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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.
Filmography
all 16
TV Shows 14
self 13
Movies 2
Writer 1
Country Queens at the BBC (2014)
Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
Dinah! (1974)
The Bobby Goldsboro Show (1973)
Disco (1971)
The Jim Nabors Hour (1969)
The Johnny Cash Show (1969)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)
Bobbie Gentry (1968)
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1966)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Kraft Music Hall (1958)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1942-07-27 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceWoodland, United States of America
RelationshipsStanley Dorfman
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRoberta Lee Streeter, Bobbie Lee Gentry
AwardsGrammy Award for Best New Artist
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