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Bobby Tarantino

Bobby Tarantino is the fifth mixtape by Maryland rapper Logic, a surprise release on July 1, 2016 via Def Jam and Visionary Music Group; 11 tracks, 32:21, produced by Logic and 6ix, featuring Pusha T on "Wrist".

Bobby Troup

Bobby Troup (Robert William Troup Jr., 1918-1999), American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, and actor; composer of "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (1946), host of Stars of Jazz, and Dr. Joe Early on Emergency!.

Bobby V

Bobby V (Bobby Marcel Wilson, born 1980, Jackson, Mississippi), formerly Bobby Valentino, is an Atlanta-based R&B singer from the group Mista whose 2005 hit "Slow Down" topped US R&B charts; albums include Special Occasion and The Rebirth.

Bobby Van

Bobby Van (Robert Jack Stein, 1928-1980), American song-and-dance man of MGM musicals Small Town Girl and Kiss Me Kate, Broadway's No, No, Nanette (Tony nominee), and 1970s game show host.

Bobby Vee

Bobby Vee (Robert Thomas Velline, 1943-2016), American pop singer and early-1960s teen idol from Fargo, North Dakota. Rose to fame filling in for Buddy Holly after the 1959 crash; Liberty Records hits include Take Good Care of My Baby, Run to Him, Rubber Ball.

Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton, born Stanley Robert Vinton Jr. (1935), the "Polish Prince," is an American pop crooner whose 1962–64 number ones "Roses Are Red (My Love)," "Blue Velvet," "There! I've Said It Again," and "Mr. Lonely" distinguish him from other Vintons.

Bobby Whitlock

Bobby Whitlock (Robert Stanley Whitlock, 1948-2025), American singer-keyboardist, first white artist signed to Stax's HIP imprint, co-founder of Derek and the Dominos with Eric Clapton, co-writer on Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs and All Things Must Pass session player.

Bobby Willis

Bobby Willis (Robert Willis, 1942-1999) was an English songwriter and show business manager, husband and manager of singer and TV presenter Cilla Black; he wrote "Shy of Love" and ran her career after Brian Epstein's death.

Bobby Womack

Bobby Womack (Robert Dwayne Womack, 1944–2014), American soul singer-songwriter and guitarist from Cleveland, Valentinos member, writer of "It's All Over Now" and "Across 110th Street," Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2009.

Bobby's World

Bobby's World is an American animated children's series following 4-year-old Bobby Generic, whose everyday family life sparks vivid flights of fancy; Howie Mandel co-created and voiced it.

Bobcat Goldthwait

Bobcat Goldthwait (Robert Francis Goldthwait, born 1962, Syracuse, New York) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and film director known for his screeching 1980s persona, Zed in Police Academy, and directing Shakes the Clown and World's Greatest Dad.

Bobino

Bobino is a historic Paris music hall on rue de la Gaîté in Montparnasse, the main Left Bank stage of French chanson from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Bobo masks

Bobo masks are carved wooden and fiber masks made by the Bobo people of western Burkina Faso, embodying the spirit Dwo in initiation rites, funerals, and harvest ceremonies.

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (ボボボーボ・ボーボボ)

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (ボボボーボ・ボーボボ) is Yoshio Sawai's absurdist gag battle manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2001–2007, 28 volumes, 7 million copies, adapted into a 76-episode 2003–2005 Toei anime.

BoBoiBoy

BoBoiBoy: Malaysian 3D animated superhero franchise by Animonsta Studios/MONSTA, aired since March 2011; boy with elemental powers (Ochobot's Power Band); 45-country YouTube fanbase, BoBoiBoy Galaxy films and series, ContentAsia Awards 2026 winner.

Bobok

Bobok (Бобок) is a fantastic and satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in 1873 in Grazhdanin and printed in his Diary of a Writer.

Bobrinsky Bucket

The Bobrinsky Bucket is a cast bronze vessel inlaid with silver and copper, made in Herat in 1163, now in the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.

Bobs Gannaway

Roberts "Bobs" Gannaway (born 1965) is an American animation writer, producer, and director known for Timon & Pumbaa, Mickey MouseWorks, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Monsters at Work, and WondLa.

Boca de Ouro

Boca de Ouro (Gold Mouth) is a 1959 three-act play by the Brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues, set in the gambling underworld of Rio's Madureira suburb.

Bocas Lit Fest

The Bocas Lit Fest is a non-profit literary festival held each year in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, founded by Marina Salandy-Brown and first staged in 2011.

Bocchi the Rock! (ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!)

Bocchi the Rock! (ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!) is Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga in Manga Time Kirara MAX and its 2022 CloverWorks anime about shy guitarist Hitori Gotoh joining Kessoku Band; the band's 2023 album topped Oricon digital and Billboard Japan download charts.

Bocchi the Rock! (ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!) (TV series)

Bocchi the Rock! (ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!) is a 2022 CloverWorks TV anime of Aki Hamaji's Manga Time Kirara MAX manga about shy guitarist Hitori Gotoh joining Kessoku Band; 12 episodes aired October 8 to December 24, 2022, spawning a real-life sold-out touring band.

Bocio

Bocio are carved wooden power figures of the Fon and Ewe peoples of Benin and Togo, empowered with bindings and offerings to protect against harm.

Bock

Bock (Bockbier) is a strong German beer style above 16 degrees Plato and typically over 6.5% ABV, originating in Einbeck, Lower Saxony, and named by Bavarian corruption of that town's name; substyles include Maibock, Doppelbock, and Eisbock.

Bodak Yellow

"Bodak Yellow" (Money Moves) is Cardi B's June 16, 2017 Atlantic/KSR debut single, modeled on Kodak Black's "No Flockin" flow, produced by J. White Did It; it hit Billboard Hot 100 number one for three weeks, the first solo female rap chart-topper since Lauryn Hill in 1998.

Bodas de Sangre (1981 film)

Bodas de sangre (Blood Wedding, 1981) is Carlos Saura's Spanish film of Antonio Gades's flamenco-ballet version of Lorca's tragedy, filmed as a single dress rehearsal; first of Saura's Flamenco Trilogy, shown out of competition at Cannes 1981.

Bodega (store)

Bodega: a small family-run neighborhood convenience store, strongly associated with New York City, named from Spanish for wine cellar; Puerto Rican origins in the 1950s, later Dominican and Yemeni owners, community anchor and higher prices than supermarkets.

Bodheswaran

Bodheswaran, born Keshava Pillai, was an Indian independence activist and Malayalam poet who took part in the Vaikom Satyagraha and wrote Kerala Ganam, declared Kerala's cultural song in 2014.

Bodhi

Bodhi are a Welsh house music duo from Cardiff made up of Luke Welsby and Olly Howells, active since 2012 and releasing on Hotflush Recordings since 2023.

Bodhi Elfman

Bodhi Elfman (Bodhi Pine Elfman, born Bodhi Pine Saboff, 1969, Los Angeles) is an American actor, son of Richard Elfman and husband of Jenna Elfman, known as Mr. Scratch on Criminal Minds and for Mercury Rising and Collateral.