Del Reeves

Biography

Franklin Delano Reeves was a country music singer born on July 14, 1932, in Sparta, North Carolina, to a family of eleven children. He became a local radio star at age twelve and later served in the US Air Force before returning to his music career. Known for novelty songs like "Girl on the Billboard" and "Looking at the World Through a Windshield", Reeves was a successful male country singer in the 1960s, becoming a Grand Ole Opry member in 1966.