Bobbie Gentry - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: 1970-1972

Here's the third and last of my three albums of Bobbie Gentry playing for the BBC.

Like the others in this series, many of the songs are officially released and are actual BBC performances, but I've fleshed things out with an unreleased BBC performance, plus some songs she did for various TV shows. Also like the others, there's a number of songs here that she never put on record in any form, including "I Want You Back" (by the Jackson 5), "Fire and Rain" (by James Taylor), a medley of "Mother Nature's Son" and "Blackbird" (by the Beatles), "Mr. Bojangles" (by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), and a medley that included the hits "Proud Mary," "Polk Salad Annie," and "Never Ending Song of Love." On top of that, there are some songs that were only released on her official BBC album as well as her "The Girl from Chickasaw County" box set, such as "Wailing of the Willow" and "Circle 'Round the Sun."

I'm not exactly sure why, but Gentry's recording career petered out around 1971, with her last album being released that year. So it's not that surprising that her TV and radio appearances petered out as well. She did continue to perform concerts in a few places like Las Vegas after that, but only released a handful of songs. So this is where this series naturally ends. The last majority of the songs here are from her active years up to 1971, with only the last song dating from 1972.

01 Sunday Morning (Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry)
02 If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody (Bobbie Gentry)
03 Benjamin (Bobbie Gentry)
04 I Want You Back (Bobbie Gentry)
05 Fire and Rain (Bobbie Gentry & Andy Williams)
06 Open Your Window (Bobbie Gentry)
07 Mother Nature's Son - Blackbird (Bobbie Gentry)
08 Mr. Bojangles (Bobbie Gentry)
09 Your Number One Fan (Bobbie Gentry)
10 Montego Bay [Edit] (Bobbie Gentry)
11 He Made a Woman Out of Me (Bobbie Gentry)
12 Billy the Kid (Bobbie Gentry)
13 Wailing of the Willow (Bobbie Gentry)
14 Belinda (Bobbie Gentry)
15 Circle 'Round the Sun (Bobbie Gentry)
16 Niki Hoeky - Proud Mary - Polk Salad Annie - Never Ending Song of Love (Bobbie Gentry & Bobby Darin)

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I'm glad to say that, like the two earlier albums in this series, I was able to find an actual photo of Gentry at the BBC for the album cover. This one is a still from her BBC TV show, dating from 1971. The colors were a bit off, but I did some tweaking to improve that.