ode to billy joe

LIMITED EDITION LP

DELUXE 180-GRAM REISSUE including original artwork & credits

The Southern Gothic masterpiece ODE TO BILLIE JOE, by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry, would top the Billboard album chart in 1967. Its first single, the album’s title track, also topped the US pop chart for 4 weeks and received 8 Grammy nominations in 1967, resulting in 3 awards for Gentry (Best New Artist, Best Female Vocal Performance, and Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance), and one for arranger Jimmie Haskell (Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist).

Elemental Music, together with Universal Music Group, presents the best selection of 60’s & 70’s classic pop-rock albums from the vaults of legendary labels such as MCA, Capitol, MGM, Imperial, Smash, Decca or Philips, among others.

Track Listing:

SIDE 1
• MISSISSIPPI DELTA (3:06) (Bobbie Gentry)
• I SAW AN ANGEL DIE (2:58) (Bobbie Gentry)
• CHICKASAW COUNTY CHILD (2:47) (Bobbie Gentry)
• SUNDAY BEST (2:45)(Bobbie Gentry)
• NIKI HOEKY (2:47) (Jim Ford-Lolly Vegas-Pat Vegas)
SIDE 2
• PAPA, WONCHA LET ME GO TO TOWN WITH YOU (2:34) (Bobbie Gentry)
• BUGS (2:09) (Bobbie Gentry)
• HURRY TUESDAY CHILD (3:55) (Bobbie Gentry)
• LAZY WILLIE (2:42) (Bobbie Gentry)
• ODE TO BILLIE JOE (4:15) (Bobbie Gentry)