Known for Acting
Birthday
July 27, 1942
Place of Birth
Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
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.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Carol Burnett Show
Dinah!
The Ed Sullivan Show
Kraft Music Hall
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
Disco
The Johnny Cash Show
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
The Hollywood Palace
The Jim Nabors Hour
Bobbie Gentry
The Bobby Goldsboro Show
