Template:Did you know nominations/Ode to Billie Joe

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:48, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Ode to Billie Joe

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Advertisement for "Ode to Billie Joe", featuring singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry

... that Bobbie Gentry defined her composition "Ode to Billie Joe" as a "study in unconscious cruelty"? Source: Associated Press staff (November 14, 1967). "Bobbie Lee Gentry Has A Happy Secret". The Paducah Sun. Vol. 90, no. 273. Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Newspaperss.com.
- ALT1: ... that "Ode to Billie Joe" topped the Billboard Hot 100 five weeks after its release? Source: Feather, Leonard (August 27, 1967). "The Sudden Entry of Bobbie Gentry". Los Angeles Times. Vol. 86=. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Leander Schnerr

Improved to Good Article status by GDuwen (talk). Self-nominated at 16:35, 7 January 2022 (UTC).

History and references check out; all good on the copyvio front. Good to go. Daniel Case (talk) 20:38, 15 January 2022 (UTC) ALT0 to T:DYK/P5 without image