These hit singles from some of country music's biggest crossover artists prove how popular the genre was in 1975.

The song rose to No. 1 on the Billboard pop and country charts in 1975-76 at a time when CB radios were gaining wider cultural prominence, popping up in consumer cars as well as in the films White ...

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 ...

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.

CW McCall, the artist behind "Convoy" and other trucker anthems, dies at 93. "Convoy" was a hit on pop and country charts at the height of of the trucking craze in the 70s.

Trucking’s rise in pop culture was well underway when “Convoy” was released in late 1975, capturing the hearts of not just truckers but many Americans. The song, heavily laden with CB slang ...

That’s what happened in 1975, when “Convoy” became a No. 1 hit. The song popularized CB radio’s strange language, partially reborn today in the lingo used for text messaging.

Though Fries kept up his music career for a few more years, he never had another hit on the level of “Convoy.” But in 1978, the song inspired a movie starring Kris Kristoffersen.

C.W. McCall, the baritone country singer best known for his CB-inspired 1976 chart-topping hit “Convoy” has died at age 93. The death of the performer born Bill Fries — who recorded under ...

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.