That and the closing track, Lookin’ In, suggested she had had enough. “We always had a southern swamp opening, lots of hanging Spanish moss ... one number, she entered on a raft poled by one of the dancers across a dry ice stage.” And, of course, every night she sang Ode to Billie Joe. I don't think anyone's going to bother her either. I am a successful woman record producer,” said Gentry calmly. An update: I am 99.9 percent sure I know where Bobbie Gentry lives. “Shortly after her mother's death, Bobbie was in Carson City, Nevada, visiting her stepfather. There’s Jim Ford, an ex-boyfriend who claimed he wrote Ode to Billie Joe, his supposed evidence being that she never wrote another song that was as big (but then, nor did he). Gentry’s name at birth, in Mississippi, was Roberta Lee Streeter. They then went through a divorce in 1980. I said I was looking for the person whose name appears on the property owner’s record. She's still living large in an era where many of her peers lost their fortunes due to poor management of their assets. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Being born on 27 July 1942, Bobbie Gentry is 78 years old as of today’s date 22nd October 2020. The short answer to one of pop’s great mysteries: Bobbie Gentry lives about a two-hour drive from the site of the Tallahatchie Bridge that made her so famous, in a gated community, in a very nice house that cost about $1.5 million. He wrote: “Two things struck me about her appearance at once. She kicked around with Elvis and Tom Jones and briefly married casino magnate Bill Harrah. Her parents divorced shortly after her birth, her mother moved to California and she was raised on a farm in Chickasaw County by her paternal grandparents. I thought if I ever write something it’s got to be as real as Ode to Billie Joe. There’s Bobby Paris, the credited producer on Ode to Billie Joe, who kept photos of Gentry with her face scratched out. Although she was finally given a production credit on it (something artists didn’t usually get, even if they had produced or co-produced), the album didn’t sell, despite being her most cohesive set of songs. Though, as a teenager, Gentry had left the south for Palm Springs – where she changed her name from Roberta Lee Streeter, in tribute to the Jennifer Jones movie Ruby Gentry – her songs were almost always set in and around the Chickasaw County of her childhood, a semi-mythical south, with conversational lyrics about people who were quite likely friends and neighbours. No one bothers her. Gentry later married Jim Stafford, a comedian and a singer. It sold tens of millions of copies. It is nice to see that in her late 70's, Bobbie Gentry, has maintained her wealth and can afford a multi million dollar estate. What Billie Joe and his girlfriend threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge? Homes - Celebrity - Entertainment - Musicians. Age, Height, and Weight. When she was put on the spot, Gentry would say “I just sing southern.” It was the kind of record you could build a whole career around, and she knew it. Gentry’s voice was often very close-miked. But it’s obvious she was touched by the 360-word song that reads like a literary short story. She's best-known for the hit "Ode to Bille Joe" from 1967. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Her neighbors, some locals and some real estate agents know who she is, although it’s not clear which of her many possible names she goes by. A recently released eight-disc box set, The Girl from Chickasaw County, covers the bulk of her recording career: seven albums crammed into a brief period of intense fame between 1967 and 1971. “We collaborated on ideas for production numbers,” says Bradburn, “and she was present for dancer and singer auditions. And Gentry spoke to a reporter, for this story, apparently for the first time in three decades. And, finally, I enjoyed an email from Barbara, a DJ with no place of residence given. A full-featured boxed set will debut on September 21st, 2018 and feature all seven of … “I didn’t know that she was so reclusive and wonder why. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Since the summer of 1967, when the Southern gothic ballad “Ode to Billie Joe,” set on this day in that place, first hit the airwaves, the song has captivated American pop culture in a way few ever have. Her biographer, Tara Murtha, thinks Bobbie Gentry set out a blueprint for women in pop today. Looks like privacy was the main draw for this property. Looks like privacy was the main draw for this property. I think it’s fantastic.”, • The Girl From Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters is out now on Universal, Available for everyone, funded by readers. Wrote Barbara: “I knew instantly that this was songwriting at its best, that even though it bears no similarity to the lives of many people, so many can still instantly understand it and picture it. Gentry’s family didn’t talk, and she had cut off nearly all her friends in the music business. Neely Tucker has reported from more than 50 countries around the world and from two dozen of these United States. A lady came out of one home to see how the repairs were going. I'm glad she was able to retire on her own terms. “It’s wonderful to stand on your own land, where you plan to live and raise a family,” Stafford is quoted as saying at the time. Her 1969 hit Fancy, recorded with Rick Hall in Muscle Shoals, seemed autobiographical. It knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts. I love her dearly and can't even begin to imagine why we are estranged.”, An upstate New York disc jockey, who goes by the name Thunder, wrote: “In the summer of '67, I, too, fell in love with Bobbie Gentry … In the late ’70s, when I went to college, I did a radio special on Bobbie and sent it to her and did hear back. It spawned a 1976 movie. We were rebuilding the lines at a very private gated community in Coastal Georgia. It is nice to see that in her late 70's, Bobbie Gentry, has maintained her wealth and can afford a multi million dollar estate. It’s the third of June. I apologized and started to read back the number, to make sure I had dialed it correctly, and she hung up. Home of reclusive singer Bobbie Gentry. Bobbie Gentry, if this story somehow lands in your hands, please contact me. Last modified on Thu 18 Oct 2018 14.00 BST. anonymously (anonymous users cannot post links).
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