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Happy Bobbie Gentry Day!
youtube ^ | 6-3-15 | Bobbie Gentry

Posted on 06/03/2015 7:28:03 AM PDT by FlJoePa

What a beautiful, talented woman.

direct youtube link here.



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It was the 3rd of June - another sleepy, dusty, Delta day...


1 posted on 06/03/2015 7:28:03 AM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: FlJoePa
What a spooky song that was,particularly to a teenager who had lived his entire life in the suburbs of Boston (meaning me).
2 posted on 06/03/2015 7:30:39 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's Ambulance Chaser-In-Chief)
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3 posted on 06/03/2015 7:31:37 AM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: FlJoePa

We were talking of her the other day, aside from her beauty to think she wrote “Ode To Billie Joe” is phenomenal, her own song which is very good, as such a context to it, it is almost like one of those songs one never tires of.


4 posted on 06/03/2015 7:33:02 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: FlJoePa

3rd of June bump!


5 posted on 06/03/2015 7:34:02 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yeah.

pass the biscuits, please


6 posted on 06/03/2015 7:34:05 AM PDT by null and void (I wish we lived in less interesting times, but at least we have front-row seats.)
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To: FlJoePa
My question:

Did they ever find Billy Joe McGallister after he jumped?

7 posted on 06/03/2015 7:36:01 AM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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To: FlJoePa

I remember her. She came on quick in Country music, then proclaimed herself to be a BLUES singer and took offense when someone mentioned her C&W background.

She then married some very old rich codger and disappeared from the music scene all together.


8 posted on 06/03/2015 7:41:20 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: FlJoePa
Out of curiosity I just checked out “Money,Mississippi” on google maps and it showed photo of several *very* decrepit buildings.It looks like Money,Mississippi might be really poor.
9 posted on 06/03/2015 7:55:56 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's Ambulance Chaser-In-Chief)
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To: FlJoePa

Nice view.


10 posted on 06/03/2015 8:02:58 AM PDT by redfreedom (All it takes for evil to win is for good people to do nothing - that's how the left took over.)
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To: FlJoePa

“Mama said to me ‘Child, what’s happened to your appetite?
I’ve been cookin’ all morning and you haven’t touched a single bite’...”


11 posted on 06/03/2015 8:04:45 AM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

>> She then married some very old rich codger <<

That was a certain Mr. Harrah, of casino fame. But the marriage fell apart after just a few months

>> and disappeared from the music scene all together <<

That took a few more years. In the meantime, she did a fair bit of recording and TV, especially in England.

Still, nothing ever came close to the success of the original”Billy Joe” song. Whatever the details of her life and career, it seems that she eventually gave up entirely and faded into total obscurity.

I guess we’ll never hear anything about her again until her obit suddenly appears one of these days out of nowhere. She’s now in her 70’s, so she easily should be able to hold out for a dozen or more years.

In any case, it’s really a shame that she didn’t continue to write and/or sing in some capacity. Her tremendous talent and creativity are gifts that could have enriched the American music scene over the past 30 or so years since she sadly dropped out — and perhaps they could be enriching us even into the next decade. We can only wish!


12 posted on 06/03/2015 8:08:19 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: FlJoePa

She is from my county in MS. My hometown had a big celebration in her honor years ago. Wonder if she still has relatives there. I enjoyed her singing.


13 posted on 06/03/2015 8:15:33 AM PDT by MamaB
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14 posted on 06/03/2015 8:15:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Hawthorn

To her credit at least she hasn’t been flapping her jaw on liberal issues.


15 posted on 06/03/2015 8:20:32 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: FlJoePa

I always remember a song she did with Glen Campbell called ‘God Didn’t Make Little Green Apples’.


16 posted on 06/03/2015 8:51:55 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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She also married Jim Stafford. I was a bit surprised when I found that o ut.


17 posted on 06/03/2015 9:33:51 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: FlJoePa

I was reading the Wiki entry about her, and it says that “Ode” was actually a B side to another single.


18 posted on 06/03/2015 9:51:49 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Hawthorn

She also wrote and sang “Glory Hallelujah, How They’ll Sing”. Really it was a better song than Ode to Billy Joe lyrics and tune music.


19 posted on 06/07/2015 5:58:07 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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