Bobbie Gentry

About Bobbie Gentry

In 1967, this singer's big song was the sad"Ode to Billie Joe", which charted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for several weeks.

Bobbie Lee Gentry is a retired American singer and songwriter who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own documentary. Gentry went international in 1967 with the Southern Gothic story "Ode to Billie Joe". The song spent four weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at number three on the 1967 end-of-1967 Billboard chart, winning the Gentry Grammy Award for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. best of 1968. Gentry has 11 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and four singles in the UK's Top 40. Her Fancy album earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. After her debut albums, she had a series of successful variety shows on the Las Vegas Strip. In the late 1970s, Gentry lost interest in performing and then withdrew from the music industry. News reports conflicts over the subject where she currently lives.

Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Born	Roberta Lee Streeter, July 27, 1942, near Woodland, Mississippi, U.S.

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Trivia

She is known to be one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material.

Bobbie Gentry before fame

To pay for her education at UCLA, she worked as a secretary. Her debut hit,"Mississippi Delta", was released in 1967.

Achievement of Bobbie Gentry

She is regarded as one of the first female country musicians to compose and produce her own material.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$100 Million

Bobbie Gentry family life

She was married to Bill Harrah from 1969 to 1970, then Jim Stafford from 1978 to 1979. Her son, Tyler, was born to her and Stafford.

Associations of Bobbie Gentry

Her iconic ballad"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" was written by Burt Bacharach.

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