rob068 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Wow she sure aged a lot from 1967-1970. I bet those ABC censors were sweating bullets over that tight pantsuit!

NYCITALIAN82 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is the lady that sang "Ode to Billy Joe", I love that song.

NYCITALIAN82 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

lol!

KY2Tucson (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love you Bobbie!!!...I have never wanted to do drag until I seen this video!..I want you baby doll!!

danieldrownr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Bobbie's Vegas act at the ' Frontier' and' The Desert Inn' were decades ahead of their time. She arranged the choreography, sets, songs..." It's completely mine from inception to performance" ,a famous 1973 Bobbie Gentry quote In the early 70's she would come down from the ceiling singing in in a swing ,ala Madonna today, to start her show. The only female act that could rival her during those years was Ann Margret.

BlondezillasMaid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is bobbies song...reba covered it...this song was popular with bobbie way before reba even started out in the business Oo

songbirdsearching (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

was she trying to do the Elvis/Michael Jackson thing? Or did she set the trend?

julielvsliason (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Love this version, I remember hearing my mom play this on her record player ironing clothes when I was a little girl. I hated the nasal shrill Reba version. How nice to find this here. Thanks

gorgon53 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Breathtaking. Sympathetic tale of an impoverished girl pushed by life into prostitution, that isn't the least bit whiney or apologetic about it. This clear and confrontational country song held its own on the charts, against the monster hits by The Beatles. Just look at Bobbie match her recording, live. One of the grandest folk song poets of the mid-century, and where did she disappear?

danieldrownr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

She looks beautiful and sophisticated at 26 in this video. Recent pictures of her in her 60's still show a woman of considerable beauty with the same great figure and signature mane of thick flowing hair in a shorter style.