Bobbie Gentry was one of the biggest country stars of the late 1960s. She’s the genius behind the massive, international, number-one single Ode to Billie Joe. Her country-folk music came at just the right time, and her fame brought with it her very own TV variety series as well as a duet album with Glen Campbell.
However, by the 1980s, Gentry had vanished from the public eye, and for the past five decades, not much has been said about this reclusive star. Her disappearance got the fans wondering – what in the world happened to Bobbie?