VOL № CW032 — October 2023
Ode to Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry
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Few artists can say they knocked the Beatles off their pedestal, but Bobbie Gentry is one of them. The Mississippi-born singer-songwriter with the one-of-a-kind voice and similarly singular songwriting perspective scored a No. 1 album with her debut Ode to Billie Joe in 1967, temporarily ousting the Fab Four’s seminal Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from a weeks-long stint atop the Billboard 200.
Topping the Beatles is a remarkable feat on its own, but especially so for a debut artist who approached music stardom with a skeptical curiosity before suddenly tapping out, and eventually vanishing, while at the top of her game. Ode to Billie Joe itself is both a time capsule of its era — the turbulent and transformative late ’60s — as well as a primer for Gentry’s chameleonic artistry.
LP 1 / Side A
| 1 Mississippi Delta |
| 2 I Saw an Angel Die |
| 3 Chickasaw County Child |
| 4 Sunday Best |
| 5 Niki Hoeky |
LP 1 / Side B
| 1 Papa‚ Woncha Let Me Go to Town With You |
| 2 Bugs |
| 3 Hurry‚ Tuesday Child |
| 4 Lazy Willie |
| 5 Ode to Billie Joe |
