JACKSON, Miss. — If I haven’t responded to your email following the “What happened to singer Bobbie Gentry?” column on June 1, consider this a personal apology and a “thank you” for each one. I have ...

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 ...

Bobbie Gentry carved out a career as one of the most successful country and crossover female artists of her era, but then, she simply vanished without a trace. Born Roberta Lee Streeter on July 27, ...

Today, Bobbie Gentry is often talked about because of her mysterious disappearance from country music. In late April 1982, at the height of her music career, the star abruptly stepped away from the ...

Born Roberta Lee Streeter in 1942, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Bobbie Gentry never harbored any singing aspirations. Although she would make history as one of the first female artists in the U.S.