Biography

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

Sam Whiskey

The Fisherman

Las Vegas Hillbillys

Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts

Himself (archive footage)

An Old Time Country Christmas

Self

Forty Acre Feud

Del Culpepper

The Gold Guitar

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers

Darby Clyde Fenster

Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1)

Self