Posts Tagged ‘Bobbie Gentry’
Song of the Week #117 – “Ode to Billie Joe”
Written by admin on July 30, 2012 – 10:29 pm -| Bobbie Gentry’s country-pop masterpiece “Ode to Billie Joe” is Song of the Week on Classic Pop Icons.
“Ode to Billie Joe” was released on single in July 1967, backed with “Mississippi Delta,” which was originally intended to be the A-side. The song was also the title track of Gentry’s debut album released that summer. |
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Song of the Week #24 – “Son of a Preacher Man”
Written by admin on October 18, 2010 – 6:00 am -Dusty Springfield’s great 1969 hit “Son of a Preacher Man” is Classic Pop Icons’ Song of the Week.
| Dusty signed with Atlantic Records in 1968 in an effort to move her career into a more soulful direction. She was a great admirer of the records made by Aretha Franklin and wanted to experiment with the same musicians. Aretha was in fact offered “Son of a Preacher Man” before Dusty, but had turned it down. Instead, it became perhaps the finest recording from Dusty’s highly regarded album “Dusty in Memphis“, which was released in January 1969 in the US and April 1969 in the UK. |  |
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