Bobbie Gentry

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Bobbie Lee Gentry born Roberta Lee Streeter July 27 1942 is an American singersongwriter 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 yearend 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 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 In the late 1970s Gentry lost interest in performing