Who is Bobbie Gentry? The big-haired, sultry sounding gal from Chickasaw County, Mississippi, most famous for her song “Ode to Billie Joe.” Gentry, born Roberta Lee Streeter, was a maverick, something that did not fit well in the male-controlled music industry in the 1960s. She wrote most of her own music, wanted a say in … More Bobbie Gentry: Remembered