- Roberta Lee Streeter, professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is an American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material
Born: | 27 July 1944 Comment | How old is Bobbie Gentry in 2024? / Age: | 79 years
| Zodiac sign: | Leo |
Bobbie Gentry Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is Bobbie Gentry worth? | Under review
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Bobbie Gentry facts
- Her songs typically drew on her Mississippi roots to compose vignettes of the Southern United States
- 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 and earned her Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968
- Gentry charted eleven 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 on the Las Vegas Strip
- She lost interest in performing in the late 1970s, and since 2010 has lived in a private gated community in Shelby County, Tennessee
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