Bobbie Gentry

Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter; July 27, 1942) is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in the United States to write and produce her own material. Her song "Ode to Billie Joe", spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was third in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967. She won three Grammy Awards in 1967.

References

Other websites
 Bobbie Gentry website


Category:1942 births
Category:Living people
Category:American folk singers
Category:American country singers
Category:American blues singers
Category:American soul singers
Category:Singers from Mississippi
Category:Writers from Mississippi
Category:American singer-songwriters
Category:American Grammy Award winners

Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni