Bill Fries, Singer Known for 1970s Trucking Ballad ‘Convoy,’ Dies at 93 - The New York Times

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.

After graduating from high school, Mr. Fries attended the University of Iowa for a year and then came back to Audubon and started a sign-painting business. In the late 1940s, he went to work for the… [+1129 chars]

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