Reed recalled how he was tracked down to play on the Presley session: "I was out on the Cumberland River fishing, and I got a call from Felton Jarvis (then Presley's producer at RCA Victor) He said, 'Elvis is down here.
Coincidentally Presley came to Nashville to record nine days later on September 10, 1967, and one of the songs he became especially excited about was "Guitar Man". Recorded on September 1, the song became his first Top 20 hit, going to No. Reed's next single was "Tupelo Mississippi Flash", a comic tribute to Presley. 53) with his self-penned " Guitar Man", which Elvis Presley soon covered. In July 1967, Reed had his best showing on the country chart (No. In 1962, he scored some success with two singles " Goodnight Irene" (as by Jerry Reed & the Hully Girlies, featuring a female vocal group) and "Hully Gully Guitar", which found their way to Chet Atkins at RCA Victor, who produced Reed's 1965 "If I Don't Live Up to It". He also became a popular session and tour guitarist. After serving two years in the United States Army, Reed moved to Nashville in 1961 to continue his songwriting career, which had continued to gather steam while he was in the Army, thanks to Brenda Lee's 1960 cover of his song "That's All You Got to Do". In 1959, Reed hit the Billboard "Bubbling Under the Top 100", also known as the Roar and Cashbox Country chart with the single "Soldier's Joy". Mitchell was a member of folk group The Appalachians ("Bony Moronie", 1963), and with Roy Drusky was co-credited on the 1965 country No. They had two daughters, Seidina Ann Hubbard, born April 2, 1960, and Charlotte Elaine (Lottie) Zavala, born October 19, 1970. Reed married Priscilla "Prissy" Mitchell in 1959. īy 1958, Bill Lowery signed Reed to his company, National Recording Corporation.He recorded for NRC as both an artist and as a member of the staff band which included Joe South and Ray Stevens, other NRC artists. He recorded both country and rockabilly singles and found success as a songwriter when label mate Gene Vincent covered his song "Crazy Legs" in 1958. At age 18, he was signed by publisher and record producer Bill Lowery to cut his first record, " If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise".Īt Capitol Records Reed was promoted as a new "teen-age sensation" after recording his own rockabilly composition "When I Found You" in 1956. By high school, Reed was already writing and singing music, having learned to play the guitar as a child. The O'Keefe building still exists today and was sold to Georgia Tech it is now part of the university's campus.
Reed graduated from O'Keefe High School, an Atlanta city school.
Reed was reunited with his mother and stepfather in 1944. I'm gonna go to Nashville and be a star." Reed's parents separated four months after his birth he and his sister spent seven years in foster homes or orphanages growing up. As a small child running around strumming his guitar he is quoted as saying "I am gonna be a star. Reed's grandparents lived in Rockmart and he would visit them from time to time. Reed was born in Atlanta and was the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard.
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