November 12, 2014
Bobbie Gentry's Spring Thing (1969)
The Spring Thing is a 1969 television special co-hosted by Bobbie Gentry and Noel Harrison (son of Rex and co-star of The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.). Unfortunately, there is no surviving video footage of this musical salute to spring which featured performances from Goldie Hawn, Shirley Bassey, 60s rock group Harpers Bizarre, Rod McKuen and Meredith MacRae (daughter of Gordon and star of the seminal 60s television series Petticoat Junction). Kudos go to the enterprising proprietor of the Noel Harrison fan site who posted this rare MP3 of Bobbie and Noel crooning Bobbie's hit song Peaceful; it was lifted directly from the program so I added visuals and now everyone can enjoy this slice o' Bobbie.
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Very nice. Crying shame that the video on this hasn't survived as there's not a lot of footage of Bobbie Gentry out there.
Thanks. It is a shame. I would love to see a full concert of Bobbie. Maybe one day?
Just cleaned out a bunch of clippings I had from TV Guide and the newspaper on shows I loved back then and the TV Guide clipping shown in this video was one of them. I've been pleasantly surprise to see what I can find on You Tube and I was so pleased to find this, even without the video. What I would have given to have had a VCR back then.
I'm astonished at some of the stuff that has been preserved and posted to YouTube and archive.org. Thanks for sharing.
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