Bobby Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter)
Gentry is best known for her big hit “Ode to Billie Joe”
in 1967. She is one of the first female country artists
to compose and produce her won material.
Bobby Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter)
Gentry is best known for her big hit “Ode to Billie Joe”
in 1967. She is one of the first female country artists
to compose and produce her won material.
One of the best known versions of “Why Don’t You Do Right” was recorded by
Peggy Lee with the music of Benny Goodman. It sold over 1 million copies and
brought her to nationwide attention.
Guest Rose Kennedy and Dinah Shore from Dinah’s Place
Dinah’s Place ran on NBC-TV from 1970 to 1974. The show featured
famous guest stars and experts on nutrition, exercise and homemaking.
Despite the fact the show was among the most popular programs in the
morning lineup of NBC, it left the air after Shore was sent a telegram
informing her the show was being cancelled, because it broke up a
“game show programming block”. Thus NBC’S 35-year association
with Dinah Shore ended.
The instrumental "Sleep Walk" was recorded at Trinity Music in Manhattan,
New York City, New York. It entered Billboard‘s Top 40 on August 17, 1959
and rose to the number-one position for two weeks in September (the 21st
and the 28th) and remained in the Top 40 until November 9. "Sleep Walk"
also reached number four on the R&B chart. It was the last instrumental to
hit number one in the 1950s and earned Santo & Johnny a gold record.