Bobbie Gentry
Born | July 27, 1942 |
Hometown | near Woodland, Mississippi, U.S. |
Net worth | $100 million |
Spouse | Jim Stafford, Thomas R. Toutant, William F. Harrah, Bill Harrah |
Partner | Stanley Dorfman |
Children | Tyler Stafford |
Parents | Ruby Streeter, Robert Streeter |
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Bridgewater College seeks to motivate rural youth voters
- Dr. Bobbi Gentry identified the town of Bridgewater and the surrounding area as a “civic desert.” Now she hopes to turn it into a civic oasis.
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May 6—A column I wrote recently about this year's inductees into the National Recording Registry got me to wondering about who else is in there. I've been keeping up with the annual inductees since 2016, when Marty Robbins' great album "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" made the list. If you missed it, a few of this year's inductees included the album "Déjà Vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and ...
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The National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress has issued its annual list of 25 recordings that will be added to the esteemed list, covering a range that runs a gamut from the very first time mariachi music was captured for posterity in the early 1900s to Daddy Yankee’s “Carolina” about a hundred years […]
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Madonna, Daddy Yankee, Mariah Carey & More Named to National Recording Registry: Full List of 2023 Inductions
The induction of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” is the third major accolade for Eurythmics in the past year.
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National Recording Registry adds "Stairway to Heaven," "Super Mario Bros." and more
"Stairway to Heaven," "Imagine," and songs by John Denver, Mariah Carey, Louis Armstrong, The Police and more will be preserved by the Library of Congress for future generations.
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Amanda Brown, Formerly of The Go-Betweens, on Eight Songs That Inspire Her
Amanda Brown, an accomplished soundtrack composer and former violinist in The Go-Betweens, has released her debut solo album, Eight Guitars. It consists of eight songs, the majority of which feature a guest guitarist. The only track to not feature a guest is a cover of The Church’s ‘Unguarded Moment’. The album begins with ‘Freedom Song,’ […] The post Amanda Brown, Formerly of The Go-Betweens, on Eight Songs That Inspire Her appeared first on Music Feeds.
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‘It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.’ What happened to Bobbie Gentry?
Mississippian Bobbie Gentry's 1967 chart topper 'Ode to Billie Joe' makes reference to June 3 and each year fans remember the song. Where is Gentry today?
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What happened to singer Bobbie Gentry?
"Ode to Billie Joe" was selected by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 500 songs of all time.
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She wanted to find ‘angel nurse’ who did not let her husband die alone. She found healing.
“We had never been apart that much,” Kim Gentry of Lexington said of her husband. “I didn’t know if he was ready to die. I didn’t know if he was scared.”
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Amy Grant, Toby Keith, Rhett Akins Named to Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Gospel-pop crossover superstar Amy Grant and country music stalwart Toby Keith are among the class of 2021 newly named for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, with a ceremony to be held this fall. Also set to be inducted in the Nov. 1 festivities at Music City Center are hit country songwriters Rhett Akins, John […]
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