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Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) [1] is a retired American singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in America to compose and produce her own material. [2] [3] Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe". [4]
Sep 19, 2019 · That is the opening line of one of music’s most discussed, examined and appreciated songs — “Ode to Billie Joe,” written and performed by Bobbie Gentry, who was born in Mississippi’s...
Aug 21, 2017 · How Bobbie Gentry, the multi-talented artist behind enigmatic 1967 smash "Ode to Billie Joe," set a trailblazing example of feminism in pop.
Jul 27, 2013 · Set to a backing of spare acoustic guitar chords and atmospheric strings, Gentry’s sensual, Southern-fried voice relates the story of two Mississippi teenage lovers who share a dark secret that eventually leads to the boy’s suicide.
Jan 31, 2022 · Bobbie Gentry is a retired American singer-songwriter. She found fame in 1967 with her song 'Ode to Billie Joe'. The song spent four weeks at number one in the US, and won several Grammy Awards.
Music video by Bobby Gentry performing Ode to Billie Joe (HQ/HD version) 🤠 Listen to more great country classics: • Country At Its Finest ...more.
Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry (BBC Live 1968) Here is Bobbie's own delicate rendering of perhaps her best known song. Lost in the BBC archives since 1968, and looking and sounding just...
Feb 1, 2019 · Just over 50 years later, Gentry’s unjustly neglected concept album has been reborn, revived by US indie rock duo Mercury Rev. Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited is a sumptuous exercise...
Jul 27, 2023 · Bobbie Gentry is a pioneering spirit. A woman in control of her music, her image, her business, she released seven albums in just five years. She was comfortable in country, pop, soul, and folk....
Jun 3, 2016 · 6.3M views 8 years ago. Bobbie Gentry performs 'Ode To Billie Joe' live on the BBC in 1968. ...more.
