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C.W. McCall

C.W. McCall is the pseudonym of William Dale Fries (born November 15, 1928) in Audubon, Iowa.

In 1972, while working for an Omaha, Nebraska advertising firm, Bozell Jacobs, Fries created a television campaign for the Metz Baking Company. The Clio Award-winning ads featured a truck driver named C.W. McCall. The commercial's success led to songs such as "Old Home Fill-er Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Café", "Wolf Creek Pass" and "Black Bear Road". Fries sang and wrote the lyrics, and Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller wrote the music.

McCall is best known for the 1976 #1 hit song "Convoy", which came at the peak of the citizens band radio fad in the United States.

In 1978, the movie Convoy was released, based on the C.W. McCall song and starring Kris Kristofferson.

Discography

C.W. McCall has recorded eight original studio albums:

  • Wolf Creek Pass (1975)
  • Black Bear Road (1975)
  • Wilderness (1976)
  • Rubber Duck (1976)
  • Roses for Mama (1977)
  • C.W. McCall and Co. (1979)
  • The Real McCall: An American Storyteller (1990)
  • American Spirit (with Mannheim Steamroller) (2003)

In addition there are a handful of greatest hits compilations which have been released.


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In addition there are a handful of greatest hits compilations which have been released.
. McCall has recorded eight original studio albums:. In 2004, he hosted the MOBO awards in London, after the original presenter, Pharrell Williams pulled out at the last minute. C.W. He also landed the role of Ford Prefect in the long-awaited 2005 movie adaption of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. McCall song and starring Kris Kristofferson. His performances in Brown Sugar, Monster's Ball, and the HBO made-for-TV film Something The Lord Made have been particularly acclaimed by critics.

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The Clio Award-winning ads featured a truck driver named C.W. The artistic boundaries of rap music had been redefined by artists such as Brand Nubian, De La Soul, and Public Enemy, whose music was more thematically sophisticated and socially conscious than that of their predecessors. In 1972, while working for an Omaha, Nebraska advertising firm, Bozell Jacobs, Fries created a television campaign for the Metz Baking Company. After the collapse of Rawkus, Def along with Kweli signed on to Interscope/Geffen Records, who released his second album The New Danger in 2004. McCall is the pseudonym of William Dale Fries (born November 15, 1928) in Audubon, Iowa. Mos Def released his solo debut, Black on Both Sides, in 1999. C.W. After signing with Rawkus Records, he and Talib Kweli released Black Star, a full length album, in 1998, with Hi-Tek producing most of the tracks.

American Spirit (with Mannheim Steamroller) (2003). He later found success in rap music and worked with De La Soul and da Bush Babees before releasing his own first single, "Universal Magnetic" which was a huge underground hit. The Real McCall: An American Storyteller (1990). Mos Def (born Dante Beze on December 11, 1973) is a Brooklyn-born rapper and actor, who began his performing career on the television show The Cosby Mysteries in 1994. McCall and Co. (1979). Ghosts - 1997. C.W. Where's Marlowe? - 1998.

Roses for Mama (1977). Island of the Dead - 2000. Rubber Duck (1976). Bamboozled - 2000. Wilderness (1976). Carmen: A Hip Hopera - 2001. Black Bear Road (1975). Monster's Ball - 2001.

Wolf Creek Pass (1975). Showtime - 2002. Civil Brand - 2002. nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, 34th NAACP Image Awards. Brown Sugar - 2002

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    The Italian Job - 2003. The Woodsman - 2004. nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, 36th NAACP Image Awards. nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.

    nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, 56th Annual Emmy Awards. Something the Lord Made - 2004

      . Lackawanna Blues - 2005. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 2005.

      nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, 47th Annual Grammy Awards. 2004 The New Danger Geffen

        . 1999 Black on Both Sides Rawkus Records. 1998 Black Star Priority Records.

        Download sample of "Mathematics" from Black on Both Sides (ogg format).