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class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Ode to Billie Joe</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Odetobillyjoe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Odetobillyjoe.jpg/220px-Odetobillyjoe.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Odetobillyjoe.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Gentry" title="Bobbie Gentry">Bobbie Gentry</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">August 21, 1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> February – July 28, 1967</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>Whitney (<a href="/wiki/Glendale,_California" title="Glendale, California">Glendale, California</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Studios" title="Capitol Studios">Capitol</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood, California">Hollywood, California</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">30</span>:<span class="s">18</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Gordon" title="Kelly Gordon">Kelly Gordon</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Gentry" title="Bobbie Gentry">Bobbie Gentry</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Ode to Billie Joe</b></i><br />(1967) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Delta_Sweete" title="The Delta Sweete">The Delta Sweete</a></i><br />(1968) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Ode to Billie Joe </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe" title="Ode to Billie Joe">Ode to Billie Joe</a>"</span><br />Released: July 10, 1967<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_an_Angel_Die" title="I Saw an Angel Die">I Saw an Angel Die</a>"</span><br />Released: September 11, 1967<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Delta_(song)" title="Mississippi Delta (song)">Mississippi Delta</a>"</span><br />Released: October 5, 1967<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Ode to Billie Joe</b></i> is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Gentry" title="Bobbie Gentry">Bobbie Gentry</a>. It was released on August 21, 1967, by <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite performing regularly with her mother in the mid-60s, Gentry’s sole ambition originally was to write songs to sell to other artists, telling the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a> that she only sang on the recording of "<a href="/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe" title="Ode to Billie Joe">Ode to Billie Joe</a>" that she took to Capitol because it was cheaper than hiring someone to sing it. Gentry also brought "<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Delta_(song)" title="Mississippi Delta (song)">Mississippi Delta</a>" to Capitol on the same demo tape and it was this recording, rather than "Ode to Billie Joe", that initially got her signed. </p><p>Gentry was officially signed to Capitol Records on June 23, 1967, and staff producer <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Gordon" title="Kelly Gordon">Kelly Gordon</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Haskell" title="Jimmie Haskell">Jimmie Haskell</a> 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. </p><p>Following the single's success, the rest of the album was quickly assembled from a selection of demos Gentry had already recorded guitar and vocal tracks for, with overdubs being completed in a matter of days at Capitol. The result was a unique combination of blues, folk and jazz elements, that furthered Gentry’s recollections of her home, and felt more like a concept album than a hastily assembled collection of songs. Capitol pre-ordered 500,000 copies – the largest pressing of a debut album in the label's history at that point. The album was in stores less than a month after it was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initial sessions for what would become Gentry's debut album took place prior to her being signed to Capitol Records. These sessions were produced by Gentry and Bobby Paris and most likely took place at Paris' Whitney Recording Studio in Glendale, California.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Mississippi Delta" and "Ode to Billie Joe" were recorded circa February and March 1967, respectively, with the string arrangement for "Ode to Billie Joe" being recorded sometime in June at <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Studios" title="Capitol Studios">Capitol Studios</a>. "Lazy Willie", "Bugs", and "Chickasaw County Child" were recorded on May 24, and would be overdubbed at Capitol Studios on July 27. </p><p>Following the success of "Ode to Billie Joe", Gentry recorded acoustic demos of "I Saw an Angel Die", "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town with You", "Sunday Best", "Hurry, Tuesday Child", and "Niki Hoeky" on July 26. These demos would be overdubbed on July 27 and 28, forming the rest of the album. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music" title="The Encyclopedia of Popular Music">The Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-CL_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CL-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" title="The Rolling Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-RS_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the issue dated September 2, 1967, <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>'</i>s review said, "This album, based on the phenomenal single, "Ode to Billie Joe", has got to be one of the top albums of the year. Bobbie proves to be much more than a flash in the pan. Each of her emotional ballads are standouts — especially the haunting "Hurry Tuesday Child". And Miss Gentry's uptempo jazz waltz, "Papa, Won't You Take Me to Town with You", could step out as a single."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cashbox</a></i> also published a review on September 2, saying, "Bobbie Gentry follows up her No. 1 chart single, "Ode to Billie Joe", with an album of the same title. Included on the set, in addition to the title tune are, "Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town with You", "Chickasaw Country Child", "I Saw an Angel Die", and "Hurry, Tuesday Child". The disc figures to be a runaway best seller".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Record_World" title="Record World">Record World</a></i> named the album as one of their Albums of the Week, saying that "Sensation Bobbie Gentry is as good in album form as she is in single form or just plain form on her <i>Ode to Billie Joe</i> album. She's quite a remarkable entertainer."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reviewing for <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>, critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album, "Her vocals are poised and husky throughout the record, on which she was definitely on the right track — one that she was quickly diverted from, into more <a href="/wiki/Middle_of_the_road_(music)" title="Middle of the road (music)">MOR</a>-oriented sounds."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/10th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="10th Annual Grammy Awards">10th Annual Grammy Awards</a></b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1222442308">.mw-parser-output .awards-table td:last-child{text-align:center}</style> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;">1968 </td> <td>Bobbie Gentry </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_New_Artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Best New Artist">Best New Artist</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">"<a href="/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe" title="Ode to Billie Joe">Ode to Billie Joe</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Record of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Arrangement,_Instrumental_and_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals">Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Pop_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance">Best Female Pop Vocal Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Pop_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance">Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song">Best Contemporary Single</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><i>Ode to Billie Joe</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Pop_Vocal_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album">Best Contemporary Album</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Engineered_Album,_Non-Classical" title="Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical">Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album peaked at No. 1 on the US <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Top LP's</a> chart. It was the only album to displace the <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">Beatles</a>’ <i><a href="/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band" title="Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band">Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</a></i> from its 15-week reign at the top of the chart. It also peaked at No. 1 on the US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Hot Country Albums</a> chart and at No. 5 on the US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top Selling R&B Albums</a> chart. </p><p>The album's first single, "<a href="/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe" title="Ode to Billie Joe">Ode to Billie Joe</a>", was released in July 1967, and peaked at No. 1 on the US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> chart, No. 7 on the US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Top 40 Easy Listening</a> chart, No. 8 on the US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Top Selling R&B Singles</a> chart, and No. 17 on the US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">Hot Country Singles</a> chart. The single also saw international success, peaking at No. 1 in Canada on the <i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i> Top Singles chart, No. 6 on Australia's <i><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a></i> Singles Chart, and No. 13 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>. </p><p>The album's second single, "<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_an_Angel_Die" title="I Saw an Angel Die">I Saw an Angel Die</a>", was released in September 1967, and failed to chart. </p><p>"<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Delta_(song)" title="Mississippi Delta (song)">Mississippi Delta</a>" was issued as Gentry's debut single in Japan in October 1967, but did not chart. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reissues">Reissues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reissues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, the album was made available for digital download. </p><p>In 2008, Australian label Raven Records released the album on CD, paired with 1969’s <i><a href="/wiki/Touch_%27Em_with_Love" title="Touch 'Em with Love">Touch 'Em with Love</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All tracks written by Bobbie Gentry, except as noted. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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Angel Die</a>"</td><td>July 26, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Chickasaw County Child"</td><td>May 24, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:45</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Sunday Best"</td><td>July 26, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Niki Hoeky" (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Ford" title="Jim Ford">Jim Ford</a>, Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas)</td><td>July 26, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:30</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Recording date</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town with You?"</td><td>July 26, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Bugs"</td><td>May 24, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Hurry, Tuesday Child"</td><td>July 26, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Lazy Willie"</td><td>May 24, 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe" title="Ode to Billie Joe">Ode to Billie Joe</a>"</td><td><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> March 1967</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:15</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adapted from the album liner notes. </p> <ul><li>Bobbie Gentry – vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Gordon" title="Kelly Gordon">Kelly Gordon</a> – producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Haskell" title="Jimmie Haskell">Jimmie Haskell</a> – arranger, conductor</li> <li>Joe Polito – engineer</li> <li>Ed Simpson – cover photo</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chart_positions">Chart positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ode_to_Billie_Joe_(album)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chart positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Album</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;">Year </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Chart </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Chart position </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1967 </td> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Hot Country Albums</a> (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Top LP's</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard magazine">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top Selling R&B LP's</a> (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">Canadian <a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)"><i>RPM</i> Top LPs</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Singles</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;">Year </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Single </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Chart </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Chart position </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">1967 </td> <td rowspan="7">"<a href="/wiki/Ode_to_Billie_Joe" title="Ode to Billie Joe">Ode to Billie Joe</a>" </td> <td>Australia (<i><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a></i>) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canada Top Singles (<i><a 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id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Top 40 Easy Listening</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Top Selling R&B Singles</a> (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="Fancy (Bobbie Gentry song)">Fancy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Raindrops_Keep_Fallin%27_on_My_Head" title="Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head">Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-non-vocal" aria-labelledby="Shorty_Rogers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Sounds" title="Modern Sounds">Modern Sounds</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Popo_(album)" title="Popo (album)">Popo</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Rogers_and_His_Giants" title="Shorty Rogers and His Giants">Shorty Rogers and His Giants</a></i> (1953–54)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cool_and_Crazy" title="Cool and Crazy">Cool and Crazy</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bud_Shank_%E2%80%93_Shorty_Rogers_%E2%80%93_Bill_Perkins" title="Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins">Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins</a></i> (1954–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collaboration_(Shorty_Rogers_and_Andr%C3%A9_Previn_album)" title="Collaboration (Shorty Rogers and André Previn album)">Collaboration</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Rogers_Courts_the_Count" title="Shorty Rogers Courts the Count">Shorty Rogers Courts the Count</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martians_Come_Back!" title="Martians Come Back!">Martians Come Back!</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martians_Stay_Home" title="Martians Stay Home">Martians Stay Home</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Swinging_Mr._Rogers" title="The Swinging Mr. Rogers">The Swinging Mr. Rogers</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Way_Up_There" title="Way Up There">Way Up There</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Shorty" title="Portrait of Shorty">Portrait of Shorty</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Rogers_Plays_Richard_Rodgers" title="Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers">Shorty Rogers Plays Richard Rodgers</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wherever_the_Five_Winds_Blow" title="Wherever the Five Winds Blow">Wherever the Five Winds Blow</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afro-Cuban_Influence" title="Afro-Cuban Influence">Afro-Cuban Influence</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chances_Are_It_Swings" title="Chances Are It Swings">Chances Are It Swings</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gigi_in_Jazz" title="Gigi in Jazz">Gigi in Jazz</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_and_Other_Harold_Arlen_Songs" title="The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs">The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Swingin%27_Nutcracker" title="The Swingin' Nutcracker">The Swingin' Nutcracker</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Invisible_Orchard" title="An Invisible Orchard">An Invisible Orchard</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fourth_Dimension_in_Sound" title="The Fourth Dimension in Sound">The Fourth Dimension in Sound</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bossa_Nova_(Shorty_Rogers_album)" title="Bossa Nova (Shorty Rogers album)">Bossa Nova</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Waltz_(Shorty_Rogers_album)" title="Jazz Waltz (Shorty Rogers album)">Jazz Waltz</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mavis_Meets_Shorty" title="Mavis Meets Shorty">Mavis Meets Shorty</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Mavis_Rivers" title="Mavis Rivers">Mavis Rivers</a>, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gospel_Mission" title="Gospel Mission">Gospel Mission</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yesterday,_Today_and_Forever" title="Yesterday, Today and Forever">Yesterday, Today and Forever</a></i> (and <a href="/wiki/Bud_Shank" title="Bud Shank">Bud Shank</a>, 1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Concert" title="California Concert">California Concert</a></i> (with Bud Shank, 1985)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Stan_Kenton" title="Stan Kenton">Stan<br />Kenton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Innovations_in_Modern_Music" title="Innovations in Modern Music">Innovations in Modern Music</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stan_Kenton_Presents" title="Stan Kenton Presents">Stan Kenton Presents</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Popular_Favorites_by_Stan_Kenton" title="Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton">Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton</a></i> (1950–53)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kenton_Era" title="The Kenton Era">The Kenton Era</a></i> (1950–51)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Innovations_Orchestra" title="The Innovations Orchestra">The Innovations Orchestra</a></i> (1950–51)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rugolo" title="Pete Rugolo">Pete<br />Rugolo</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Introducing_Pete_Rugolo" title="Introducing Pete Rugolo">Introducing Pete Rugolo</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_in_Rhythm" title="Adventures in Rhythm">Adventures in Rhythm</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rugolomania" title="Rugolomania">Rugolomania</a></i> (1954–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Sounds_by_Pete_Rugolo" title="New Sounds by Pete Rugolo">New Sounds by Pete Rugolo</a></i> (1954–55)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideman<br />with<br />others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Collaboration_West" title="Collaboration West">Collaboration West</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Teddy_Charles" title="Teddy Charles">Teddy Charles</a>, 1952–53)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evolution_(Teddy_Charles_album)" title="Evolution (Teddy Charles album)">Evolution</a></i> (Teddy Charles,1953–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Giuffre_(album)" title="Jimmy Giuffre (album)">Jimmy Giuffre</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Giuffre" title="Jimmy Giuffre">Jimmy Giuffre</a>, 1954–55)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jimmy_Giuffre_Clarinet" title="The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet">The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet</a></i> (Jimmy Giuffre, 1956)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Golden_Arm#Musical_score_and_soundtrack" title="The Man with the Golden Arm">The Man with the Golden Arm</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein" title="Elmer Bernstein">Elmer Bernstein</a>, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tarzan,_the_Ape_Man_(1959_film)" title="Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959 film)">Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan</a></i> (from <i><a href="/wiki/Tarzan,_the_Ape_Man_(1959_film)" title="Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959 film)">Tarzan, the Ape Man</a></i>, 1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby_the_Rain_Must_Fall" title="Baby the Rain Must Fall">Baby the Rain Must Fall</a></i> (film released 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_(1966_film)#Soundtrack" title="Stagecoach (1966 film)">Stagecoach</a></i> (collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith" title="Jerry Goldsmith">Jerry Goldsmith</a>, film released 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heart_Beat_(film)#Musical_score_and_soundtrack" title="Heart Beat (film)">Heart Beat</a></i> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arranger</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Album_(Herb_Alpert_album)" title="Christmas Album (Herb Alpert album)">Christmas Album</a></i> (Herb Alpert, released 1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Baker_%26_Strings" title="Chet Baker & Strings">Chet Baker & Strings</a></i> (1953–54)</li> <li><i><a 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