Billy Joe Mcallister Song

Ode to billie joe is a song written and recorded by bobbie gentry a singer songwriter from chickasaw county mississippi.

Billy joe mcallister song. Billy joe mcallister jumped off the bridge because he was struggling with the fact that he was in love with a young girl but physically attracted to a man. The single released on july 10 1967 was a number one hit in the us within three weeks of release and a big international seller. 3 song of the year. Bobbie gentry s biggest hit was ode to billie joe in which the young narrator tells the story against a backdrop of biscuits and small town mississippi gossip of how billie joe mcallister jumped.

There really is a tallahatchie bridge in money mississippi but gentry made up the story. He realized that he loved the girl but could not be with her in the way they both wanted him to be. He had a sexual encounter with that man. Billboard ranked the record as the no.