Bobbie Gentry
Birthday
1942/07/27 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
Roberta Lee Streeter, Bobbie Lee Gentry
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 Ne...Read more
Acting
(2014) Country Queens at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
as Self
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
(1969) The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
(1969) The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
(1969) The Jim Nabors Hour
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(1968) Bobbie Gentry
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(1973) The Bobby Goldsboro Show
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(1971) Disco
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Host
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as Self