Editor's note: This article originally appeared online May 31, 2016, in the (Jackson, Mississippi) Clarion Ledger. Music fans know the importance of Friday. “It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, ...

Gentry has not given interviews, performed, or appeared publicly since her 1982 appearance at the Academy of Country Music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor's Note: The following column by former Clarion Ledger columnist Billy Watkins originally appeared in the May 31, 2016, ...

Country singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry's music will soon be available in a complete box set. Rolling Stone reported that the singer's seven studio albums will be remastered and included on an ...

That is the opening line of one of music’s most discussed, examined and appreciated songs — “Ode to Billie Joe,” written and performed by Bobbie Gentry, who was born in Mississippi’s Chickasaw County.

Music fans know the importance of Friday. “It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.” That is the opening line of one of music’s most discussed, examined and appreciated songs — Ode to ...