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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts) Mon Jul 10, 2017, 11:36 AM Jul 2017

Fifty Years Ago Today

Bobbie Gentry Recorded "Ode to Billie Joe"!

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Fifty Years Ago Today (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2017 OP

Gawd, we're old. femmocrat Jul 2017 #1

I really didn't need to be Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2017 #3

Great list!! LeftInTX Jul 2017 #5

Classic POP liberal N proud Jul 2017 #2

Godammit, how to make me feel old. But thanks for the tune. Fla Dem Jul 2017 #4

I was in England when it came out and I still remember a DJ there sarge43 Jul 2017 #6

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

1. Gawd, we're old.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 11:45 AM

Jul 2017

Here are the other top hits of mid-July 1967: http://tunecaster.com/charts/60/week6728.html

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,546 posts)

3. I really didn't need to be

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 12:30 PM

Jul 2017

reminded!

LeftInTX

(25,300 posts)

5. Great list!!

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 02:40 PM

Jul 2017

Now I know the name of that tune that I love: Soul Finger

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)

2. Classic POP

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Mon Jul 10, 2017, 12:10 PM

Jul 2017

Fla Dem

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4. Godammit, how to make me feel old. But thanks for the tune.

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Mon Jul 10, 2017, 01:20 PM

Jul 2017

sarge43

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6. I was in England when it came out and I still remember a DJ there

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 04:19 PM

Jul 2017

remarking that the song could have been written and performed in the States - uniquely American. He had a point.

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