<P> `` Ode to Billie Joe '' is a song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry , a singer - songwriter from Chickasaw County , Mississippi . The single , released on July 10 , 1967 , was a number - one hit in the US and a big international seller . Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song of the year . It generated eight Grammy nominations , resulting in three wins for Gentry and one for arranger Jimmie Haskell . `` Ode to Billie Joe '' has since made Rolling Stone 's lists of the `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' and the `` 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time '' and Pitchfork 's `` 200 Best Songs of the 1960s '' . </P>
<P> `` Ode to Billie Joe '' is a song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry , a singer - songwriter from Chickasaw County , Mississippi . The single , released on July 10 , 1967 , was a number - one hit in the US and a big international seller . Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song of the year . It generated eight Grammy nominations , resulting in three wins for Gentry and one for arranger Jimmie Haskell . `` Ode to Billie Joe '' has since made Rolling Stone 's lists of the `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' and the `` 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time '' and Pitchfork 's `` 200 Best Songs of the 1960s '' . </P>
who sang the day billie joe mcallister jumped
who sang the day billie joe mcallister jumped
Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry