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"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 Billy Joe is a 1976 American drama film, directed and produced by Max Baer Jr., with a screenplay by Herman Raucher, and starring Robby Benson and Glynnis O'Connor. It is inspired by the 1967 hit song by Bobbie Gentry , titled " Ode to Billie Joe ."
Her original demo of "Mississippi Delta" was the version issued, but "Ode to Billie Joe" acquired a string arrangement by Jimmie Haskell, dubbed onto the original recording at Capitol. The day after the string session, Capitol's A&R team decided to make "Ode to Billie Joe" the A-side. [13] The single was released on July 10, 1967.
'People said, ‘Billy Joe never had a lick of sense,’ but I never believed that,' Mississippi senator Roger Wicker said at the gathering Fictional character in song ‘Ode to Billie Joe ...
Gentry rose to international fame with her intriguing Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe" in 1967. [1] The track spent four weeks as the No. 1 pop song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was fourth in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967 [ 2 ] and earned her Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968.
Gentry was officially signed to Capitol Records on June 23, 1967. The "demo" tracks became the album masters; the purchased recording of "Mississippi Delta" was the version issued, but "Ode to Billie Joe" had a string arrangement by Jimmie Haskell dubbed onto the original recording at Capitol. It was the day after the string session that ...
'People said, ‘Billy Joe never had a lick of sense,’ but I never believed that,' Mississippi senator Roger Wicker said at the gathering Fictional character in song ‘Ode to Billie Joe ...
Mississippi Delta" and "Ode to Billie Joe" were recorded circa February and March 1967, respectively, with the string arrangement for "Ode to Billie Joe" being recorded sometime in June at Capitol Studios. "Lazy Willie", "Bugs", and "Chickasaw County Child" were recorded on May 24, and would be overdubbed at Capitol Studios on July 27.