Bobbie Gentry
About Bobbie Gentry
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 compose and produce her own material. Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe". The track spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was third in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967, earning Gentry the 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 in Las Vegas.
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Discography
Live At The BBC
Ode to Billie Joe (1967)
The Delta Sweete (1968)
Local Gentry (1968)
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell (1968)
Touch ’Em With Love (1969)
Bobbie Gentry’s Greatest! (1969)
Round-Up (1969)
Fancy (1970)
Patchwork (1971)
Greatest Hits (1990)
Country Classics (1991)
The Best of Bobbie Gentry (1993)
The Hit Albums: Original Albums (1995)
The Golden Classics of Bobbie Gentry (1997)
