That song seems to pop into my head whenever I'm rushing somewhere. But Jerry Reed was more than an actor in these cornball movies. Originally from Atlanta, Reed moved to Nashville in the early ...

In 1972, Jerry ... Reed Dies at 71 Trending on Billboard Memories like that all come to the forefront for Reed on her new album, Today Is Mine: A Tribute to My Father, a collection of songs ...

Jerry Reed co-wrote and recorded the ultimate ... This is the second of two truck-driving songs on this list. 'Six Days on the Road' was originally cut by Dave Dudley, but many others have taken ...

Dogs rank up there with trains and mothers on the list ... songs about beloved family pets. That said, a little digging turns up a cat George Strait pretended to love, a parrot Jerry Reed tried ...

The latter gigs are typically raucous affairs, with the band playing the majority of On the Rocks and firing off a string of on-the-nose cover songs — like Jerry Reed’s Smokey and the Bandit ...

Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol’ boy ... Elvis Presley recorded two of his songs, “U.S. Male” and “Guitar Man” (both in 1968). He also wrote the hit “A Thing Called Love ...

The song would reach No. 53 on the charts, and though he had bigger hits, ‘Guitar Man’ remains Reed’s signature song. Meeting ‘The King of Rock and Roll’ Elvis Presley ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jerry Reed, a singer who became an actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie ...