Biography of jerry reed
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Jerry Reed Hubbard (1937-2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films
Reed was born on the 20th March 1937 in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard. Reed's parents separated four months after his birth, and he and his sister spent seven years in foster homes or orphanages. Reed was reunited with his mother and stepfather in 1944.
By high school (O'Keefe High School, Atlanta, Georgia) Reed was already writing and singing music, having picked up the guitar as a child. At the age of eighteen he was signed by publisher and record producer Bill Lowery to make his first record, "If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creeks Don't Rise". At Capitol Records, he recorded both country and rockabilly singles with little success, until label mate Gene Vincent covered his "Crazy Legs" in 1958. By 1958
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A Career in Film
Reed’s regular appearances on CBS’s Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour led to his wisecracking country boy role in the 1975 Burt Reynolds vehicle W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings. Mostly playing to his own wilder side, Reed appeared in Reynolds’s Gator (1976), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), High-Ballin’ (1978), Hot Stuff (1979), Concrete Cowboys (a 1979 TV movie that resulted in a brief 1981 CBS series starring Reed), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Smokey and the Bandit III (1983), and Survivors (1983).
As Reed’s film career prospered, however, his records lost steam. After “Lord, Mr. Ford,” he posted only two Top Ten hits—the Smokey and the Bandit theme “East Bound and Down” (1977) and “(I Love You) What Can I Say” (1978)—until his pair of 1982 novelty hits, “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)” and “The Bird.” Reed and Waylon Jennings joined forces for a 1983 hit remake of the Sam and Dave oldie
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Jerry Reed
American musician (1937–2008)
For the American baseball player, see Jerry Reed (baseball).
Musical artist
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937[1] – September 1, 2008),[2] known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", "A Thing Called Love", "Alabama Wild Man", "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male), "Ko-Ko Joe", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "East Bound and Down" (the theme song for the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, in which Reed co-starred), "The Bird", and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)".
Reed was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. He was announced as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame in April 2017 and he was officially inducted bygd Bobby Bare on October 24.[3]