Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (1967) | We Love Old Songs

Make sure to tune into our YouTube channel tonight at 5 PM PT/ 8 PM ET for a wonderful medley by #BobbieGentry and The Goosecreek Symphony 💖 See you there! https://EdSullivan.lnk.to/BobbieGentryGoosecreekFP | The Ed Sullivan Show

Happy Birthday Bobbie Gentry, born Roberta Lee Streeter on July 27, 1942, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi! Gentry is an American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material. Her songs typically drew on her Mississippi roots to compose vignettes of the Southern United States. Gentry rose to international fame with her intriguing Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe" in 1967. The track spent four weeks as the No. 1 pop song