Ode to Billy Joe is a haunting Ballard that mesmerized me when it was released! I could not get it out of my mind! Bobby sang it flawlessly! I hope she has enjoyed her life!
That song certainly caught the spirit of a dusty, hot, humid country life. It played in the background off the radio in my shop back then. Somewhat ironically, my wife at the time was a bit personally put off by Bobbie's fame even though she looked so similar; personality conflict I suppose or just envious... .
Bobbie Gentry is my lifelong idol! She's extraordinary and incredibly talented. It's hard to choose only one song that is my favorite. That said, if I have to choose, it would be "The Way I do."
She was beautiful, smart and talented. One of the most talented artist (I didn't say woman artist I said artist) of any generation. She would have been such an icon today. I miss her magic but I respect her privacy. Thanks girl
Fancy is the most honest thing ever written about a young girl growing up in a starving household. There is nothing else like it. Reba covered it with respect. Wherever Ms. Gentry is I hope she is happy.
Ode To Billie Joe has for many years been my favourite all-time country song. I have lived all my life on a farm beside a river and also experienced a tragic own death of a neighbours child that left his parents devastated and broken for the rest of their lives . The aftermath of these tragedies leaves a lifelong shadow. These delta fields get flooded every winter. .
I cried when I saw her two nights ago. Online you got the look in your eyes. She's gorgeous I haven't seeing her since the 70s. That's the song I will use for a girlfriend. She also gave the looks I like from an American. I hope she's ok and blessed to sing in heaven.
This is so bad So many factual errors. First: she was raised on paternal grandparents farm not her maternal grandmothers. She moved to Palms Spring to be with her mother at age 13. She did her B.B.C television series 1968-71 Not just six episodes. She was not bitter about men getting credit. It was a sign of the times and for nearly 15 years she kept going with her very successful career. She signed a 2.5 million dollar contract to work for the Howard Hughes organization for 16 weeks of work per year headlining his strip of Vegas casino's. in 1976. That same year the very successful film adaptation of Ode to Billie Joe made her more millions. Made for 1.1 million, it would go on to make 30 million in box office receipts. Her contract gave her 10% of the box office and 15% of all future income from the film. Fancy was a big hit in 1969 selling a million singles and the album sold a very respectable 300,000 copies. in 1970 she had a #1 pop international smash with her cover of, I'll Never Fall In Love Again, which earned her a Brit Music award for top international female recording artist. The worst error on this site: Ode to Billie Joe was indeed her first release for Capitol Records: not Mississippi Delta. The label put O.T.B.J on the A.side after Jimmie Haskell's stunning string arrangement( he won a 67 grammy for arranging O.T.B.J). Her reason for retiring at 40 was quite simple. She had become a first time mother in late 1979 and decided to put the interests of her child ahead of a career. When she retired she was a wealthy woman able to retire on her own terms with a portfolio worth an estimated 15-20 million .
@@lorabor8967 Yeah, it's like some hijack a life story to a direction they already want to go. In the end of the lead comment, they talk about her net worth of 15-20 million. If you check it now, it's $150 million. She wasn't a helpless flower crushed by the system. By contrast, David Cassidy, a man, a teen idol, had a number one song too "I think I love you" and sold more records than Bobbie with the Partridge Family probably, and had a hit TV show. He died broke in his 60's. Bobbie is still living comfortably.
Nice! Assuming your version is true (no insult intended, I just don't have any other outside verification), this is a much better account of her life than this video shows. I would certainly assume that given her brains and talent that she knew how to secure at least a good portion of her financial success so that she'd be set for life. If the account of her 6-episode BBC series is true, I wonder if those shows are available anywhere. It would be great if she would ever agree to an interview to hear her story in her own words.
She lived in Greenwood, Mississippi, before moving to LA. The Tallahatchie Bridge is over the Tallahatchie River, in Money, Mississippi, near Greenwood.
I love this song forever. I still have the yellow and orange swirl 45. What a career that poor cow launched for Bobbie! But I am disappointed that not a word was mentioned about her duets with the great Glen Campbell! :-(
(1) One of he most beautiful women in American performing arts history (2) an excellent singer and song writer (3) married one of America's richest men, who at one time owned 800 (yes) cars (3) decided to walk away from it all (and him) and did so.
She had an affair with Jim Stafford, successful comedian singer and songwriter. She became pregnant and had a son. Stafford took responsibility for their son and as a father raised the boy too. Stafford married someone else much later but has been generous, kind and understanding with her and their son. She has always preferred a private life and to be a great mother for her son. Congratulations to her for her assertiveness in the music industry and for recognizing the importance of being a mom! She's a knockout pioneer!
@@barbarajordan3145 Where did you get this garbage you call info?? She didn’t have an affair with Jim Stafford. She MARRIED him. After they married, THEN she gave birth to their son.
Man, what a talent! It seems she had the same shady difficulties that Buddy Holly and Jackie Wilson encountered. (Ironically, she even recorded for Brunswick!) She puts me in mind of another southern Belle in pop music, Sandy Posey. I do remember that song "Son of a Preacher man!" I swore Aretha Franklin did it, but no! It was Bobbi! Man, what a talent! And beautiful! Sports Illustrated would be hunting for her in this day. I trust she was more modest than that.
Bob Hope was not British. His family immigrated when he was small. He grew up in Ohio. It's difficult to believe that someone with a channel full of videos about old entertainers doesn't know Bob Hope. The Tallahatchie bridge does not cross the Mississippi river. It crosses the Tallahatchie river. This video is just a collection of factual errors. I wonder if any of it is true.
When you have smart and talented people like Bobbie and Joni walking away, you know they've been stitched up. Claiming a creative credit for something you clearly didn't do is the lowest of the low, but that's the norm in the music racket.
Wow. Sad. So talented and just exploited and abused out of the business. How patriarchal. This is the first I've heard of her. I've been a big fan of the song FANCY since Reba's version hit and only learned last night that Bobbie Gentry wrote it.
This video makes it seem like she was a victim. She did very well financially. Not many in her league. "Bobbie Gentry net worth: Bobbie Gentry is an American singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $100 million. Bobbie Gentry has had many hit. Net Worth: $100 Million Date of Birth: Jul 27, 1944 (78 years old)"
Another word for Philosophy is Logic. People with philosophy degrees are usually very smart and end up in abstract yet interesting roles. Humans will be moving across their Logic questions to AI now hence logic will be outsourced. Good to have the skill though but you can’t compete with AI’s wide berth of puzzles and logic to provide a range of solutions
She was such a beautiful abd talented singer!
Bobbie had Integrity. Good for her. Incredible Talent AND Integrity. She can live off that! XO
She is so awesome, i believe she's almost 80 now
Niki Hokey is my favorite song of Bobble Gentry’s
Ode to Billy Joe is a haunting Ballard that mesmerized me when it was released! I could not get it out of my mind! Bobby sang it flawlessly! I hope she has enjoyed her life!
That song certainly caught the spirit of a dusty, hot, humid country life. It played in the background off the radio in my shop back then. Somewhat ironically, my wife at the time was a bit personally put off by Bobbie's fame even though she looked so similar; personality conflict I suppose or just envious... .
'I'll never fall in love again' still played often today, totally underrated
That is the song I remember her from.
The look of love ❤️😊
Bobbie Gentry is my lifelong idol! She's extraordinary and incredibly talented.
It's hard to choose only one song that is my favorite. That said, if I have to choose, it would be "The Way I do."
She was beautiful, smart and talented. One of the most talented artist (I didn't say woman artist I said artist) of any generation. She would have been such an icon today.
I miss her magic but I respect her privacy. Thanks girl
Fancy is the most honest thing ever written about a young girl growing up in a starving household. There is nothing else like it. Reba covered it with respect. Wherever Ms. Gentry is I hope she is happy.
She smiles everytime she leaves the bank.
So BEAUTIFUL and a great singer
Bobbie Gentry's; bela estrela radiante! 🌹❤️🤗
I like very much to hear such stories and see the pictures ..its like i saw a movie..
beautiful lady and great singer!!!
Wow, belleza y gran talento de mujer, Bobbie is a superstar
Ode To Billie Joe has for many years been my favourite all-time country song. I have lived all my life on a farm beside a river and also experienced a tragic own death of a neighbours child that left his parents devastated and broken for the rest of their lives . The aftermath of these tragedies leaves a lifelong shadow. These delta fields get flooded every winter. .
I cried when I saw her two nights ago. Online you got the look in your eyes. She's gorgeous I haven't seeing her since the 70s. That's the song I will use for a girlfriend. She also gave the looks I like from an American. I hope she's ok and blessed to sing in heaven.
amen
Yes, a good singer, beautiful, but her greatest attribute: smart and a great writer.
I had such a huge crush on Both Gentry as a 12 year old.
"Both Gentry" and who else?
Raquel Welch also?
@@DexterHaven nope, Dexter Haven 🤓😆🚀
@@effdonahue6595 Check the records again. What is the birthdate of "Both Gentry"? If you don't know that, you can't F her.
@@DexterHaven 😆
This is so bad So many factual errors. First: she was raised on paternal grandparents farm not her maternal grandmothers. She moved to Palms Spring to be with her mother at age 13. She did her B.B.C television series 1968-71 Not just six episodes. She was not bitter about men getting credit. It was a sign of the times and for nearly 15 years she kept going with her very successful career. She signed a 2.5 million dollar contract to work for the Howard Hughes organization for 16 weeks of work per year headlining his strip of Vegas casino's. in 1976. That same year the very successful film adaptation of Ode to Billie Joe made her more millions. Made for 1.1 million, it would go on to make 30 million in box office receipts. Her contract gave her 10% of the box office and 15% of all future income from the film. Fancy was a big hit in 1969 selling a million singles and the album sold a very respectable 300,000 copies. in 1970 she had a #1 pop international smash with her cover of, I'll Never Fall In Love Again, which earned her a Brit Music award for top international female recording artist. The worst error on this site: Ode to Billie Joe was indeed her first release for Capitol Records: not Mississippi Delta. The label put O.T.B.J on the A.side after Jimmie Haskell's stunning string arrangement( he won a 67 grammy for arranging O.T.B.J). Her reason for retiring at 40 was quite simple. She had become a first time mother in late 1979 and decided to put the interests of her child ahead of a career. When she retired she was a wealthy woman able to retire on her own terms with a portfolio worth an estimated 15-20 million .
Hey, thanks for the key info! This video made her sound like a helpless punching bag who became damaged goods.
Thanks for the info, spares me to listen further.
@@lorabor8967 Yeah, it's like some hijack a life story to a direction they already want to go. In the end of the lead comment, they talk about her net worth of 15-20 million. If you check it now, it's $150 million. She wasn't a helpless flower crushed by the system. By contrast, David Cassidy, a man, a teen idol, had a number one song too "I think I love you" and sold more records than Bobbie with the Partridge Family probably, and had a hit TV show. He died broke in his 60's. Bobbie is still living comfortably.
Nice! Assuming your version is true (no insult intended, I just don't have any other outside verification), this is a much better account of her life than this video shows. I would certainly assume that given her brains and talent that she knew how to secure at least a good portion of her financial success so that she'd be set for life. If the account of her 6-episode BBC series is true, I wonder if those shows are available anywhere. It would be great if she would ever agree to an interview to hear her story in her own words.
@@graytonw5238 Daniel’s comment is absolutely 100% true! Nobody knows the details of Bobbie as much as Daniel.
Artists getting ripped off was common. They fell pray to record labels, their managers, producers. and even their parents. She was beautiful.
She lived in Greenwood, Mississippi, before moving to LA. The Tallahatchie Bridge is over the Tallahatchie River, in Money, Mississippi, near Greenwood.
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I learned something new watching this..........I never knew Bob Hope was a British comedian and actor......LOL
I love this song forever. I still have the yellow and orange swirl 45. What a career that poor cow launched for Bobbie! But I am disappointed that not a word was mentioned about her duets with the great Glen Campbell! :-(
I love everything my Cousin did
Who, Dennis Weaver? 🤓🤪🚀
The power of shadows fool us all till this dream for mortal dust we all follow till we wake as immortal that loves mortal games for Eternal Actors.
I am a musician and I taught philosophy at college for 23 years....it must be a movement.
(1) One of he most beautiful women in American performing arts history (2) an excellent singer and song writer (3) married one of America's richest men, who at one time owned 800 (yes) cars (3) decided to walk away from it all (and him) and did so.
She had an affair with Jim Stafford, successful comedian singer and songwriter. She became pregnant and had a son. Stafford took responsibility for their son and as a father raised the boy too. Stafford married someone else much later but has been generous, kind and understanding with her and their son. She has always preferred a private life and to be a great mother for her son. Congratulations to her for her assertiveness in the music industry and for recognizing the importance of being a mom! She's a knockout pioneer!
@@barbarajordan3145 Where did you get this garbage you call info?? She didn’t have an affair with Jim Stafford. She MARRIED him. After they married, THEN she gave birth to their son.
Man, what a talent! It seems she had the same shady difficulties that Buddy Holly and Jackie Wilson encountered. (Ironically, she even recorded for Brunswick!) She puts me in mind of another southern Belle in pop music, Sandy Posey. I do remember that song "Son of a Preacher man!" I swore Aretha Franklin did it, but no! It was Bobbi! Man, what a talent! And beautiful! Sports Illustrated would be hunting for her in this day. I trust she was more modest than that.
It's amazing how much she looks like Shania Twain!
never thought of that... but now that you've mentioned it I can see the resemblance
That dark hair flows around her beautiful face like a mountain stream.
Bob Hope was not British. His family immigrated when he was small. He grew up in Ohio. It's difficult to believe that someone with a channel full of videos about old entertainers doesn't know Bob Hope. The Tallahatchie bridge does not cross the Mississippi river. It crosses the Tallahatchie river. This video is just a collection of factual errors. I wonder if any of it is true.
@doons403 What's the matter? Does the truth hurt?
The fact is her fans knew she had written all of the songs or most of them and that Kelly Gordon character did not. I've got all of her albums.
She had good hair!
Ode to Billy Joe did not involve the Mississippi River. The Tallahatchie River Bridge is over the Tallahatchie River.
When you have smart and talented people like Bobbie and Joni walking away, you know they've been stitched up. Claiming a creative credit for something you clearly didn't do is the lowest of the low, but that's the norm in the music racket.
Fancy
Bob Hope may have been born British, but he was a major American star. Love that Wikipedia first paragraph research😂.
Wow. Sad. So talented and just exploited and abused out of the business. How patriarchal. This is the first I've heard of her. I've been a big fan of the song FANCY since Reba's version hit and only learned last night that Bobbie Gentry wrote it.
Bobbie was also the original artist.
If Bobby would do her biological life, if would be a smash hit from the get go
This video makes it seem like she was a victim. She did very well financially. Not many in her league.
"Bobbie Gentry net worth: Bobbie Gentry is an American singer and songwriter who has a net worth of $100 million. Bobbie Gentry has had many hit.
Net Worth: $100 Million
Date of Birth: Jul 27, 1944 (78 years old)"
So she never really chopped cotton?She"s a smart gal.Great song
How does anyone make a living with a degree in Philosophy???
You become a philosophy teacher and get paid to waste everyone's time.
Q: What do they call someone with a master's degree in Philosophy?
"Waitress!"
Another word for Philosophy is Logic. People with philosophy degrees are usually very smart and end up in abstract yet interesting roles. Humans will be moving across their Logic questions to AI now hence logic will be outsourced. Good to have the skill though but you can’t compete with AI’s wide berth of puzzles and logic to provide a range of solutions