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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robbie_Montgomery > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robbie_Montgomery.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Montgomery > Source revision: 1356074039 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American singer and restaurateur (born 1940)}} {{About||the Gloucestershire cricketer|Robbie Montgomery (cricketer)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Robbie Montgomery | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|6|16}} | birth_place = [Columbus, Mississippi](/source/Columbus%2C_Mississippi), U.S. | genre = [Soul](/source/Soul_music), [R&B](/source/R%26B) | occupation = Singer, restaurateur | origin = [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis), Missouri, U.S. | past_member_of = [the Ikettes](/source/the_Ikettes), [the Mirettes](/source/the_Mirettes) | label = [Teena Records](/source/Teena_Records), [Modern Records](/source/Modern_Records), [Mirwood Records](/source/Mirwood_Records), [Uni Records](/source/Uni_Records) }} '''Robbie Montgomery''' (born June 16, 1940) is an American singer and restaurateur. She is noted for being one of the original [Ikettes](/source/The_Ikettes) in the [Ike & Tina Turner](/source/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner) Revue in the 1960s. After her tenure as an Ikette, she was a member of [the Mirettes](/source/the_Mirettes), and then became a "Night Tripper" for [Dr. John](/source/Dr._John). In the 1970s, Montgomery was a [backing vocalist](/source/backing_vocalist) for acts such as [Stevie Wonder](/source/Stevie_Wonder), [Barbra Streisand](/source/Barbra_Streisand), [the Rolling Stones](/source/the_Rolling_Stones), and [Joe Cocker](/source/Joe_Cocker).{{Cite news|url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20070822/NEWS/308229888|title=Soul food chef Robbie Montgomery known for more than her cooking|last=Taylor|first=Betsy|date=August 22, 2007|work=The Metro West Daily News}} She later created the Sweetie Pie's franchise and starred in the award-winning reality series ''[Welcome to Sweetie Pie's](/source/Welcome_to_Sweetie_Pie's)''.{{Cite web|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/ms-robbie-montgomery-just-released-her-first-new-music-in-40-years/Content?oid=25578478|title=Ms. Robbie Montgomery Just Released Her First New Music in 40 Years|last=Kasten|first=Roy|date=October 10, 2018|website=Riverfront Times|language=en}} == Early life == Montgomery was born on June 16, 1940, in [Columbus, Mississippi](/source/Columbus%2C_Mississippi), to Ora Gray and James Montgomery. They lived with her great-grandmother Miss Pathenia, who was an [American Indian](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States).{{Cite web|url=https://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/March-2010/A-Conversation-With-Robbie-Montgomery/|title=A Conversation With Robbie Montgomery|last=Cooperman|first=Jeannette|date=February 26, 2010|website=St. Louis Magazine|language=en-us}} When she was six years old, her family moved to [St. Louis](/source/St._Louis), [Missouri](/source/Missouri). She grew up in the [Pruitt-Igoe](/source/Pruitt%E2%80%93Igoe) projects as the oldest of nine siblings. Her siblings are James, Walter, Robert, George, Everett, Linda and Janice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/bill-mcclellan/sweetie-pie-s-owner-believes-in-second-chances/article_e72c2443-2853-5524-b6a3-67296166ed78.html|title=Sweetie Pie's owner believes in second chances|last=McClellan|first=Bill|date=December 8, 2010|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2015/09/22/sweetie-pies-featured-in-new-book-the-peoples-place|title=Sweetie Pie's Featured in New Book, The People's Place|last=Fenske|first=Sarah|date=September 22, 2015|website=Riverfront Times|language=en|access-date=December 4, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204111453/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2015/09/22/sweetie-pies-featured-in-new-book-the-peoples-place|url-status=dead}} Montgomery was raised a [Baptist](/source/Baptists) but is now a [Methodist](/source/Methodism). She sang in the church choir, and dropped out of the 11th grade to sing professionally in 1958.{{Cite news |date=2007-08-22 |title=Life on the Road Leads to Skill with Soul Food |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-daily-tribune-life-on-the-road/196896941/ |access-date=2026-05-04 |work=Columbia Daily Tribune |pages=8A}} == Music career == {{Main|The Ikettes|The Mirettes}} {{quote box | quote = "Ike was a business man and a professional and Tina was an employee, just like we were employees. Being around Ike, we called it the Turner University because we learned so much. A lot of the stuff Ike taught us about business, I’ve applied to my own business: being on time, being prepared, and being professional. And I think Tina runs her ship today with some of the things Ike taught too." | source = — ''Robbie Montgomery'' (2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/interview-own-tvs-miss-robbie-cooks-up-a-hit-with-welcome-to-sweetie-pies/|title=[INTERVIEW] OWN TV's Miss Robbie Cooks Up a Hit with "Welcome to Sweetie Pies"|last=Obie|first=Brooke|date=April 16, 2012|website=Ebony|language=en}} | width = 21% | align = right | style = padding:8px; }} Montgomery and two neighborhood friends Frances Hodges and Sandra Harding, started a doo-wop singing group called the Chordettes, which evolved into the Rhythmettes, and they started appearing in talent shows. A local singer named [Art Lassiter](/source/Art_Lassiter) hired them as backup singers and they became the Artettes. Lassiter sang with bandleader Ike Turner and his [Kings of Rhythm](/source/Kings_of_Rhythm). Turner wrote a song, "[A Fool in Love](/source/A_Fool_in_Love)," for Lassiter.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/takinbackmynamec00turn|title=Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner|last=Ike Turner|first=Nigel|publisher=Virgin Cawthorne|year=1999|isbn=1852278501|location=London}} When Art Lassiter didn't show up for a recording session at [Technisonic Studios](/source/Technisonic_Studios) in March 1960, Turner took the Artettes and had them accompany his backup vocalist Little Ann ([Tina Turner](/source/Tina_Turner)) on the track. "A Fool In Love," was released in July 1960 on [Sue Records](/source/Sue_Records) and became a hit, peaking at No. 27 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) and No. 2 on the [''Billboard'' Hot R&B Sides](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs).{{Cite magazine|date=August 15, 1960|title=Billboard Hot R&B Sides|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1960/Billboard%201960-08-15.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=42}}{{Cite magazine|date=October 17, 1960|title=Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1960/Billboard%201960-10-17.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=36}} Turner formed the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, but with a new group of backup singers: Delores Johnson, Eloise Hester, and [Jo Armstead](/source/Jo_Armstead). Montgomery was pregnant and unable to tour. After having her baby in 1961, Montgomery toured with blues musician [Earl Hooker](/source/Earl_Hooker) before she returned to Ike & Tina Turner. During her hiatus she sang with the group [Benny Sharp & the New Breed](/source/The_Sharpees) who had another female vocalist named [Jessie Smith](/source/Jessie_Smith_(singer)).{{Cite journal|last=Braun|first=Barrett|date=January–February 1990|title=Benny Sharp & The Sharpees|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/content.sitezoogle.com/u/163323/ff61e7145924d45bc0f70be57bbd9340e27751b6/original/07-bluesletter-jan-90.pdf?response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJUKM2ICUMTYS6ISA%2F20200111%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20200111T120237Z&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=b3225baee84f6b8bafeef171d88fc7197f447d12f354c6cdcec99c3a6a9c6c56|journal=The Blues Letter|pages=4}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Montgomery and Smith along with [Venetta Fields](/source/Venetta_Fields) (a [gospel singer](/source/Gospel_music) from [Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York)) formed the first official incarnation of The Ikettes.{{Cite book|title=I, Tina: My Life Story|last=Tina Turner|first=Kurt Loder|publisher=HarperCollins|year=1986|isbn=9780688059491}} In 1962, Montgomery released her first single,"Crazy In Love" / "Pee Wee" on Turner's [Teena Records](/source/Teena_Records) label. The Ike & Tina Turner Revue performed a grueling schedule of one-nighters on the [Chitlin Circuit](/source/Chitlin'_Circuit) in the [segregated south](/source/segregated_south), and recorded constantly, but Montgomery recalled those timed fondly. "We had good times. We would gamble, sing, dance, all the way to the next gig," she later told ''[St. Louis Magazine](/source/St._Louis_Magazine)''. In 1962, Turner relocated the Ike & Tina Turner Revue to California. In 1963, Montgomery released her debut single "Crazy in Love."{{Cite news |date=1963-07-05 |title=Ike and Tina Turner Revue |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-raleigh-register-ike-and-tina-turner/130150921/ |access-date=2026-05-04 |work=The Raleigh Register |pages=2}} In 1965, the Ikettes released two of their biggest hits on [Modern Records](/source/Modern_Records), "[Peaches 'N' Cream](/source/Peaches_'N'_Cream)" (Pop No. 36, R&B No. 28) and "[I'm So Thankful](/source/I'm_So_Thankful)" (Pop No. 74, R&B No. 12).{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-ikettes/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs |title=The Ikettes Chart History - Hip-Hop/R&B Songs |magazine=Billboard}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} As an Ikette, Montgomery performed on the television shows ''[American Bandstand](/source/American_Bandstand)'', ''[Hollywood A Go-Go](/source/Hollywood_A_Go-Go)'', and ''[Shindig!](/source/Shindig!).'' Montgomery, Smith and Fields left the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1965.{{Cite news |date=1965-11-12 |title='Ikettes' Win Sole Right To Use of the Name |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-ike-turner-wins-sole-ri/135367431/ |access-date=2026-05-04 |work=The Miami Herald |pages=28-A}} After trying unsuccessfully to continue using the name the Ikettes under management of Tina Turner's sister, [Alline Bullock](/source/Alline_Bullock), they changed their name to [the Mirettes](/source/the_Mirettes) after their new label [Mirwood Records](/source/Mirwood_Records).Baumgart, Malcom. Original sleeve note from The Ikettes — ''Fine, Fine Fine'' (1986). Their debut single release did not chart and they later signed with [Revue Records](/source/Revue_Records). In 1968, they had success with the single "[In the Midnight Hour](/source/In_the_Midnight_Hour)" (Pop No. 45, R&B No. 18).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-mirettes/chart-history/hot-100|title=The Mirettes Chart History|magazine=Billboard}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} They sang on ''[The Lost Man](/source/The_Lost_Man)'' soundtrack produced by [Quincy Jones](/source/Quincy_Jones) in 1969. Montgomery eventually left the Mirettes to join [Dr. John](/source/Dr._John) as a "Night Tripper" in the 1970s. She provided backing vocals for variety of acts, including [Barbra Streisand](/source/Barbra_Streisand), [Debbie Reynolds](/source/Debbie_Reynolds), [Joe Cocker](/source/Joe_Cocker) and [Stevie Wonder](/source/Stevie_Wonder). In the 1970s, she was diagnosed with [sarcoidosis](/source/sarcoidosis), which required lung surgery and derailed her singing career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/robbie-montgomery-of-sweetie-pie-s-is-nervous-but-excited/article_a19642a7-bd3f-58fe-8f4f-5c15fd590f12.html|title=Robbie Montgomery of Sweetie Pie's is nervous but excited about overdue debut record|last=Johnson|first=Kevin C.|date=October 11, 2018|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}} In 1986 and 1987, Montgomery toured Europe with former members of the Kings of Rhythm, including Jimmy Hinds, [Clayton Love](/source/Clayton_Love), [Billy Gayles](/source/Billy_Gayles), Erskine Oglesby, [Stacy Johnson](/source/Stacy_Johnson_(singer)) and [Oliver Sain](/source/Oliver_Sain), as part of the St. Louis Kings of Rhythm.{{Cite web|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2017/05/15/stacy-johnson-singer-with-ike-turner-and-benny-sharp-and-the-sharpees-has-died|title=Stacy Johnson, Singer with Ike Turner and Benny Sharp and the Sharpees, Has Died|last=Kasten|first=Roy|website=Riverfront Times|language=en|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2019-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211091154/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2017/05/15/stacy-johnson-singer-with-ike-turner-and-benny-sharp-and-the-sharpees-has-died|url-status=dead}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T98rDQAAQBAJ&q=Erskine+Oglesby+St+Louis&pg=PA123|title=That St. Louis Thing, Vol. 2: An American Story of Roots, Rhythm and Race|last=Olson, Bruce R.|year=2016|isbn=978-1-4834-5797-0|pages=123|publisher=Lulu.com |oclc=967779163}} The band was officially appointed as ambassadors for the City of St. Louis.{{Cite web|url=https://kdhx.org/articles/music-news/1182-jimmy-hinds-the-sound-of-st-louis|title=Jimmy Hinds: The Sound of St. Louis|last=Baugh|first=Bob|date=June 27, 2018|website=KDHX}} In 2018, Montgomery released her debut album, ''Miss Robbie's What They Call Me'', which was her first release in 40 years. The album includes songs that are mixture of soul, blues and country. Montgomery worked on the project with St. Louis-based producer and engineer Carl Nappa. == Sweetie Pie's == After Montgomery's lung collapsed, which prevented her singing, she moved back to St. Louis from California and became a [dialysis](/source/Kidney_dialysis) technician. Eventually she took her mother's [soul food](/source/soul_food) recipes, and created the soul food restaurant, Sweetie Pie's, run by herself and her family. The first restaurant, in [Dellwood, Missouri](/source/Dellwood%2C_Missouri), opened in 1996.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2016/07/27/sweetie-pie-s-founder-accuses-her-son-of-theft.html|title=Sweetie Pie's founder accuses her son of theft, trademark infringement|last=Kirn|first=Jacob|date=July 27, 2016|work=St. Louis Business Journal}} Montgomery hired men out of prison looking for jobs to work in her restaurant. ''[Welcome to Sweetie Pies](/source/Welcome_to_Sweetie_Pie's)'', a reality show which focused on Montgomery running her soul food restaurants, premiered on [OWN](/source/Oprah_Winfrey_Network) on October 15, 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2117780/|title=Welcome to Sweetie Pie's|website=IMDb}} In 2015, Montgomery was featured in the book ''The People's Place: Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences from the Civil Rights Era to Today''. Montgomery told author Dave Hoekstra that managing her own restaurant gave her new appreciation for her former boss Ike Turner. "Back then we all thought he was mean. You had to rehearse. He had his rules. You couldn't have runs in your stockings. But now that I am running a business I know exactly where he was coming from." Before Turner died in 2007, he visited Sweetie Pie's and tipped Montgomery fifty-dollars. In 2016, Montgomery sued her son Tim Norman for stealing money and violating her Sweetie Pie's trademark to open competing restaurants, and, in 2017, Montgomery filed a motion to enforce a [settlement agreement](/source/Settlement_(litigation)).{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/dining/restaurants/off-the-menu/court-filing-suggests-potential-sweetie-pie-s-lawsuit-settlement-is/article_a9b31fd7-a1d2-5bc6-bf33-092540fade83.html|title=Court filing suggests potential Sweetie Pie's lawsuit settlement is in limbo|last=Froeb|first=Ian|date=March 2, 2017|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}} In January 2020, Sweetie Pie's opened a new location in [Jackson, Mississippi](/source/Jackson%2C_Mississippi).{{Cite news|last=Weatherly|first=Jack|date=January 29, 2020|title=Sweetie Pie's' long road leads it to new location|work=Mississippi Business Journal|url=https://msbusiness.com/2020/01/sweetie-pies-long-road-leads-it-to-new-location/|archive-date=March 6, 2020|access-date=August 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306233908/https://msbusiness.com/2020/01/sweetie-pies-long-road-leads-it-to-new-location/|url-status=dead}} Montgomery and [Bobby Rush](/source/Bobby_Rush_(musician)) performed at the grand opening.{{Cite news|last=Burton|first=Gary|date=February 9, 2020|title=Bobby Rush Performs at the Sweetie Pie's Grand Opening|work=WJTV|url=https://www.wjtv.com/news/bobby-rush-performs-at-the-sweetie-pies-grand-opening/}} == Accolades == In the 1980s, Mayor Vincent Schoemehl appointed the St. Louis Kings of Rhythm, which included Montgomery, ambassadors for the City of St. Louis. In 2010, George Lombardi, the director of the Missouri Department of Corrections, presented Montgomery with a plaque honoring her for her willingness to help ex-offenders. ''Welcome to Sweetie Pie's'' won the [NAACP Image Award](/source/NAACP_Image_Awards) for Best Reality Series in both 2013 and 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/welcome-to-sweetie-pie-s-wins-image-award-for-best/article_e2180a86-d636-5553-964b-e2eee09d92ce.html|title='Welcome to Sweetie Pie's' wins Image Award for best reality series|last=Schremp Hahn|first=Valerie|date=February 1, 2013|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/the-full-list-of-winners-for-the-2016-naacp-image-awards-1201697491/|title=The 2016 NAACP Image Awards Winners: 'Creed', 'Black-Ish' Clean Up While 'Compton' Wins Best Film|last=Lincoln|first=Ross A.|date=February 6, 2016|website=Deadline|language=en}} == Personal life == Montgomery had a son, Andre Montgomery (1961–1995), with [Art Lassiter](/source/Art_Lassiter). Her grandson, Andre Montgomery Jr. (1994–2016), was featured on her show and was murdered in a shooting in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/grandson-of-sweetie-pie-s-owner-killed-in-st-louis/article_e1e9635c-6785-597c-946a-47eea2dcf651.html|title=Grandson of Sweetie Pie's owner killed in St. Louis shooting|date=March 15, 2016|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}} Montgomery's son, James Timothy Norman, was born in 1979. At the age of 17, in 1997, Norman and another teenager were charged with a series of felonies and accused of robbing at gunpoint two [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's) and an auto parts store in [Florissant, Missouri](/source/Florissant%2C_Missouri).{{Cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Erin |date=2020-08-20 |title=Charges are Latest Chapter in a Troubled Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-charges-are-late/196897688/ |access-date=2026-05-04 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=A3}} He spent several years in prison, and by 2011, when the family's reality show premiered, Norman was working for his mother at Sweetie Pie's. He has a son with his former fianceé born in 2011.{{Cite web |last= |date=2014-06-27 |title=Timmy Norman |url=https://www.glennon.org/timmy-norman/ |access-date=2026-05-04 |website=SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Foundation |language=en-US}} Norman managed the Sweetie Pie's restaurant on Manchester Avenue in St. Louis, and later co-owned a location in Jackson, Mississippi where he lived. In 2018, Norman was arrested for an incident in 2017 in which he was accused of punching his ex-restaurant employee.{{Cite web|url=https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/08/28/tim-norman-of-welcome-to-sweetie-pies-arrested-for-assault-of-restaurants-ex-chef/|title=Tim Norman Of 'Welcome To Sweetie Pie's' Arrested For Assault Of Restaurant's Ex-Chef|date=August 28, 2018|website=Black America Web|language=en}} On August 18, 2020, Norman was arrested in Jackson for his alleged role in a [murder-for-hire](/source/murder-for-hire) plot connected to the 2016 killing of his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr.{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Doyle|date=August 18, 2020|title=Sweetie Pie's Tim Norman, Exotic Dancer Charged in Murder-For-Hire Plot|work=Riverfront Times|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2020/08/18/sweetie-pies-tim-norman-exotic-dancer-charged-in-murder-for-hire-plot|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819030610/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2020/08/18/sweetie-pies-tim-norman-exotic-dancer-charged-in-murder-for-hire-plot|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/us/james-timothy-norman-sweetie-pie-murder-for-hire-trnd/index.html#:~:text=James%20Timothy%20Norman%20is%20the,that%20killed%20his%20teenage%20nephew.|title=Son of Sweetie Pie's owner charged in murder-for-hire plot to kill nephew|first1=Madeline|last1=Holcombe|first2=Raja|last2=Razek|publisher=CNN|date=August 19, 2020|accessdate=August 19, 2020}} Reports indicated that Norman, who faced federal charges and was identified as the sole beneficiary of an insurance policy on Andre, orchestrated the scheme and recruited several individuals—including Memphis exotic dancer Terica Ellis—to carry it out. Ellis, along with co-conspirators Travell Anthony Hill and Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder.{{cite news|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-plead-guilty-in-murder-for-hire-of-welcome-to-sweetie-pie-s-star/article_71cadfb5-effa-52ef-b4ee-ed023389ec54.html|title=Two plead guilty in murder-for-hire of 'Welcome to Sweetie Pie's' star|first=Nassim|last=Benchaabane|publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=July 23, 2022|accessdate=September 7, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-st-louis-crime-tv-2e3c5efb189be48df5b221897cdfd1bf|title=Man pleads guilty in death of Miss Sweetie Pie's grandson|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 3, 2022|accessdate=September 7, 2022}} Norman's trial began on September 6, 2022.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-tv-crime-shootings-3ee83e86e0e5f2e64377b77a19a46a3a|title=Trial begins in killing of Miss Sweetie Pie's grandson|publisher=Associated Press|date=September 7, 2022|accessdate=September 7, 2022}} After approximately 17 hours of deliberation, the jury found him guilty on September 16, 2022.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-tv-crime-shootings-a064eac89f93ed23a38dabe75f51b602|title='Sweetie Pie' star found guilty in nephew's shooting death|publisher=Associated Press|date=September 16, 2022|accessdate=October 26, 2022}} He was sentenced to life in prison on March 2, 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/tim-norman-former-sweetie-pies-star-sentenced-murder-for-hire/63-4aba42e1-35f7-4f63-a328-d8c7dbe2e540|title=Former Sweetie Pie's star sentenced to life in federal prison|first1=Justina|last1=Coronel|first2=Jacob|last2=Kuerth|publisher=KSDK|date=March 2, 2023|accessdate=March 2, 2023}} == Discography == === Singles === * 1963: "Crazy In Love" / "Pee Wee" (Teena 1701) === Albums === * 2018: ''Miss Robbie's What They Call Me'' ==== Featured as an Ikette/Mirette ==== * 1964: ''[Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live](/source/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner_Revue_Live)'' ([Kent Records](/source/Kent_Records)) * 1965: ''[Live! The Ike & Tina Turner Show](/source/Live!_The_Ike_%26_Tina_Turner_Show)'' ([Warner Bros Records](/source/Warner_Records)) * 1965: ''Fine Fine Fine'' ([Stateside Records](/source/Stateside_Records)) * 1967: [''The Ike & Tina Turner Show'' (''Vol. 2)''](/source/Live!_The_Ike_%26_Tina_Turner_Show) ([Loma Records](/source/Loma_Records)) * 1966: ''[Soul The Hits](/source/Soul_the_Hits)'' (Modern Records) * 1968: ''In The Midnight Hour'' (Revue Records) * 1969: ''Whirlpool'' ([Uni Records](/source/Uni_Records)) * 1987: ''Fine Fine Fine'' (Kent Records) *1987: ''St. Louis Kings Of Rhythm'' ([Timeless Records](/source/Timeless_Records)) * 2004: ''[The Bad Man: Rare & Unreissued Ike Turner Produced Recordings 1962–1965](/source/The_Bad_Man%3A_Rare_%26_Unreissued_Ike_Turner_Produced_Recordings_1962%E2%80%931965)'' (Night Train International) * 2007: ''Can't Sit Down... 'Cos It Feels So Good: The Complete Modern Recordings'' (Kent Records) === Backing vocal credits === * 1971: ''New York City (You're a Woman)'' – [Al Kooper](/source/Al_Kooper) *1972: ''Souvenirs'' – [Alex Harvey](/source/Alex_Harvey_(country_musician)) *1972: ''Bad But Not Evil'' – [Marjoe](/source/Marjoe_Gortner) * 1972: ''[Dr. John's Gumbo](/source/Dr._John's_Gumbo)'' – Dr. John * 1973: ''[In the Right Place](/source/In_the_Right_Place)'' – Dr. John * 1973: ''[Triumvirate](/source/Triumvirate_(album))'' – [Mike Bloomfield](/source/Mike_Bloomfield), [John Hammond Jr.](/source/John_Hammond_Jr.) and Dr. John *1973: ''Truth'' – [King Hannibal](/source/The_Mighty_Hannibal) *1973: ''Sharon Cash'' – Sharon Cash *1973: ''Brenda Patterson'' – [Brenda Patterson](/source/Brenda_Patterson) * 1973: ''[These Foolish Things](/source/These_Foolish_Things_(album))'' – [Bryan Ferry](/source/Bryan_Ferry) *1974: ''Compartments'' – [José Feliciano](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano) *1974: ''White Lady'' – [Badger](/source/Badger_(band)) * 1974: ''[Desitively Bonnaroo](/source/Desitively_Bonnaroo)'' – Dr. John *1974: ''Browning Bryant ''– [Browning Bryant](/source/Browning_Bryant) * 1975: ''[Hollywood Be Thy Name](/source/Hollywood_Be_Thy_Name)'' – Dr. John * 1975: ''[Home Plate](/source/Home_Plate_(album))'' – [Bonnie Raitt](/source/Bonnie_Raitt) *1976: ''Feelin' Free'' – Hap Palmer * 1977: ''[A Period of Transition](/source/A_Period_of_Transition)'' – [Van Morrison](/source/Van_Morrison) *1988: ''Have Mercy'' – [Eddie Kirkland](/source/Eddie_Kirkland) *2006: ''Roots, Blues & Jazz'' – [Bonnie Bramlett](/source/Bonnie_Bramlett) == Books == * ''Sweetie Pie's Cookbook: Soulful Southern Recipes, from My Family to Yours'' (2015) == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.sweetiepieskitchen.com/ Sweetie Pie's Restaurant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206043013/https://www.sweetiepieskitchen.com/ |date=2019-12-06 }} * [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/robbie-montgomery-mn0000042604 Robbie Montgomery] at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) * [http://www.oprah.com/app/sweetie-pies.html ''Welcome to Sweetie Pie's''] at [OWN](/source/Oprah_Winfrey_Network) {{The Ikettes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, Robbie}} Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:People from Columbus, Mississippi Category:Singers from Missouri Category:American rhythm and blues singers Category:American soul singers Category:Ike & Tina Turner members Category:American restaurateurs Category:American women restaurateurs Category:20th-century African-American women singers Category:20th-century American women singers Category:20th-century American singers Category:Businesspeople from St. Louis Category:People with sarcoidosis --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Robbie Montgomery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Montgomery) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Montgomery?action=history)). 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