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Singleton asked Tom T. Hall to write her a song similar to "Ode To Billie Joe," which she had covered the previous year. After driving past a school called
Harpeth Valley Elementary School in Bellevue, Tennessee, he noted the name and wrote "Harper Valley P.T.A." about a fictional confrontation between a young widow Stella Johnson and a local PTA group who objected to her manner of dress, social drinking, and friendliness with town's men folk. Jeannie C. Riley, who was working as a secretary in Nashville for Jerry Chesnut, got to hear the song and recorded it herself and it became a massive hit for her." So whoever wrote the passage, he/she might not be totally wrong on the subject. But I guess there's too little proof and try carefully to state this doubt in the article.-- Ramloser 18:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
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I carefully listened to the songs in question and find a similarity, even though key and the chords are different. Changing both melodies to the key of A you maybe will find the answer of the question:"How close to each other"? I found only one reference on the internet: "The country singer Margie
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progression nor melody; with "Ode" having a minor bluesy feel, but "Harper" is breezy and pop-ish in its feel, resolving stanzas in key. Story telling is perhaps the only similarity. Come to WP with some facts before making these statements. I'm going to flag the sentence but not erase it.
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