Rare Bobbie Gentry Footage & Interview (WBAP-TV March 2, 1968) HD
*INTERVIEW WITH AUDIO STARTS AT 0:40* A rare interview conducted by KXAS reporter Jack Brown (1933 - 2007) for Texas' WBAP-TV Station in 1968 with the beautiful, incredibly talented illustrious Bobbie Gentry. This video is part of the collection entitled: KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. © Copyright NBC5/KXAS-TV 1968. All rights reserved. bobbie gentry, roberta streeter, roberta lee streeter, bobbie gentry interview, interview, ode to billie joe, the delta sweete, local gentry, touch em with love, fancy, patchwork, chickasaw county, mississippi, tallahatchiebridge, chocktawridge, billiejoe, odetobillyjoe i love you bobbie
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 V...
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