from the 19 sixties until the collapse of communism.
The most famous musician in the soviet bloc wasn't
Elvis Presley john Lennon or even a Communist party.
Hackett was an american.
A former teen idol named Dean Reed curiosity stream finds out
more about this young star in Red Elvis take a look.
He envisioned himself as a cowboy as a
western singer and that's what ended up happening
at the time. They were looking for the next big star. The next Elvis
between his acting and his music and his charisma. He was on his way,
but things didn't go as he had expected.
I've learned so much from you. You're the soviet people.
I love you very, very, very much.
They saw a genuine opportunity to have this american come
to the USSR fans were flocking to concert halls.
Russian culture was very restricted at the time they would barely move.
Dean was not like that
for us, It was the biggest revelation after bible.
Dean enjoyed the benefits of Soviets needing a socialist Western rockstar.
Love your brother. Here's an american, but who's telling you like it is.
And that was the extraordinary power of Dean Reed.
He expressed how much he was missing home an entertainer who has become
the soviet version of a superstar yearns to duplicate his success back home.
He's put together plans to come back to America.
I would love to go back and be senator Colorado
considered this great opportunity.
It was a disaster in the height of the cold war, traitors are hung,
there killed Dean's in trouble.
Six weeks after this interview was broadcast, he disappeared.
There are too many unanswered questions.
When he refuses to work with the secret police, he becomes a liability.
There was a high level of sedative in his blood accident. That's what they said.
I don't believe it.
Okay.
It seems pretty intense and interesting. Alright. The curiosity.
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