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Bobbie Gentry
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Bobbie Gentry

Roberta Lee Streeter - American singer-songwriter

Since 1942

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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 compose and produce her own material.

Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe". The track spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was third in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967, earning Gentry the 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 in Las Vegas. In the late 1970s, Gentry lost interest in performing and retired from the music industry.

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Bobbie Gentry, née Roberta Lee Streeter dans le comté de Chickasaw le 27 juillet 1942, est une chanteuse et autrice/compositrice américaine. Elle écrivit et sortit un tube été 1967 Ode to Billie Joe (titre qui sera adapté en français sous le titre Marie-Jeanne et interprété par Joe Dassin en 1967 et par Eddy Mitchell en 1976). Cette chanson fut listée comme la chanson la plus populaire de l'année aux Etats-Unis. Elle a reçu le Grammy Award du meilleur nouvel artiste en 1968.

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