Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe

Posted on 21/11/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry wrote and recorded the wonderful song, Ode to Billie Joe, in 1967. We, at Mimi Berlin, can’t get enough of this 1960s not-your-average-country-&-western song. It’s about how daily life goes (on) in a little community in the south part of the USA. The way Bobbie Gentry performs is breathtaking.
Hope you like it too! xoxo

Listen to Bobbie Gentry Singing her Ode to Billie Joe
(Bobbie Gentry in 1967 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images via rollingstone.com)

(clip shared from FromTheBasement at youtube.com)
Read all about Bobby Gentry HERE at Rolling Stone Magazine online.

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin’ cotton and my brother was balin’ hay. And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat. And Mama hollered out the back door “y’all remember to wipe your feet”. Continue reading →

French and Saunders do Monroe and Russell

Posted on 05/11/2016 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

French and Saunders do Monroe and Russell

in Gentlemen prefer Blondes
Not singing Happy Birthday.

(via youtube.com)

The Seven Sutherland Sisters

Posted on 15/01/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

The Seven Sutherland Sisters, not only a 20th century circus act….

by Major Matthews, James Skitt, ca 1900. http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/seven-sutherland-sisters-2;rad

http://www.sideshowworld.com/13-TGOD/2010/Sutherland-Sisters-A2.html

http://www.sideshowworld.com/13-TGOD/2010/tgod7sutherlands.html

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-seven-sutherland-sisters-and-their-37-feet-of-hair/

Historic 7 Sutherland Sisters Hair Grower New York Bottle http://www.etsy.com/listing/63628448/historic-7-sutherland-sisters-hair

In 1882 the Barnum and Bailey Circus signed a new act for the sideshow. It was called the Seven Sutherland Sisters. The girls — Sarah, Victoria, Isabella, Grace, Naomi, Mary, and Dora — who ranged in age from 18 to 36, would file on stage in white gowns, their dark hair glimmering in the gas lights, and sing a selection of songs. The remarkable bass voice of Naomi was prominent in their rich harmony. Continue reading →