Bobbie Gentry
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday27 July 1942 (84 years old)
Place of birthChickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Known credits16
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 New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968. Gentry charted 11 singles on the Billboard …
Country Queens at the BBC
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Country at the BBC
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Dinah!
1974 · Self
The Bobby Goldsboro Show
1973
Disco
1971 · Self
The Jim Nabors Hour
1969
The Johnny Cash Show
1969 · Self
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969 · Self
Bobbie Gentry
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Guest
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966 · Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
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