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Tall, blond haired country & western singer / songwriter from Atlanta Georgia, who usually appears in films portraying good humored Southern type characters. Reed was already writing and singing music in high school, and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year contract in 1955. However, in 1958, he signed over to NRC Records, and appeared alongside Ray Stevens and Joe South, plus he met his future wife, singer Priscilla Mitchell.

Reed is well known by music fans for his C & W hits including "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "East Bound and Down". After striking up a friendship with Burt Reynolds, Reed was cast in small roles in W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), and Gator (1976). He had a natural on-screen charm, and Reynolds picked him to play trucker "Cledus Snow" in the hugely popular Smokey and the Bandit (1977), plus he returned to the role in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983).

More recently, Reed has been seen in Bat*21 (1988) and The Waterboy (1998).

Jerry Reed in The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969)

CD: &quot;All American Country&quot; (Columbia)

(1972) Album: &quot;Me and Chet&quot; (RCA) with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0040562/?ref_=nmwrk">Chet Atkins</a>

(1970) Album: &quot;Me and Jerry&quot; (RCA) with <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0040562/?ref_=nmwrk">Chet Atkins</a>

(1982) Album: &quot;Live from Gilley&#39;s&quot; (LG)

(1982) Album: &quot;The Man with the Golden Thumb&quot; (RCA)

(1981) Album: &quot;Dixie Dreams&quot; (RCA)

(1980) Album: &quot;Texas Bound and Flyin&#39;&quot; (RCA)

(1980) Album: &quot;Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce&quot; (RCA)

(1979) Album: &quot;Live! Featuring Hot Stuff&quot; (RCA)

(1979) Album: &quot;Half Singin&#39; &amp; Half Pickin&#39;&quot; (RCA)

(1978) Album: &quot;Reedology&quot; (RCA)

(1978) Album: &quot;Sweet Love Feelings&quot; (RCA)

(1977) Album: &quot;Jerry Reed Rides Again&quot; (RCA)

(1977) Album: &quot;Smokey &amp; the Bandit&quot; (MCA)

(1977) Album: &quot;East Bound &amp; Down&quot; (RCA)

(1976) Album: &quot;Both Barrels&quot; (RCA)

(1976) Album: &quot;Alabama Woman&quot; (RCA)

(1976) Album: &quot;Red Hot Picker&quot; (RCA)

(1975) Album: &quot;Mind Your Love&quot; (RCA)

(1974) Album: &quot;Paper Roses&quot; (RCA)

(1974) Album: &quot;A Good Woman&#39;s Love&quot; (RCA)

(1974) Album: &quot;The Uptown Poker Club&quot; (RCA)

(1974) Album: &quot;The Tupelo Mississippi Flash&quot; (RCA)

(1973) Album: &quot;Just to Satisfy You&quot; (RCA)

(1973) Album: &quot;Jerry Reed&quot; (RCA)

(1973) Album: &quot;Lord, Mr. Ford&quot; (RCA)

(1973) Album: &quot;Hot A&#39;Mighty&quot; (RCA)

(1972) Album: &quot;Smell the Flowers&quot; (RCA)

(1972) Album: &quot;Oh, What a Woman!&quot; (RCA Camden)

(1971) Album: &quot;I&#39;m Movin&#39; On&quot; (Harmony)

(1971) Album: &quot;Georgia Sunshine&quot; (RCA)

(1971) Album: &quot;Ko-Ko Joe&quot; (RCA)

(1971) Album: &quot;When You&#39;re Hot You&#39;re Hot&quot; (RCA)

(1970) Album: &quot;Cookin&#39;&quot; (RCA)

(1969) Album: &quot;Better Things in Life&quot; (RCA)

(1968) Album: &quot;Alabama Wild Man&quot; (RCA)

(1968) Album: &quot;Nashville Underground&quot; (RCA Victor)

(1967) Album: &quot;The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed&quot; (RCA Victor)

(2008) Album: &quot;Finger Dancing&quot; (R2K)

(2007) CD single: &quot;Christmas at the Mall&quot; (R2K)

(2005) Album: &quot;Jerry Reed Live, Still!&quot;.

(1999) Album: &quot;Pickin&#39;&quot; (Southern Tracks)

(1995) Album: &quot;Flyin&#39; High&quot; (Southern Tracks)

(1992) Album: &quot;Sneakin&#39; Around&quot; (Columbia). NOTE: Won a Grammy as Best Country Album&quot;.

CD: &quot;RCA Country Legends&quot; (RCA).

(1967) Songwriter: Wrote &quot;Guitar Man&quot;, a hit for <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000062/?ref_=nmwrk">Elvis Presley</a>.

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