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Del Reeves

Known for

Acting

Born

July 14, 1932

Birthplace

Sparta, North Carolina, USA

Died

January 1, 2007 (aged 74)

Biography

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.

Best known work

Sam Whiskey
Sam Whiskey
1969
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers
1967
Las Vegas Hillbillys
Las Vegas Hillbillys
1966
Forty Acre Feud
Forty Acre Feud
1965
Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
2007
The Gold Guitar
The Gold Guitar
1966
Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1)
Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1)
2016
An Old Time Country Christmas
An Old Time Country Christmas
1969

Filmography

  1. 2016

    Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1)

    as Self

  2. 2007

    Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts

    as Himself (archive footage)

  3. 1969

    An Old Time Country Christmas

    as Self

  4. 1969

    Sam Whiskey

    as The Fisherman

  5. 1967

    Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

    as Darby Clyde Fenster

  6. 1966

    The Gold Guitar

  7. 1966

    Las Vegas Hillbillys

  8. 1965

    Forty Acre Feud

    as Del Culpepper

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