Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry | |
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 Gentry in a publicity photo for Capitol Records in 1969 | |
| Born | Roberta Lee Streeter July 27, 1942[1] near Woodland, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Known for | "Ode to Billie Joe" |
| Spouses | Bill Harrah
(m. 1969; div. 1970)Thomas R. Toutant
(m. 1976; div. 1978)Jim Stafford
(m. 1978; div. 1980) |
| Children | 1 |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1966–1982 |
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Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in the United States to write and produce her own material.[3][4] Her song "Ode to Billie Joe",[5] spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was third in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967.[6] She won three Grammy Awards in 1967.
References
- ↑ Murtha, Tara (2015). Ode to Billie Joe. New York: Bloomsbury. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-62356-964-8.
- ↑ Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billie Joe rollingstone.com Retrieved December 10, 2024
- ↑ "Bobbie Gentry".
- ↑ Milano, Brett (March 21, 2019). "Best Female Songwriters: An Essential Top 25 Countdown | uDiscover". uDiscover Music. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- ↑ Ochs, Meredith (June 3, 2014). "The Confounding, Enigmatic 'Ode To Billie Joe'". Ode To Billie Joe. NPR. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ↑ "Chairborne Ranger Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Songs 1967". Chairborne Ranger. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
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