Speaking of covers, Reba McEntire's cover of "Fancy," (originally by Bobbie Gentry in 1969) showcases McEntire's admiration for the song that modestly succeeded in the Billboard Top 40.
