Fictional guy in 'Ode to Billy Joe' song honored by Mississippi group
"Ode to Billy Joe" was written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, who lived part of her life in the city of Greenwood.
Source: suntimes.com
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"Ode to Billy Joe" was written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, who lived part of her life in the city of Greenwood.
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A group of Mississippi residents gathered on a sleepy, dusty Delta day to remember the fictional Billy Joe McAllister where — as the 1967 hit song had it — he ended his life