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Dean Reed

Denver, United States • 1938-09-22 – 1986-06-13

Dean Reed is credited on 223 releases across 29 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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223

Pressings credited

29

Albums

8

Decades active

2

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Biography

Dean Cyril Reed (September 22, 1938 – June 13, 1986) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, director, and social activist who lived a great part of his adult life in South America and then in East Germany. Nicknamed the Red Elvis, Reed was the best-selling Western performer in communist countries, with his songs often topping the local charts, and millions of his records were sold in the Eastern Bloc and elsewhere mostly under the Soviet Melodiya label. He never renounced his U.S. citizenship, despite often denouncing the policy of the U.S. government, and was seen by the Western media as a threat and as a revolutionary artist.

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223 releases · 29 albums · active 1959–2023

  • Performance · 746
  • Other credits · 198

Studios: Mozarteum · Supraphon Studios

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