Bobbie Gentry | tr

Having formed in the late 07/early08 with ex members of Red Organ Serpent Sound, Fighting With Wire and The Subtitles. The formidable HCTLG are hell bent on 2 things, writing great songs and playing great shows! The Recording or their first critically acclaimed 7 song live demonstration resulted in national radio play and big support slots with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Urban Voodoo Machine, Black Diamond Heavies and The Jim Jones Revue. The band go on to win the Roaring Meg all Ireland Busking Festival, and after touring Ireland inside out they record their second 8 track E.P. which was...

The Gentrys were an American band of the 1960s and early 1970s best known for their 1965 hit "Keep on Dancing" (in 1971 also a #9 hit for the Bay City Rollers). Follow-up singles charted outside of the top 40: "Every Day I Have To Cry" (1966), "Spread It On Thick" (1966), "Cinnamon Girl" (1970), "Why Should I Cry" (1970), "Wild World" (1971), and a 'Bubbling Under' Billboard chart entry "Brown Paper Sack" (#101, 1966). The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis, Tennessee), alumni included Bruce Bowles (vocals), Bobby Fisher (saxophone, keyboards), Jimmy Hart (vocals), Jimmy Johnson (trumpet, keyboards),...

Bobbie Gentry (born July 27, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter. She was born Roberta Lee Streeter to Portuguese parents in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. She shot to international fame in the summer of 1967 with the quirky and intriguing Ode to Billie Joe, written by Gentry and sung in her warm, captivating style. "Ode" was listed as the most popular single of the year in many U.S. record surveys and was admired by Frank Sinatra and other singers. Early years Gentry spent her childhood living with her father in Greenwood, Mississippi, where she attended elementary school and began teaching herself to...