Bobby Denton was born and raised on a small farm near Cherokee, Alabama. He began singing and playing the guitar at an early age and performed on radio and various musical events around the northwest Alabama area. Tune Records opened in Florence in 1956, and when he was a teenager, Denton recorded “A Fallen Star” there. It’s probably the first master tape recording from which a commercial record was pressed in the state of Alabama.

Denton recorded several other songs for Tune before signing with promoter Jud Phillips. Jud was the brother of Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and founded Sun Records of Memphis. Bobby recorded four songs for Phillips's Judd Records that had nationwide distribution. He performed on The Dick Clark Show (ABC TV network) from New York, and his recordings of “Sweet and Innocent” and “Back to School” were hits in several areas of the country. He also toured with music headliners around the country before he left the business in 1960.

Bobby returned to music in 1997. He recorded a 13-song album of old favorite gospel songs called My God and I. In 1998 he released another gospel album called Hope and in 1999 an album called Love Songs was released. His latest release is Amazing Grace. He was a state senator from 1978 to 2010.