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Bobbie Gentry

Roberta Lee Streeter aka Bobby Gentry was born on 27th July 1944 in Chickasaw County Mississippi.

Bobbie is a former American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to write and produce her own material. Her songs drew on her Mississippi roots.

With her U.S number one album Ode to Billie Joe an dthe Southern Gothic narrative of the title track, Bobbie won Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Perfomance Grammy Awards in 1968.

The title track was the fourth most popular song in the U.S for 1967.

After her first albums, she turned towards the variety show genre. After losing interest in performing after a successful run in Vegas in the late 1970s, she quit performing and has since lived privately in Los Angeles.

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