Bobbie Gentry Net Worth is
$1.3 Million

Mini Biography

Country vocalist/songwriter Bobbie Gentry was created Roberta Lee Streeter on July 27, 1944 in Chickasaw Region, Mississippi. Gentry was raised in poverty on her behalf grandparents’ plantation after her parents divorced when she was just a little lady. She learned to try out piano by viewing the chapel pianist. Her grandmother exchanged a dairy cow for any piano therefore Bobbie could practice frequently. She published her first track “My Doggie Sergeant is an excellent Dog” around the piano; she later on used this track as a funny a part of her nightclub take action. At age group six, Gentry visited live with her dad in Greenwood, Mississippi, where she went to elementary college. Bobbie next relocated to Hand Springs, California to live with her mom. It was during this time period she trained herself how exactly to perform the banjo, acoustic guitar, bass and vibes. She started carrying out at a nation golf club while still in senior high school and graduated from Hand Valley College in 1960. At age group 14, Gentry required her stage name from your 1952 film Ruby Gentry (1952). She briefly worked well like a dancer and vocalist in a NEVADA revue show known as Folies Bergere before shifting back again to California. Bobbie analyzed viewpoint at UCLA and consequently used in the LA Conservatory of Music, where she majored theoretically, counterpoint and structure while working like a secretary to maintain herself afloat. In 1967, Gentry obtained an enormous smash hit using the moody and persuasive story track “Ode to Billie Joe”, which peaked at number 1 around the Billboard pop graphs for a complete month. Bobbie received three Grammy Honours for this track, including Greatest New Designer and Greatest Vocal Overall performance by a lady. Furthermore, the Academy of Nation Music called Gentry the very best New Woman Vocalist of 1967. “Ode to Billie Joe” continues to be included in such performers as Sinéadvertisement O’Connor, Tammy Wynette, Patti Smith and Ike Turner & Tina Turner. Gentry experienced only modest achievement using the offbeat “Okolona River Bottom level Music group” and a spirited rendition of Doug Kershaw’s “Louisiana Guy”. Bobbie documented three wonderful duets with Glen Campbell including a cover of “ALLOW IT Be Me” from the Everly Brothers. Bobbie experienced another substantial Best 30 hit using the sassy “Nice”, which do well on both pop and nation graphs. (Reba McEntire experienced a high 10 country strike with her 1991 cover of the particular track). In European countries, Gentry enjoyed lots one strike in Britain with “I’ll By no means Fall in Like Once again” and a high 40 achievement with “Raindrops Maintain Fallin’ on My Mind”. In the past due 60s, she headlined her personal NEVADA revue show where she do the dance choreography, designed the outfits, and even published and organized the music. In 1974, Gentry hosted her personal short-lived TV range display. That same 12 months, she published and sung the haunting closing credits theme track “A LATER DATE, Another Period” for the fantastic redneck exploitation champion Macon County Collection (1974). “Ode to Billie Joe” was modified into a film in 1976. Bobbie was briefly wedded to both Desert Inn Resort manager Expenses Harrah and fellow nation vocalist/songwriter Jim Stafford. In the past due 70s, Bobbie Gentry quit the music business and continued to perform her own Television production organization in LA.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Bobbie Gentry
Net Worth	$8 million
Date Of Birth	July 27, 1944
Profession	Singer-songwriter
Education	Palm Valley School, University of California, Los Angeles, Ode to Billie Joe, He Made a Woman Out of Me, Less of Me
Nationality	American
Spouse	Jim Stafford, Bill Harrah, Ode to Billie Joe, He Made a Woman Out of Me, Less of Me
Children	Tyler Stafford
Parents	Ruby Streeter, Robert Streeter, Ode to Billie Joe, He Made a Woman Out of Me, Less of Me
Awards	Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Hall of Fame, Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Vocalist of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance, Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year, Ode to Billie Joe, He Made a Woman Out of Me, Less of Me
Nominations	Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Single Record of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, Ode to Billie Joe, He Made a Woman Out of Me, Less of Me
Movies	Ode to Billy Joe
TV Shows	The Bobbie Gentry Show, The Bobby Goldsboro Show