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"ode to billie joe" is a song written and recorded by bobbie gentry, a singer-songwriter from chickasaw county, mississippi. the single, released on july 10, 1967, was a number-one hit in the us within three weeks of release and a big international seller. "billboard" ranked the record as the no. 3 song of the year. the recording remained on the billboard chart for 20 weeks and was the number 1 song for four weeks.
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gentry was officially signed to capitol records on june 23, 1967, and staff producer kelly gordon was given "ode to billie joe" as his first full length production for the label. both of bobbie’s "demo" tracks became the album masters; the purchased recording of "mississippi delta" was the version issued, but "ode to billie joe" had a string arrangement by jimmie haskell dubbed onto the original recording at capitol. it was the day after the string session that capitol’s a&r team decided definitively that "ode to billie joe" would be the a-side.
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