William Dale Fries Jr. November 15, 1928 – April 1, 2022,

William Dale Fries Jr. November 15, 1928 – April 1, 2022, best known by his stage name C. W. McCall, was an American singer who wrote truck-themed outlaw country songs. McCall is best known for the 1976 No. 1 hit song, “Convoy”, which came at the peak of the CB radio fad in the United States. In 1978, the movie Convoy was released, based on the C. W. McCall song..