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Feb
What Happened To Bobbie Gentry. But 37 years later since 1981 this country music legend comes back stronger. She was married three times. Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative Ode to Billie Joe. The couple sired together a son called Tyler Gentry Stafford.
1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was third in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967 earning Gentry Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968. Bobbie Gentry had a single that sold over 3 million copies. Bobbie Gentry was a star but then she vanished as if swallowed by a black hole of celebrity. Spiders and Snakes My Girl Bill and Wildwood Weed. To casino businessman Bill Harrah for a year in 1969 when he was 58 and she was 27. Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative Ode to Billie Joe.
The Ode to Billy Joe and Fancy singers disappearance was very much of her own doing however.
Since then she left the limelight without a trace and her sudden disappearance rocked the country music world. To casino businessman Bill Harrah for a year in 1969 when he was 58 and she was 27. Stafford notched three big hits himself in the early 70s. In an interview yesterday she said she knew where Gentry. Bobbie Gentry born Roberta Lee Streeter was just 23 years old when her timeless ballad Ode To Billie Joe hit the charts and took off like wildfire selling more than three million copies and topping the country pop rock and easy listening charts. Spiders and Snakes My Girl Bill and Wildwood Weed.