Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 27, 1942
Place of Birth
Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Credits
16 titles
Bobbie Gentry
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bobbie Lee Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own material. Gentry rose to international fame with her intriguing southern gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe" in 1967. The track spent four weeks as the No. 1 pop song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was fourth in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967, earning Gentry Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968. Gentry charted 11 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and four singles on the United Kingdom Top 40. Her album Fancy brought her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. After her first albums, she had a successful run of variety shows on the Las Vegas Strip. In the late 1970s Gentry lost interest in performing.
Known For
Filmography
Country Queens at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Country at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Dinah!
Self
The Bobby Goldsboro Show
Disco
Self
The Jim Nabors Hour
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Self
Bobbie Gentry
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Self
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Kraft Music Hall
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self