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Bobby E. Denton is a former Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, who represented the 1st District since 1978, and was the Dean of the Senate, an honorary title. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama and is a previous Director of Development at Northwest Shoals Community College in Muscle Shoals.

Denton retired from the State Senate in 2010. He was first elected in 1976 to the Colbert County Commission and then won the first of his nine Senate elections in 1978.

Career He served in the Alabama Senate for 32 years, winning nine Senate elections. While on the Dick Clark Show on September 6, 1958, he sang "Back to School."

In 1997 Senator Denton returned to his musical roots and began recording again. He has recorded several albums and performs for live audiences.

Family Denton got married while still a teenager to his wife, Barbara. They had three children. He had a son, Mike, who died from a staph infection after knee surgery at the age of 42.