American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1937–2008)
For the American baseball player, see Jerry Reed (baseball).
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Jerry Reed
Reed in 1982
Background information
Birth name
Jerry Reed Hubbard
Born
(1937-03-20)March 20, 1937 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died
September 1, 2008(2008-09-01) (aged 71) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Country
rockabilly
Occupation(s)
Singer
guitarist
composer
songwriter
actor
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
Years active
1955–2008
Labels
Capitol
NRC
RCA Victor
Formerly of
Old Dogs
Musical artist
Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937[1] – September 1, 2008),[2] known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American 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.
Reed was announced as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame in April 2017 and he was officially inducted by Bobby Bare on October 24.[3]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 2061/2. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^Cite error: The named reference nytobit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Watts, Cindy. "Alan Jackson, Jerry Reed, Don Schlitz tapped for Country Music Hall of Fame". The Tennessean.
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