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In addition, Johnny Dollar - who had some success in the late '60's with "Big Rig Rollin' Man," "Big Wheels Roll for Me," and "Truck Driver's Lament" - committed suicide in 1986.ĭuring the '80's, younger artists were more reticent about being so closely associated with singing songs about trucks. Though trucker songs hit the charts from time to time during the '80's (including number 1 hits by Razzy Bailey with "Midnight Hauler" in 1981, Alabama's "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" in 1984, and Kathy Mattea's "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" in 1988), the remaining great names of the genre - Dudley, Curless, Simpson, the Willis Brothers, and others - had fallen from favor, more or less retiring from recording by the early '80's. The public's interest had, for whatever reason, moved on, and Red Sovine's death in 1980 left the genre without one of its most beloved figures. The '80's were leaner times for trucker country music, however. Though lacking fewer big names, Clint Eastwood's "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978 with a number 1 theme song by Eddie Rabbitt) and "Any Which Way You Can" (1980) also both did well at the box office, with Eastwood starring in a rare comedic role as Philo Beddoe, a two-fisted trucker who travels with a pet orangutan named Clyde. Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, and Sally Fields starred in 1977's "Smokey and the Bandit," as well as a 1980 sequel (only Gleason returned for 1983's "Smokey and the Bandit III"). The real hits, however, belonged to Hollywood's bigger stars. Phil Gramm had lined up the movie's financial backing in his younger (and apparently less conservative) days.
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The movie became a footnote to at least one political career when it was discovered during his 1996 presidential run that Republican Texas Sen. The big screen saw even more trucker action during the Me Decade, with "Duel" (1971 starring Dennis Weaver and directed by a young Steven Spielberg), "White Line Fever" (1975 starring Jan Michael Vincent), "Breaker Breaker" (1977 starring Chuck Norris), "Convoy" (1978 starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali McGraw), and the 1973 cult favorite "Truck Stop Women," which featured a frequently unclad - and frequently gun-toting - Claudia Jennings (1970 Playboy Playmate of the Year). McCay ("The Bear" was his pet chimp, who traveled with him), as well as the then-ubiquitous Judy Landers as the appropriately named "Stacks."
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Lighter in tone than "Movin' On," the series also starred Greg Evigan as B.J. Akins also co-starred in another NBC trucker series between 1979 and '81, "B.J. On the television side, NBC's adventure series "Movin' On" (1974-76) starred Claude Akins and Frank Converse as truckers Sonny Pruit and Will Chandler. You may reach the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of Valossa when needed, and the details for doing so can be found in the updated Privacy Policy.Ĭlick 'OK' to agree and continue using entertainment industry's interest in cashing in on a trend can never be overestimated, and the sudden high profile of truckers in the '70's was no exception. Under the GDPR, you have several rights, such as accessing your own personal data, erasing of that data, and the right to be notified within 72 hours of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk for your rights and freedoms. By using our services on or after, you will be agreeing to the changes. If you use our services to process personal information of EU-resident natural persons you need to comply with the GDPR. Please review Valossa's updated Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy. The GDPR strengthens and clarifies the rights of EU-resident natural persons with regard to their personal information The Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy for Valossa services have been updated accordingly. On, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 will come into force.
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