Happy 89th Birthday to C.W. McCall!

[AlwaysWrite]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to C.W. McCall, born William Dale Fries Jr. in Audubon, Iowa, 89 years ago today (Nov. 15). The country singer is most-noted for his chart-topping pop and country song "Convoy" in 1976, during the height of the CB craze ...

 

[Greg T.]

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaalute!! 10-4 good buddy!

 

[9andaWiggle]

Interesting how "C.W. Mccall's" music career launched from a wildly successful TV advertising campaign he created for a baking company. Also interesting that Chip Davis (mastermind of Mannheim Steamroller) helped write the music while Fries wrote the lyrics and sang.

 

[AlwaysWrite]

Interesting how "C.W. Mccall's" music career launched from a wildly successful TV advertising campaign he created for a baking company. Also interesting that Chip Davis (mastermind of Mannheim Steamroller) helped write the music while Fries wrote the lyrics and sang.

Dear 9andaWiggle:

What you wrote in the above-quoted post is true, but as for the song "Convoy" itself, it was the song that brought McCall (Fries) to prominence, but he had four previous C&W charters, and one of them ("Wolf Creek Pass") also crossed over to the pop charts at No. 40 nationally.

 

[WAMO]

WE GOT OURSELVES A CONVOY!

 

[9andaWiggle]

This one was always my favorite... "Classified" was a close 2nd.