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Del Reeves

Singer-songwriter | * 07/14/1932 († 74, 01/01/2007) | Sparta, North Carolina (United States of America (USA))
Franklin Delano Reeves (July 14, 1932 – January 1, 2007) was an American country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty songs of the 1960s including "Girl on the Billboard" and "The Belles of Southern Bell". He is also known for his 1968 trucker's anthem, "Looking at the World Through a Windshield", which demonstrated he was capable of more than just novelty songs. He became one of the most successful male country singers of the 1960s. ()

Country singer/songwriter Franklin Delano Reeves was born on July 14, 1932 in Sparta, North Carolina. The youngest of eleven children, Reeves learned how to play guitar with his mother's help (he borrowed his brothers' instruments while they were serving in World War II) and was a local radio star at age twelve.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Comedies | Documentaries

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When his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow after her to make sure she doesn't get into trouble ...

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R

1976 | 2.7/5 | 1h 38min
Action, Thriller
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New York gangsters head South in search of that magical Nashville sound. Unfortunately, they misunderstand the directions given to them by a friendly gas station attendant and wind up in Atlanta inste ...

The Gold Guitar

Certification unknown

1966 | 1h 24min
 
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The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night. ...

Drive-In

PG

1976 | 2.5/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Drama
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John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ...

Who'll Stop the Rain

R

1978 | 3.3/5 | 2h 6min
War, Crime, Action
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Movies with Del Reeves as Actor(5)

as Himself (archive footage)2007 Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
as The Fisherman1969 Sam Whiskey
as Darby Clyde Fenster1967 Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1966 Las Vegas Hillbillys
1965 Forty Acre Feud

Full Name: Del Reeves
Born: Thursday, 07/14 1932 (July) in Sparta, North Carolina (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 01/01 2007 (January) in Centerville (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Record Label: United Artists Records
Other names for Del Reeves (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Franklin Delano Reeves"
Del Reeves frequently works together with these people:
Ferlin Husky (3x, Actor)
Robert V. Barron (3x, Actor)
Marty Stuart (2x, Actor)
Arnold Laven (2x, Crew)
Sonny James (2x, Actor)
Theodore Lehmann (2x, Actor)
Larry Jackson (2x, Crew)
Gerhard Maser (1x, Crew)
Harvey Clermont (1x, Crew)
Charlsie Bryant (1x, Crew)
Wilma Burgess (1x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:747286, Added: 11/02/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024