Bobbie Gentry
USA
Born: 27 July 1944
Genres: Country, Pop/Rock, R&B
Styles: Country-Pop, Traditional Country, Soul, R&B/Soul, Blue-Eyed Soul, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Soft Rock
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Bobbie Gentry remains one of the most interesting and underappreciated artists to emerge out of Nashville during the late '60s. Best-known for her crossover smash "Ode to Billie Joe," she was one of the first female country artists to write and produce much of her own material, forging an idiosyncratic, pop-inspired sound that, in tandem with her glamorous, bombshell image, anticipated the rise of latter-day superstars like Shania Twain and Faith Hill. Of Portuguese descent, Gentry was born Roberta Streeter in Chickasaw County, MS, on July 27, ...
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