Who is the "Rubber Duck"?

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 7 May 2001 9:47 pm

Hi.Can anyone tell me who does the voice of the Rubber Duck on C.W.McCall's CONVOY?
This is the voice on the CB radio.
Regards Brendan.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 8 May 2001 7:42 pm

The guy doing the voice of "Rubber Duck" is the same one that's singing, or rather "talking" the song...C.W.McCall (real name=Bill Fries). Bill was an ad man who started doing commercials in Omaha, Nebraska. The ads turned to jingles, and the jingles turned to songs, or rather dialectic recitations. His first record was..."The Old Home Fill-er-Up and Keep On A-Truckin Cafe".

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 10 May 2001 6:27 pm

Thanks Donny
Brendan

erik · Post by **erik** » 10 May 2001 7:55 pm

And filed under " more than you would ever care to know", Rick Dees did DISCO DUCK around the same time... AND, it was Ernie who sang RUBBER DUCKIE while in the bathtub... not to be confused with One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest, which was a movie, not a song.

Neil Hilton · Post by **Neil Hilton** » 11 May 2001 6:29 am

quick truck-drivin song question to kick in here.... who did the song about the gal on the billboard "wearing nothin but a towel and a smile on the big old highway"???

I heard it on radio the other day - hadn't heard that for years, but dj didn't mention artist.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 11 May 2001 6:32 am

That's Del Reeves. That's probably his signature song, that and the "Doodle do do do".

Speaking of Nebraska, the guy that used to do the Godfather Pizza commercials, that was made up to look like a maffia gangster, was a farmer from Nebraska.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 11 May 2001 8:38 am

A little trivia, the song "Girl on the Billboard" was written about a real billboard and the girl was modeled by a very young Dolly Parton.