Haskell later claimed that a seven-minute recording of the song existed, but that Gordon cut it to under five minutes for radio airplay. He determined that "Ode to Billie Joe" would be the A-side of the single. Gordon then overdubbed Gentry's recording with the strings. Haskell felt the song sounded like a film and decided to write the arrangement as if it were a score. Jesse Erlich played one cello like a double bass. Gordon called Jimmie Haskell, who prepared an arrangement for string sextet with four violins and two cellos. Gordon liked Gentry's vocals on the demo, but he decided to add a sparse instrumental arrangement to the recording.
He sold Axelrod recording rights to the song for $10,000 (equivalent to $81,300 in 2021). Shayne was a friend of David Axelrod, Capitol Record's main A&R man. Larry Shayne, Gentry's publisher, warned Gordon against adding a rhythm section to the track. Gentry intended to have Lou Rawls record the song. The song's recording happened soon after Gentry's session that yielded "Mississippi Delta" in February 1967, while Bobby Paris assisted her in the studio in exchange for guitar session work on some of his own studio recordings.
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Gentry planned to sell "Ode to Billie Joe" to Capitol Records, and she decided that recording the demo herself was cheaper than using a professional singer. Gordon liked it, and he asked for a B-side for the song. Ĭapitol Records producer Kelly Gordon received Gentry's demo for " Mississippi Delta". Ford later claimed Gentry "stole the song" from him. White took the song to Del-Fi Records president Bob Keane, who did not like it and refused to make a purchase. The composition impressed White, and Ford expressed an interest in selling it to him. Ford claimed credit for writing the song, telling White he had brought Gentry along because he felt he could not sing it himself. Ford took Gentry to Del-Fi Records, where he presented "Ode to Billie Joe" to the label's A&R man Barry White. Singer-songwriter Jim Ford introduced Gentry to record companies and music publishers. After she met Jody Reynolds at one of his concerts, Gentry took part in a recording session with him to sing two duets. She graduated from high school and entered UCLA as a philosophy major, before transferring to the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. At age 13, Gentry moved to California to live with her mother. After her parents divorced, she continued to live there with her paternal grandparents. Singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry was born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. The song appeared on Rolling Stone's lists, 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and Greatest Country Songs, while Pitchfork featured it on their 200 Best Songs of the 1960s list. Gentry's writing was adapted for the 1976 film Ode to Billy Joe. "Ode to Billie Joe" was nominated for eight Grammy Awards Gentry and arranger Jimmie Haskell won three between them. Gentry later clarified that she intended the song to portray the family's indifference to the suicide in what she deemed "a study in unconscious cruelty," while she remarked the object thrown was not relevant to the message. The song received widespread attention, leaving its audience intrigued as to what the narrator and Billie Joe threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge. It tells of a rural Mississippi family's reaction to the news of the suicide of Billie Joe McAllister, a local boy to whom the daughter (and narrator) is connected. The song takes the form of a first-person narrative performed over sparse acoustic guitar accompaniment with strings in the background. It also appeared in the top 10 of the Adult Contemporary and Hot R&B singles charts, and in the top 20 of the Hot Country Songs list.
Five weeks after its release, the song topped Billboard's Pop singles chart. " Ode to Billie Joe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released by Capitol Records in July 1967, and later used as the title-track of her debut album.
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