She Grew Up With No Electricity
Born in 1944 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Bobbie Gentry was given the name Roberta Lee Streeter. In one of her early interviews, Bobbie touched briefly on her rural childhood, saying, “We didn’t have electricity, and I didn’t have many playthings.”
Source: Wikipedia
Bobbie’s family didn’t have electricity, but they did have music. From old folk tunes to the sounds of the Baptist church in town, Bobbie’s house was filled with harmony. “My grandmother noticed how much I liked music, so she traded one of her milk cows for a neighbor’s piano,” Gentry shared.