Bobbie Gentry's song, "Ode to Billy Joe" was inducted into the Grammy
Hall of Fame in 1999.
In December 2008, Bobbie Gentry was inducted into the Mississippi Musician's Hall of Fame.
In a 2003 CMT poll, Bobbie Gentry's song "Fancy" was ranked #27 as one
of the 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music. Inexplicably, "Ode to Billy
Joe" was not on the list.
In Los Angeles, she worked briefly as a department store clothing
model.
Currently resides in Memphis, Tennessee [December 2018].
Hit #113 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1969 with "Touch 'Em with
Love" (Capitol 2501)
Has one son Tyler.
Bobbie Gentry was a partial owner of the Phoenix Suns NBA team from the team's inception in 1968-1987.
Bobbie Gentry wrote her country classic "Fancy" as a fictionalized reference to her marriage to first husband /casino magnate William Fisk Harrah, who was over 30 years her senior.