| LC control no. | n 95016372 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fries, Bill |
| Variant(s) | Fries, William, 1928- |
| See also | Alternate identity: McCall, C. W. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1928-11-15 |
| Field of activity | Country music |
| Profession or occupation | Country musicians |
| Special note | C.W. McCall is a pseudonym, a stage character created by Bill Fries Cannot identify with William Fries, author of Train wrecks & disasters. |
| Found in | Wilderness, p1976: label (Bill Fries, vocals) CW McCall Webpages, Sept. 6, 2004 (Bill Fries, singer, songwriter; created character of C.W. McCall) All music guide WWW site, Feb. 6, 2008 ("Essentially a character created by advertising executive William Fries, C.W. McCall was the instrumental figure behind the truck-driving craze that swept America in the mid-'70s"; b. Nov. 15, 1928, Aubudon, IA) Wikipedia, February 13, 2019 (William Dale Fries, Jr. (born November 15, 1928) is an American singer, activist and politician best known by his stage name C. W. McCall and for his truck-themed outlaw country songs) CW-McCall.com, via www, February 12, 2019 ("The Legend: Who is C.W. McCall?"; C.W. McCall is not a real person, it is the "nom de chanteur" of Bill Fries; McCall was created for an advertising campaign but gained popularity; Fries toured as C.W. McCall and released multiple albums) <http://www.cw-mccall.com/legend> |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 92086360 |
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