You might remember Bobbie Gentry from her 1967 hit “Ode To ... She was also quite a storyteller and charted well with songs like “Fancy”. Sadly, by the late 1970s, Gentry disappeared.
If there’s one question more perplexing than why Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge in “Ode To Billie Joe”, it’s what happened to Bobbie Gentry. Some 14 years ...