Nashville singer/songwriter LAURA PURSELL today (July 10) releases the video and single of her interpretation of the classic Bobby Gentry song “Ode To Billy Joe.” This marks the second single from her ...

Editor's note: This article originally appeared online May 31, 2016, in the (Jackson, Mississippi) Clarion Ledger. Music fans know the importance of Friday. “It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, ...

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 ...

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 ...

On this day (June 20) in 1972, the Tallahatchie Bridge in Mississippi collapsed after being set on fire by vandals. The wooden structure was key to Bobby Gentry's 1967 smash hit 'Ode to Billie Joe.' ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bobbie Lee Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her ...