Bobbie Gentry – Fancy
Fancy written and first performed by Bobbie Gentry is a a story song told by Fancy recalling her youth and escape from poverty by being “nice to the gentleman”
Fancy rose to #26 on the U.S. Country charts and #31 on the pop charts.
It was on the Album of the same name and was the first of three Albums that she would release in 1970 and her eight overall. Other than Fancy all of the songs on the Album would be songs written by others.
In the late 1970s Bobbie Gentry decided to end her music career. This was after a successful run in Vegas. She had a short 11 month marriage to Jim Stafford which produced a son, Tyler.
In 1991 county star Reba McEntire released her version of the song and it has become one of her most popular songs.
Comment from dan
Time August 1, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Ironically Fancy had its biggest impact on the adult contempory charts where it peaked at #8.The single had legs staying on the hot 100 for four months. It earned Bobbie her third straight ACM nomination for top female vocal and a grammy nomination for pop female vocal. In Canada ,the song went #1 country and #26 pop selling 100,000 copies north of the border. The song was first covered by country singer Lynn Anderson in 1970. To date, it has a dozen covers ranging from Reba McEntire to the rock band Geraldine Fibbers.