Bobbie gentry licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of emi. The complete capitol masters featuring all of gentry s recordings for capitol was released. With bobbie gentry, pans people, the tears of joy, robert arditti. With this release, i once again understand why i love her so much. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. Ode to billy joe bobbie gentry ode to billie joe version 76. Jan 15, 20 bobbie gentry s ode to billie joe eclipsed her career.
Touch em with love, released in 1969, has to be gentrys most soulful album and it definitely warrants comparisons with dusty springfield at her finest. Make me one just like it outta yella dotted swiss yes, i got the earliest garden in the county beneath the strawberries are a heap o snappin. Find highquality bobbie gentry stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. See more ideas about bobbie gentry, country music and singer. Bobbie gentry had a monster hit on her hands, and capitol records had its newest superstar. Find similar artists to bobbie gentry and discover new music. People think they know what happened to bobbie gentry. Note that the track sequence on the cover is different from that on the label. She was born roberta lee streeter to portuguese parents in chickasaw county, mississippi. Delta suite, local gentry, touch em with love, fancy, and patchwork probably one of my favorite albums of all time. She shot to international fame in the summer of 1967 with the quirky and intriguing ode to billie joe, written by gentry and sung in her warm, captivating style. Dec 18, 2015 recent images of bobbie gentry bobbie gentry, a photo likely taken from the same session that.
I loved her first album, and each album thereafter. Provided to youtube by universal music group reunion bobbie gentry the delta sweete. Born roberta lee streeter in chickasaw county 1944 and spending her childhood here, bobbie gentry brought the accents, sounds and images of delta life into scores of haunting songs she wrote and records she made, to become one of the most influential country and pop artists of the 1960s and 70s. It was released on august 26, 1968, by capitol records. Mama can i huh, mama can i huh, huh can i mama, wont you please let me, mama can i, huh thats the sweetest little dress, sally whered you get the pattern made me one just like it out of yellow dotted swiss yes i guess we got the earliest garden in the county beneath the strawberries are a heap of snappin greenbeans it. Recent images of bobbie gentry bobbie gentry, a photo. Mama can i huh, mama can i huh, huh can i mama, wont you please let me, mama can i, huh thats the sweetest little dress, sally whered you get the pattern made me one just like it out of yellow dotted swiss yes i guess we got the earliest garden in the county beneath the strawberries are a heap of snappin.
November 28, 1920 april 2, 1989 and robert harrison streeter november 29, 1916 march 18, 2009. Bobbie gentry the delta sweete 1968, vinyl discogs. Bobbie gentrys best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015 ode to billie joe bobbie gentry. My number and email address are at the bottom of this story. I told you my mama didnt raise no fool i can do anything if i got the right tool family reunion, listen to em talk, listen to em talk, talk did it again, put her finger in a coke bottle cant get it out cause its stuck, stuck, stuck i heard this mornin they drug the tallahatchie river and found poor billie joe ah, a little head cold. I came to love bobbie gentry s music when her big hit ode to billie joe came out. The confounding, enigmatic ode to billie joe tuesday is june 3, a date memorialized in a 1967 hit by singersongwriter bobbie gentry. Sep 28, 2016 bobbie gentry licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of emi. Unique countrypop singer of the 1960s and 70s who remains famous for her mysterious, bluesy ballad ode to. The confounding, enigmatic ode to billie joe june 3, 2014 tuesday is june 3, a date memorialized in a 1967 hit by singersongwriter bobbie gentry. Two lines from an astonishingly popular late 1960s hit song caught the publics attention, becoming a conversationworthy pop culture riddle. Family reunion, listen to em talk, listen to em talk, talk. Made me one just like it out of yellow dotted swiss yes, i guess we got the earliest garden in the county ben.
Nov 14, 2017 but performing comes easy to bobbie gentry, even back when it was bobbie meyers, playing in a little motherdaughter act around the country clubs of palm springs, just for fun. And, yes, it is the same place an article in the washington post loosely referred to in a june 2 article about a twohour. Mama, can i huh, mama, can i huh, huh can i mama, wont you please let me, mama can i, huh thats the sweetest little dress, sally whered y. Down in louisiana down in cajun land folks got something goin goes something like folks come an gitcha tootsie i wants to ttie ya puppetame me gonna dig ya on a scoobydoo gonna gitcha ona scubadie ooh boogaboo you you ooh boogaboo you, little boy get hip. Bobbie gentrys ode to billie joe eclipsed her career. I came to love bobbie gentrys music when her big hit ode to billie joe came out. Bobbie gentry biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Bobbie gentry host her own tvshow on bbc in london. May 31, 2016 bobbie gentry, if this story somehow lands in your hands, please contact me. Just what did these backwoods companions toss into the water below. Mama, can i, huh, mama, can i, huh, huh, can i, mama wont you please let me, mama, can i, huh. Unique countrypop singer of the 1960s and 70s who remains famous for her mysterious, bluesy ballad ode to billie joe. Jim stafford, former husband of ode to billie joe song weaver bobbie gentry, tentatively goes on the record in his first conversation in decades committed to the mysterious mississippi delta. Down in louisiana down in cajun land folks got something goin goes something like folks come an gitcha tootsie i wants to ttie ya puppetame me gonna dig ya on a scoobydoo gonna gitcha ona scubadie ooh boogaboo you you ooh boogaboo you, little boy get hip to the consultation of the boolawee umm hmm, umm said, golly, golly miss molly everythings copesetic now boogaboo, look at you.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Mama, can i huh, mama, can i huh, huh can i mama, wont you please let me, mama can i, huh thats the sweetest little dress, sally whered you get the pattern. Local gentry is the third studio album by american singersongwriter bobbie gentry. In 2007, the album was made available for digital download. Ode to billie joe, a song by bobbie gentry on spotify. On may 14, 2012, bbc radio 2 in the uk broadcast a documentary titled whatever happened to bobbie gentry. Mama, can i, huh, mama, can i, huh, huh, can i, mama. Join facebook to connect with bobbie gentry and others you may know. The mysterious story of bobbie gentry and her famous song ode to billie joe. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
And, yes, it is the same place an article in the washington post loosely referred to in. A shame, as the country singers second album is a lost masterpiece. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Dec 21, 2017 in 1967, capitol records took a chance on a new artist with an unusual single, a dark story song with mystery at its core, called ode to billie joe. Despite the puzzle of bobbie gentrys current location being solved, journalists from all over are still clamoring for that highly coveted yet extremely and tactfully avoided oneonone interview.
But performing comes easy to bobbie gentry, even back when it was bobbie meyers, playing in a little motherdaughter act around the country clubs of palm springs, just for fun. In 2006, australian label raven records released the album on cd for the first time, paired with 1968s the delta sweete. She practicly hypnotizes me with her voice and face, with that guitar, so simple, so effective. The delta sweete is the second studio album by american singersongwriter bobbie gentry. Oct 10, 2016 jim stafford, former husband of ode to billie joe song weaver bobbie gentry, tentatively goes on the record in his first conversation in decades committed to the mysterious mississippi delta. Bobbie gentry born july 27, 1944 is an american singersongwriter. Website on the singer, songwriter and musician bobbie gentry, author of the enigmatic ode to billie joe ode to billie joe live 1971 bobbie gentry 4. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks, albums, and artists youll love. Thats the sweetest little dress sally whered you get the pattern.
Her parents divorced shortly after her birth, her mother moved to california and she was raised on a farm in chickasaw county by her. This collection features that plus 17 other favorites. Follow for news, new releases and other exclusive updates about bobbie gentry. Jim stafford breaks silence on breathtaking song weaver. The delta sweete, bobbies second album, was an ambitious conceptual masterpiece that sought nothing less than to. From 7 people papa, wont you let me go to t bobbie gentry.
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