[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUhTNxEh8M] It’s been 48 years since Bobbie Gentry released her landmark single “Ode to Billie Joe,” and decades since she vanished from the public eye. Yet fans still recall the sexy swivel of a Delta-born showgirl who became an international star singing about the third of June, another dusty Delta day. What’s less known about Bobbie Gentry and “Ode to Billie Joe” is that after leaving Capitol Records, Gentry repeatedly claimed that she, in fact, produced the hit single, but didn’t get credit. Perhaps that’s part of the reason…
Video premiere of Ode to Billie Joe, featuring Jim Boggia, Allison Polans, Sarah Larsen & Phil D’Agostino, on this Third of June
