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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 .
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.
"Fancy" is a song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry in 1969. The country song was a crossover pop music hit for Gentry, reaching the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 (her second and final solo single to do so) and the top 30 of the Billboard country chart .
Gentry recorded a demo at Whitney Recording Studio in Glendale, California, in February and March 1967. Her sole ambition originally was to write songs to sell to other artists, telling The Washington Post that she only sang on the recording of "Ode to Billie Joe" that she took to Capitol because it was cheaper than hiring someone to sing it.
'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 ...
"Ode to Billie Joe" was selected by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 500 songs of all time.
Fancy is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry.It was released on April 6, 1970, by Capitol Records.The album was produced by Rick Hall and recorded at his FAME Recording Studios, apart from Wedding Bell Blues and Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head which were produced by Gentry herself, and recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California.
His unique style earned him several hits, such as his renowned cover of Bobbie Gentry's 1967 single "Ode to Billie Joe," a blues-country song about the suicide of a rural Mississippi boy.
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