Possible Clues:

• Bobbie who sang "Ode to Billy Joe"
• Force a way into the upper classes
• Force admission to the upper classes
• People of social rank just below nobility
• Wellborn folks
• They're next below the nobility in position and birth
• Good record people of breeding show
• People of high class
• Upper class types using dope and crack
• Note the appearance of upper-class people