The single “Ode to Billie Joe” was a number-one hit and became a big
international seller. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song for 1967.

The song is ranked #412 on Rolling Stone‘s list of "the 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time". The recording of "Ode to Billie Joe" generated eight Grammy
nominations, resulting in three wins for Gentry and one win for arranger
Jimmie Haskell.

Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter) will turn 71 July 27.

The single (originally titled "Join Together With the Band") was
successful, reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who

Steve Lawrence with wife and singing partner Eydie Gorme in 
1958.

The duo "Steve and Eydie” appeared regularly on Tonight Starring Steve
Allen in the mid-1950s on NBC until Gormé’s retirement in 2009.

Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz in Brooklyn, New York)

The instrumental "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A
Time for Us", was arranged by Henry Mancini for Franco Zeffirelli‘s film of
Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It topped
the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and remained there for two weeks. It
was Mancini’s only Top Ten single on that chart.

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini
(April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994)

“Summer In The City” reached number one on the Billboard Hot
100 in August 1966, for three consecutive weeks. The song is
ranked number 401 on Rolling Stone‘s list of The 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time.