C.W. McCall

C.W. McCall is the pseudonym of William Dale Fries (born November 15, 1928) in Audubon, Iowa, USA.

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Pseudonym - November 15 - 1928 - Audubon, Iowa - USA

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In 1972, while working for an Omaha, Nebraska advertising firm, Bozell Jacobs, Fries created a television campaign for the Metz Baking Company. The Clio Award-winning ads featured a truck driver named C.W. McCall. The commercial's success led to songs such as "Old Home Fill-er Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Café", "Wolf Creek Pass" and "Black Bear Road". Fries sang and wrote the lyrics, and Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller wrote the music.

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1972 - Omaha, Nebraska - Metz Baking Company - Clio Award - Wolf Creek Pass - Black Bear Road - Chip Davis - Mannheim Steamroller

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McCall is best known for the 1976 #1 hit song "Convoy", which came at the peak of the citizens band radio fad in the United States.

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1976 - Convoy - Citizens band radio

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In 1978, the movie Convoy was released, based on the C.W. McCall song and starring Kris Kristofferson.

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1978 - Convoy - Kris Kristofferson

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In 1982, McCall was elected mayor of the town of Ouray, Colorado and served two terms.

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1982 - Ouray, Colorado

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