Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1967, folk-country singer Bobbie Gentry became famous for her song “Ode to Billie Joe.” The unlikely hit about a young man’s ...

Born Roberta Lee Streeter in 1942, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Bobbie Gentry never harbored any singing aspirations. Although she would make history as one of the first female artists in the U.S.

JACKSON, Miss. — If I haven’t responded to your email following the “What happened to singer Bobbie Gentry?” column on June 1, consider this a personal apology and a “thank you” for each one. I have ...

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TUPELO • Bobbie Gentry was the darling of the 1967 Grammys, winning three awards behind the strength of her breakthrough single, “Ode to Billie Joe.” Gentry, the singer/songwriter from Chickasaw ...

On this week's 2 hour summer edition of Nashville Babylon there's blues there's reggae from Winston 'King' Cole, soul ...