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Dean Reed
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singer, musician, actor, writer, director (1938-1986)
Film & TV
Denver, Colorado, USA
Dean Reed was born September 22, 1938, in Denver Colorado. He went to Hollywood where he signed a record contract with Capitol Records in 1958, but his third single, "Our Summer Romance" was so popular in South America he went to tour there. More popular than Elvis Presley, he stayed to enjoy his incredible fame in Chile, Peru, Argentina. He made albums, starred in movies and had his own…
Known for
- Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy — Self (Archive Footage)2022
- Red Gringo — Himself (archive footage)2016
- The Red Elvis — Himself (archive footage)2007
- American Rebel: The Dean Reed Story — Himself1985
- Windy Story — Jim Gains1984
- Sing, Cowboy, Sing — Joe1981
- The Singer — El Cantor1977
- Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte — Dean1976
- Blood Brothers — Harmonika1975
- Kit & Co. — Kit Bellow1974
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Mr. Simpatia, Red Elvis
- Born
- Dean Cyril Reed , September 22, 1938
- Origin
- Denver , Colorado, U.S.
- Died
- June 13, 1986 (aged 47), Zeuthen , East Germany
- Genres
- Pop, country , rock and roll
- Occupations
- Singer, musician, actor, writer, director
- Instruments
- Vocals, guitar
- Years active
- 1958–1986
- Labels
- Capitol Records , Melodiya , Amiga , Supraphon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cyril
- Family name
- Reed
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Denver
- Place of death
- Zeuthen
- Spouse
- Renate Blume
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- bard song
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Supraphon
- Official website
- www.deanreed.de
- Image
- ReedD.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Dean Reed
- date of birth
- 1938-09-22
- date of death
- 1986-06-13
- manner of death
- Suicide
- birth name
- Dean Cyril Reed
- name in native language
- Dean Reed
- cause of death
- drowning
- place of burial
- Boulder
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- influenced by
- Elvis Presley
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Encyclopedic overview
Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany.
Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was the best-selling Western performer in communist countries, with his songs often topping the local charts, and millions of his records were sold in the Eastern Bloc and elsewhere mostly under the Soviet Melodiya label. He never renounced his U.S. citizenship, despite often denouncing the policy of the U.S. government, and was seen by the Western media as a threat and as a revolutionary artist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dean Reed” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.