As the Bell Rings (United States)

Eventually, he got a telephone number in East Berlin. When he heard the operator's voice, he just went bananas. He taped the phone call and now Johnny put a tape into a tape recorder box that sat on the floor near him. He switched it on. "United States calling for Mr. Dean Reed." "Yes, this is Dean Reed." "Dean, this is an old friend of yours back here in the United States. Does the name Johnny Rose ring a bell?" Dean didn't remember. Johnny reminded him they recorded on Capitol together, that his birth name had been Rosenburg, but he recorded under Johnny Rose and how they met at Estes Park, where Dean helped him. Dean remembered. Of course, he remembered. You could almost hear Johnny let out his breath with relief that his old friend remembered him. Johnny told Dean he had made the TV news back in Colorado. Dean asked if Johnny was still in the singing business. Johnny told him how he underwent surgery in 1981 and couldn't work. They exchanged news about their families and promised to write each other. It was almost crying time for Johnny, as he put it. "My God, man, keep in touch, write to me," Johnny said ...»