Del Reeves


Franklin Delano Reeves , better known as Del Reeves, was an American country music singer, best known for his girlwatching novelty songs of the 1960s including Girl on the Billboard and The Belles of Southern Bell. He is also known for his 1968 truckers anthem, Looking At The World Through A Windshield, which demonstrated he was capable of more than just novelty songs. He became one of the most successful male country singers of the 1960s.

Reeves was born in Sparta, North Carolina on July 14, 1932. He 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. He graduated from Piney Creek High School in 1951.

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