Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry (BBC Live 1968) Here is Bobbie's own delicate rendering of perhaps her best known song. Lost in the BBC archives since 1968, and looking and sounding just as good as the day when this version was first laid down. | Top Hat Crew's "Live Music Archives"

Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (1967) | We Love Old Songs

On August 5, 1967, Bobbie Gentry leapt into our communal consciousness with an unforgettable piece of songwriting paired with a uniquely compelling performance. “Ode to Billie Joe” was a startling example of the songwriter as a moving storyteller, painting a picture that you are unable to get out of your mind. That August day some 53 years ago is when the song first charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and here is Bobbie with--as we said on her birthday—her signature work. Bobbie Gentry Fans * The