The Resume

(July 27, 1944- )
Birth name is Roberta Streeter
Wrote and recorded 'Ode to Billy Joe (1967)'
One hit wonder
Hosted 'The Bobbie Gentry Happiness Show'
Recorded 'I saw an Angel Die,' 'Mornin' Glory,' 'I'll Never Fall in Love Again,' 'All I Have to do is Dream,' 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' and 'He Made a Woman Out of Me'

Why she might be annoying:

She had big hair.
She wore tons of eye makeup.
She dressed as a hillbilly.
She divorced millionaire gambler, William Harrah, after three months (1969).
She divorced Tom Toutant after a year (1977).
She divorced comedian Jimmy Stafford.
She left UCLA.
She has a boy's name.

Why she might not be annoying:

She wore belly shirts more than thirty years before Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.
Her hit song, 'Ode to Billie Joe' left many people wondering 'What Billie Joe threw of the Talahatchie Bridge?'
The song was such a hit, it became the basis for a movie 'Ode to Billie Joe.'
Her grandmother traded-in one of their two cows to buy her a piano.
She majored in philosophy at UCLA.
'Ode to Billie Joe' won her three Grammies.
She chose her stage name Gentry, from the 1952 Charlton Heston movie 'Ruby Gentry.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• ACM Album of the Year (Ranked: 1969)
• ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year (Ranked: 1967)
• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Bad Hair - Female
• Beehive Hair-dos
• Blue Eyed Soul Artists
• Carol Burnett Show Guests
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7271944)
• CMA Hosts (Ranked: 1967)
• CMT's 100 Greatest Duets [51-100] (Ranked: 91)
• Country Music Stars
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Fashion Role Models
• Grammy for Best New Artist (Ranked: 1968)
• Grammy for Best Pop Female (Ranked: 1968)
• I am Portuguese
• I Attended George H.W. Bush's State Funeral [December 5, 2018]
• I Attended UCLA
• I Covered an Elvis Song
• I Covered Bobbie Gentry's 'Fancy'
• I Married in 1978
• I Sing About a Sacrifice
• I Sing About Bad Boys
• I Sing About Being 18
• I Sing About Tuesday
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1960's] (Ranked: 1967)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1960's] (Ranked: 1967)
• Perry Como Holiday Special Guests [1967-1994]
• Profiles 6751-7000 (Ranked: 6974)
• Rick Hall Produced My Album
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 412)
• Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour [1967-70]
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 57 Votes: 43.86% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 46.30% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 53 Votes: 49.06% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 92 Votes: 58.70% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 172 Votes: 68.60% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 310 Votes: 59.35% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 302 Votes: 53.97% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 597 Votes: 57.29% Annoying