Covers
An instrumental version has been recorded by Lou Donaldson. It appears on Ellen McIlwaine's 1972 album Honky Tonk Angel and 1998 compilation Up from the Skies: The Polydor Years. Nancy Wilson covered it on her 1968 album Welcome To My Love. Jazz pianist Jaki Byard recorded an instrumental version in 1981 for his album To Them - To Us. In 1995 Sinead O'Conner covered it for the Help: Bosnian Relief album. In 1999, Tom Scott and the LA Express recorded a version on their Smokin' Section album with Patty Smyth (from the band Scandal) on vocals. "Ode to Billie Joe" was also covered as an instrumental by Danny Gatton and Buddy Emmons, released in the 1980s on the album and CD Redneck Jazz Explosion.
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