Some say "Ode to Billie Joe" is about a teen pregnancy, others say it's about heartbreak ending in suicide. Bobbie Gentry ...

Bobbie Gentry released “Ode to Billie Joe” backed with “Mississippi Delta” in July 1967. The song, a first-person narrative, sees the narrator’s family react to the news that Billie Joe McAlister ...

Many Mississippians know the third of June as the day Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge as Bobbie Gentry sang in her 1967 smash "Ode to Billie Joe." This year the date will ...

In 1967, folk-country singer Bobbie Gentry became famous for her song “Ode to Billie Joe.” The unlikely hit about a young man’s tragic jump off the Tallahatchie Bridge in Mississippi went to No. 1 on ...

Q: What can you tell me about the song “Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry? What year did it come out and was it about a real or fictional person? I ask because I was in the Army with a Billy Joe ...

Today, Bobbie Gentry is often talked about because of her mysterious disappearance from country music. In late April 1982, at the height of her music career, the star abruptly stepped away from the ...