RIP C. W. McCall, of "Convoy" fame

[kurumi]

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/cw-mccall-convoy-dead-obit-1302155/

The 1970s were big for #1 novelty hits, and the biggest might have been "Convoy", which called out 2 interstates by name and touched off the CB radio craze.

Released in November 1975, the spoken-word saga would top both the country and pop charts the next year, sell more than 2 million copies, inspire a 1978 movie of the same name starring Kris Kristofferson, and help add jargon like "10-4, good buddy"  into the national lexicon.

"Spoken-word saga"? They might not have known it was "rap" back then, but we should know now :-)

Lyrics: https://genius.com/Cw-mccall-convoy-lyrics

[Stephane Dumas]

A good song, we'll miss C. W. McCall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEaQBx5HwZ8

Canadian country singer Paul Brandt did also a cover of Convoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAAwTlCp3OE

Edit: Paul Brandt did also a Christmas variation titled "Christmas Convoy".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTAZLYuGkk8

[Big John]

In coincidence, this was the year of the convoys.

[Rothman]

Aw.  A great American song.  Loved it the first time I heard it.

[hbelkins]

I wouldn't say it touched off the CB craze; it played off of it.