Franklin Delano Reeves (July 14, 1932 – January 1, 2007), better known as Del Reeves, was an American country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty songs of the 1960s including "Girl on the Billboard" and "The Belles of Southern Bell". He is also known for his 1968 trucker's 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.
Under this clown's face, there's a serious guy. But I never got to show it because I got tagged as "that clown". I've been clowning as long as I can remember.
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I want to be remembered as a great showman and a nice guy. That's all I could hope for.
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He got his nickname from the nonsense syllables "doodle-oo-doo-doo" that he sang with the guitar intro to his 1965 number-one hit song "Girl on the Billboard". His other hits included "Belles of Southern Bell", "Be Glad", "Good Time Charlie's", "Looking at the World through a Windshield", "Philadelphia Fillies", and "Women Do Funny Things to Me".
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