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Jerry Reed

Acting Born Mar 20, 1937 Died Sep 1, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, USA 36 credits

Biography

Jerry Reed was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor. He appeared in more than a dozen films. Reed's signature songs include "Guitar Man," "A Thing Called Love," "Alabama Wild Man," "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (which won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance), "Ko-Ko Joe", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "East Bound and Down" (the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit, in which he co-starred), "The Bird," and "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)".

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Career timeline

Austin City Limits: Country
Ramblin Man 2
The Waterboy
Bat★21Bat★21 · Executive Producer
What Comes AroundWhat Comes Around · Director
Mama's FamilySmokey and the Bandit Part 3The SurvivorsStroker AceCountry Gold
Madame's Place
Mid-South WrestlingLynda Carter's CelebrationThe Nashville PalaceAll-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell SistersSmokey and the Bandit II
Concrete CowboysHot Stuff
High-Ballin'
Smokey and the BanditSmokey and the Bandit · Original Music ComposerNashville 99
AliceGator
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Dinah!Music Country USA
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Bobbie Gentry
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonThe Merv Griffin Show
American Bandstand

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