But it was of course the CB radio usage that propelled “Convoy” to the next level, as the song’s tale of a rebel trucker cavalcade electrified audiences, along with its fictional CB names of ...

Soon enough, MGM Records in Nashville got interested and Fries cooked up his iconic truck life story song, “Convoy,” which was larded with a string of CB radio buzzwords.

The song, heavily laden with CB slang and conversation and a 1970s hit, tells the story of a spontaneous truck convoy that clashes with authorities. More here.

C.W. McCall, an advertising executive-turned-country singer who cashed in on the CB radio craze of the mid-1970s with his No. 1 crossover hit "Convoy," died Friday, his son said. He was 93.

Obituaries Bill Fries, who had No. 1 hit as C.W. McCall with ‘Convoy,’ dies at 93 He was an advertising executive whose spoken-word songs about truck driving and CB radio became unlikely hits ...

CB radio became a social and cultural phenomenon in the US during the 1970s, an era before widespread availability of cellular telephones. Reflected in music (the song “Convoy”, for example) and ...

“Convoy” by C.W. McCall Part of what made this entry on our list of 1970s pop one-hit wonders such a hit at the time was the fact that it capitalized on the CB radio craze of its era.

C.W. McCall, an advertising executive-turned-country singer who cashed in on the CB radio craze of the mid-1970s with his No. 1 crossover hit “Convoy,” died Friday, his son said. He was 93.