Del Reeves
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Sparta, North Carolina, USA
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.
Known for
- Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1) — Self2016
- Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts — Himself (archive footage)2007
- Sam Whiskey — The Fisherman1969
- An Old Time Country Christmas — Self1969
- Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers — Darby Clyde Fenster1967
- Las Vegas Hillbillys1966
- The Gold Guitar1966
- Forty Acre Feud — Del Culpepper1965
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Franklin Delano "Del" Reeves (July 14, 1932 – January 1, 2007) was a country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty-type songs of the 1960s. He became one of the most successful male country singers of the 1960s. Reeves was named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had been nominated by the Democratic Party to be their presidential nominee just a few days before he was born. Del Reeves is probably best known for his fair share of 1960s hits. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Reeves
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sparta
- Place of death
- Centerville
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- United Artists Records
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- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- birth name
- Franklin Delano Reeves
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1932-07-14
- date of death
- 2007-01-01
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
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