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Who sang Ode to Billie Joe?

Release date: 1967

Duration: 04:15

Producer(s): Kelly Gordon

Bobbie Gentry released the song Ode to Billie Joe. Date of release: 1967.

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The performer recalls a tragic event from his childhood, when he learned that his friend Billie Joe had committed suicide by jumping off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

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Bobbie Gentry - Short Biography

- Bobbie Gentry is an American singer-songwriter, now retired.
- She was one of the first female artists to write and produce her own material.
- She released her first album in 1967 and had some success in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- She was the first female artist to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
- Gentry has been inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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The song Ode to Billie Joe was written and composed by Bobbie Gentry in 1967. It tells the story of a young couple, Billie Joe McAllister and Bobbie Lee Hartley, who live in Mississippi. Billie Joe dies mysteriously the day he throws an object off the Tallahatchie Bridge. The song Ode to Billie Joe was released in 1967 and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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