A upper Midwest baking company's advertising campaign created not one, but two cultural phenomenons: the 1976 No. 1 hit song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall and the group Mannheim Steamroller, best known for ...

On this day (December 6) in 1976, C.W. McCall was at the top of the country albums chart with Black Bear Road. Released in September 1975. The album reached No. 1 in time to be the final chart-topping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fries collaborated with Mannheim Steamroller founder Chip Davis on “Convoy”, which is credited to the two of them and the ...

Country singer C.W. McCall has died at the age of 93. The music star - who was best known for his 1975 hit 'Convoy' - passed away on Friday (01.04.22) in Ouray, Colorado, from cancer. McCall's son, ...

I'm sure someone, somewhere, is getting rich from Waze, but the app is also a beautiful example of socialism in action. Out in the world, drivers notice accidents or traffic jams or speed traps. They ...

I like a good truck-driving song. Was “Convoy” a good truck-driving song? Your artistic mileage may vary, but in terms of commercial success, “Convoy,” released in 1975 at the height of the CB radio ...