advertising campaigns. He was also a musician remembered for his character C. W. McCall, a truck-driving country singer that he created for a series of bread...
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C. W. McCall & Co. is country musician C. W. McCall's sixth and last album of original songs, released on Polydor Records in 1979 (see 1979 in music)...
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The Legendary C. W. McCall is a greatest hits album released on audio cassette only by country musician C. W. McCall in 1991 (see 1991 in music), on the...
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Wilderness is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, a pseudonym of singer and advertising executive Bill Fries, released on Polydor Records in 1976...
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The Best of C. W. McCall is a greatest hits album released by country musician C. W. McCall on the PSM label in 1997 (see 1997 in music). As with all...
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Wolf Creek Pass (section C. W. McCall)
way to New Mexico and Arizona. The pass is notable as inspiration of a C. W. McCall song. The pass is significantly steep on either side (6.8% maximum grade)...
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Convoy (song) (category C. W. McCall songs)
"Convoy" is a 1975 novelty song performed by C. W. McCall (a character co-created and voiced by Bill Fries, along with Chip Davis) that became a number-one...
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acts earned their first number one songs, such as The Bay City Rollers, C. W. McCall, Rhythm Heritage, Johnnie Taylor, The Bellamy Brothers, The Sylvers,...
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of a spoken-word song and album of the same title by country musician C. W. McCall. Black Bear Road is open a few months of the year, from late summer (usually...
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The Real McCall: An American Storyteller is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on American Gramaphone in 1990 (see 1990 in music) and...
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film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song "Convoy" by C. W. McCall. The film was made when the CB radio/trucking craze was at its peak in...
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music group Mannheim Steamroller. Davis composed the music for several C. W. McCall albums, including the hit 1975 song "Convoy". He has also written and...
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List of train songs (section W)
Roxx Gang, Sonic Youth, Johnny Winter "Silverton, The" (C. W. McCall, Chip Davis) by C. W. McCall "Six O' Clock Train and a Girl with Green Eyes, The" (John...
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Rubber Duck (album) (category C. W. McCall albums)
Rubber Duck is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on Polydor Records in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It is his fourth album, released the...
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Roses for Mama (song) (category C. W. McCall songs)
a song recorded by country music artist C. W. McCall and covered by Red Sovine, and was a top 5 hit for McCall in 1977. The song was also covered, in German...
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publishing all of Davis' compositions (including his work with Bill Fries (C. W. McCall)). American Gramaphone has also released solo albums by Mannheim Steamroller...
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"Convoy" and its sequel, "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck". Album - Billboard (North America) NarrowGauge.org C. W. McCall album listing v t e v t e...
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Wolf Creek Pass (album) (category C. W. McCall albums)
Cafe (and Other Wild Places.) is the debut album by country musician C. W. McCall, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) on MGM Records. It was recorded...
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Red River Dave McEnery released "The Pine-Tarred Bat (The Ballad of George Brett)" on Longhorn Records. Country music artist C. W. McCall dedicated the...
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McCall is a surname. It may also refer to: C. W. McCall, stage name of American singer and songwriter William Dale Fries, Jr. (1928-2022) McCall Zerboni...
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from his album Over-Nite Sensation (1973). Frank, in "Classified" by C. W. McCall Frunobulax, a large poodle, appears on the Frank Zappa and the Mothers...
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'Round the World with the Rubber Duck (category C. W. McCall songs)
Duck" is a 1976 novelty song performed by C.W. McCall. The song serves as sequel to, and parody of, McCall's previous song "Convoy." After reaching the...
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Ridgway was abandoned on March 21, 1953. In 1986, Bill Fries, a.k.a. C. W. McCall, was elected mayor, and served for six years. The entirety of Main Street...
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film), a film by Sam Peckinpah and Kris Kristofferson, inspired by the C. W. McCall song of the same name Convoy (TV series), a 1965 television series starring...
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for a duo of truckers in the 1975 country song "Wolf Creek Pass" by C. W. McCall. From Wolf Creek pass to town, U.S. Highway 160 goes through a vertical...
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Black Bear Road (album) (category C. W. McCall albums)
Black Bear Road is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on MGM Records in 1975 (see 1975 in music). It is largely considered the album which...
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Four Wheel Cowboy (category C. W. McCall albums)
Four Wheel Cowboy is a greatest hits album by country musician C. W. McCall, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music) on Polydor Records. All of the songs...
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Roses for Mama (album) (category C. W. McCall albums)
by country musician C. W. McCall (pseudonym for the singer and songwriter Bill Fries), released on Polydor Records in 1977. McCall sings several songs...
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with his friend Bill Fries on the songs of the country music character "C. W. McCall", of "Convoy" fame. The song was based on the character created by Fries...
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the influence of earlier country musicians like Charlie Daniels and C. W. McCall; NPR said the song is a "Deliverance-style encounter with Ku Klux Klan-accredited...
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