Bobbie Gentry “He Made A Woman Out Of Me” On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 27, 1970.
Bobbie Gentry "He Made A Woman Out Of Me” On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 27, 1970.
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Is there any confirmed connection between her and Joe Diffie?
In pickup man, “I was cruising the town and the first girl I seen was Bobby Joe Gentry the homecoming queen”
Trying to find the rest of the orchestra…is it back stage? /s
Nothing like a song about a 16 year old being made a woman.
brb imma jump off dat tallahatchie bridge
Boy is she excited about popping her cherry or what
And yet Ed didn’t want the Stones to sing “Brown Sugar”
the Duck Dynasty Band is backing her up
Literally sounds like the inspiration for Prisencolinensinainciusol
From about 0:12-0:16 she looks like the world’s largest woman.
Watched it on mute. Great video!
First time I’ve seen One Hand in Pocket choreography
She sang it but she didn’t write it.
The lyrics are more rapey than just statutory:
I was born on a levee
A little bit south of Montgom’ry
Mama worked in the big house
And Daddy he worked for the county
I never had no learnin’
Until I turned sixteen
When Joe Henry come up the river, y’all
Lord, made a woman outta me (Yes, he did)
Lord, he made a woman outta me (Yeah)
I used to tease Joe Henry
I guess it served me right
Wasn’t long ’til he left me
Cryin’ out in the night
Joe Henry had his say
He went and set me free
I need tell everybody
That the man made a woman outta me
Lord, he made a woman outta me (Yeah)
When I think back to that day
So long ago
I get a little feelin’ on my mind
Although it hurt me
There’s one thing I know
When he left, he left him a woman behind (Behind)
When I meet another young man
Wantin’ to love and run (Yeah)
My mind goes back to Joe Henry James
And the heck of a job he done (Uh-huh)
Ain’t no other man let me down
You see I’ve been set free
Ever since way back yonder
When Joe made a woman outta me (Yes, he did)
Lord, he made a woman outta me (He made a woman)
Made a woman outta me (Yeah)
Joe made a woman outta me (Uh-huh-huh)
Lord, he made a woman outta me (Yes, he did)
Joe made a woman outta me (He made a woman)
Lord, he made a woman outta me
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Don Hill / Fred B Burch
Kinda looks like she really has to pee
She’s an incredible talent who demanded and got control over her music in studio and out long before most women.
The early 70s was television’s original midriff era.
She moves like her belly is made out of liquid. How does she do that?
I loved the style back then.
I know it’s 1970 but everything about that screams ’60’s: no shoes, hairdo, eyeliner, voice, movements 🤯 So strange to remember that hippie was the height of cool.
Son of a preacher man?
This song was written by two dudes.
Love the Peggy Bundy hairdo!
The whole song is awesome. Bobbie Gentry was the shit
And they did Elvis from the waist up?
She looks old and young at the same time.
Her Ode to Billy Joe was hauntingly beautiful
Written by Fred Burch and Don Hill…
She sure knows how to move that body
there is no way she eats more than a few triscuits and a section of canteloupe a day
This reminds me of my late aunt when she’d get too drunk at a wedding reception.
Just listen to Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell’s version of “Scarborough Fair”.
She is darling!! I’ve never seen her in pants like this before. This is a great clip, thanks for sharing!
Strange. Watching this clip just made a man out of me.
I’m not sure where everybody is getting the idea that this is a song about a rape. I hear it as a song about a girl who always flirted with a local boy, but then after she finally hooked up with him she was the one who fell for him and he left her hanging with a broken heart. I think it’s a song about the melancholy feeling a lot of high school juniors might have after their first sexual encounter – a bit wiser and maybe happy, but also a bit sad and disappointed.
I bet that was seen as really risqué in 1970
Is she singing about little girl losing her virginity?
Possibly the most erotic thing most Americans had seen before Watergate
She was a kinda hottie
Lord what a talented, smart, good looking woman. I’m sure she had her reasons to bail, but I really hope we get to see what she’s become and been up to some day. On her terms, not a kid or lawyer money grabbing.
Sometimes I wonder… those people there had their lives, their struggles, their stories, their shows, their happiness, their sorrows, their worries, their problems and some died before I was even born. Life is so weird.
Great song from a really funky record! I dig this type of country music.
She looks so sexy in that top! And her moves.
I recently heard the original version of Fancy by her, and it blows the Reba version away!
imagine a song like this today hehe
Sometimes the dick is so good you just wanna sing about it