McCall, real name Bill Fries, was working in advertising when he devised the character of C.W. McCall for a 1973 advertising spot for Old Home Bread. The ad won a Clio Award, and it spawned a new ...

C.W. McCall, who was best known for his massive 1975 hit "Convoy," has died after a battle with cancer. The Washington Post reports that McCall died on Friday (April 1) at his home in Ouray, Colo. He ...

“Convoy” singer C.W. McCall has died at 93. He had been battling cancer and was in hospital care in his Colorado home when he died on Friday, April 1. The death has been confirmed by his son, Bill ...

C.W. McCall, an outlaw country singer best known for truck-themed songs like "Convoy," has revealed that he's in hospice. The 93-year-old one-time chart-topper shares that he's battling cancer, as his ...

Bill Fries, the country singer who used the stage name C.W. McCall and was behind the No. 1 hit “Convoy,” died Friday. He was 93. Fries had been battling cancer, the Washington Post reported. He went ...

If you didn’t recognize the name Bill Fries as it popped up in obituary headlines over the past weekend, after Fries’ death at age 93 following a cancer diagnosis, you might have had more luck with ...

C.W. McCall had a surprise No. 1 hit in 1976. But he was actually an ad executive playing the character of a country singer. Sound Opinions producer Evan Chung tells the strange story of how “Convoy” ...

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 ...

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. McCall, ...

C.W. McCall, best known for his 1975 novelty hit “Convoy,” has died after a battle with cancer. He was 93. According to the Washington Post, McCall, whose real name was Bill Fries, died on Friday at ...

C.W. McCall, best known for his massive 1975 hit “Convoy,” died Friday in Ouray, Colo. at age 93 from cancer. His death was first reported by the Washington Post. Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: ...