“Fancy” #31 2/7/1970

This might best be described as “Ode To Billie Joe” goes uptown...if the female lead was a ho. Bobbie Gentry wrote and sang this one about a high-priced call girl who (with her dying mom’s help) pulled herself out of childhood poverty. Pretty daring stuff for 1970. In the early 90’s country star Reba McEntire made this a signature song of hers. Reba did it as her encore for years, wearing a ratty fur coat during the first part to reveal a striking evening gown. Recorded in Muscle Shoals.