Born Roberta Lee Streeter in Chickasaw County and spending her childhood here, Bobbie Gentry brought the accents, sounds and images of Delta life into scores of haunting songs she wrote and records she made, to become one of the most influential country and pop artists of the 1960s and '70s. With her phenomenal Number One hit "Ode to Billie Joe& quot; and complex, innovative albums such as The Delta Sweete, she brought the sultry musical flavors of Mississippi country to the world.
