Convoy (1978 film)

“Convoy“ is a 1975 novelty song performed by C. W. McCall (pseudonym of Bill Fries) that became a number-one song on both the country and pop charts in the USA. The song spent six weeks at number one on the country charts [1] and one week at number one on the pop charts. “Convoy“ also peaked at number two in the UK. The song’s success helped start a fad for citizens band (CB) radio. The song was the inspiration for the 1978 Sam Peckinpah film Convoy. (song)