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Mr. Fries, who performed under the stage name C.W. McCall, was an ad executive before he scored a hit with “Convoy,” a CB radio-inspired ode to renegade truckers.
William Dale Fries Jr, better known as C.W. McCall, has died at age 93. McCall was best known for the 1975 hit ‘Convoy’.
Bill Fries, who under the stage name C.W. McCall sang hit country records in the 1970s about long-haul truck driving, died Friday at his home in Ouray, Colo. He was 93.
C.W. McCall, who was best known for his massive 1976 hit Convoy, has died after a battle with cancer.
We laid a strip for the Jersey shore, as Convoy went to #1 in 1976.