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Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #348: ” Apartment #21″- Bobbie Gentry. July 11, 1970.
- Single: ” Apartment #21″- Bobbie Gentry
- Record Company- Capitol
- Genre: Country
- Written by John Wilkin
- Time: 3:20
- B-side:” Seasons Come, Seasons Go”
- Grade: B+
- Peaked at #81 6 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
Born Roberta Streeter in Chickasaw County, Mississippi in 1944- Bobbie Gentry had 12 Hot 100 singles and 4 Top 40 hits from 1967-76. Her biggest hit the landmark #1 hit from 1967 “Ode To Billie Joe.” She won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1967. She hasn’t released an album since 1971.
Wonderful song, I esp. like the Stones reference!