Mr. Fries, who performed under the stage name C.W. McCall, was an ad executive before he scored a hit with “Convoy,” a CB radio-inspired ode to renegade truckers.
Bill Fries, who under the stage name C.W. McCall sang hit country records in the 1970s about long-haul truck driving, died Friday at his home in Ouray, Colo. He was 93.