Bobbie Gentry
Born: 1942-07-27 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2014
- Country Queens at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Country at the BBC as Self
1974
- Dinah! as Self
1971
- Disco as Self
1969
- The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- The Jim Nabors Hour
1968
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
1966
- 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet as Self
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1958
- Kraft Music Hall as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self