Editing Jerry Reed (section)

==Early life==
Reed was born in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]<ref name="LarkinGE"/> and was the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard. Reed's grandparents lived in [[Rockmart, Georgia|Rockmart]] and he would visit them from time to time. As a small child running around strumming his guitar he is quoted as saying "I am gonna be a star. 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 home]]s or [[orphanage]]s growing up. Reed was reunited with his mother and stepfather in 1944.

Reed graduated from O'Keefe High School, an Atlanta city school. The O'Keefe building still exists today; it was sold to [[Georgia Tech]] and is now part of the university's campus. By high school, Reed was already writing and singing music, having learned to play the guitar as a child. At age 18, he was signed by publisher and record producer [[Bill Lowery (record producer)|Bill Lowery]] to cut his first record, "[[If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creek Don't Rise]]".

At [[Capitol Records]] Reed was promoted as a new "teen-age sensation" after recording his own [[rockabilly]] composition "When I Found You" in 1956. 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.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

By 1958, [[Bill Lowery (record producer)|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.

Reed married [[Priscilla Mitchell|Priscilla "Prissy" Mitchell]] in 1959. They had two daughters, Seidina Ann Hubbard, born April 2, 1960, and Charlotte Elaine (Lottie) Zavala, born October 19, 1970. Mitchell was a member of folk group The Appalachians ("Bony Moronie", 1963), and with [[Roy Drusky]] was co-credited on the 1965 country No. 1 "[[Yes, Mr. Peters]]".