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12. Okt. 2018 · Oct. 12, 2018 5 AM PT. This is not a story about what happened to Bobbie Gentry. Plenty have attempted to unravel that mystery, which continues to be dissected every few years by journalists...
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- James Reed
26. Juli 2019 · For almost 40 years, one of country and pop music’s biggest superstars has been hiding from public view after allegedly getting sick and tired of dealing with the industry and the muck that can come along with it. But now, just one single photo has surfaced showing her emerging from isolation….
17. Okt. 2018 · Gentry effectively retired from the studio in 1971, from the stage in 1981 and hasn’t done an interview in 30-odd years. It was an almost impossible disappearing act, the kind many would love to ...
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- Bob Stanley
- Leader of The Pack
- “It’s Totally My Own from Inception to Performance”
- Her Influence Still Courses Through
A female singer-songwriter (which was rare enough in itself), she was unique in her narrative palate. From its title alone, “Ode To Billie Joe” – which she included on the very first demo she presented to Capitol Records, in 1967 – sounds like it’ll be a he’s-so-fine celebration of young love. Instead, Bobbie Gentry drew the listener in to an exist...
You could argue Bobbie Gentry’s music was country; you could argue she was a folkie. She could howl out swirling psychedelic swamp-rock such as “Mississippi Delta” or burble along gently on the easy-does-it ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again’ (her only UK No.1). There was soul; there was conceptual fancy; there was avant-garde pop. She even recorded an...
Standard in the music industry now, Bobbie’s show, featuring multiple costume changes, character-based song interpretations, and tightly-choreographed dancers, was one of the first of its type. She was camp and theatrical, simultaneously celebrating and mocking artificiality (her Elvisimpression impressed The King himself, who snuck into a performa...
- Jeanette Leech
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10. Juni 2022 · Interested fans can pre-order the new box set H ERE. And for more info and tracklisting, check HERE. The now 79-year-old Gentry is a standout in the country genre. Her most famous song, “Fancy ...
- Jacob Uitti
- Senior Writer
1. Feb. 2019 · Bobbie Gentry: the elusive star, her forgotten gem and its rediscovery. Why Mercury Rev have given the singer’s neglected album ‘The Delta Sweete’ a new lease of life 50 years after its...
10. Feb. 2023 · News – Bobbie Gentry. R.I.P Burt Bacharach. 10th February 2023. The celebrated composer and bandleader whose elegant melodies dominated pop radio for several decades, has died at the age of 94. Bacharach gave Bobbie one of her biggest hits when she topped the UK singles chart in August 1969 with her recording of ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again’.
