''Rubber Duck'' is an

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musician

C. W. McCall William Dale Fries Jr. (November 15, 1928 – April 1, 2022) was an American advertising executive and spoken word artist who won several Clio Awards for his advertising campaigns. He is best known for his character C. W. McCall, a truck-drivi ...

, released on

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in 1976 (see

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). It is his fourth album, released the same year as ''

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'', but concentrating on the themes the McCall character was popular for – trucking, as opposed to the various depictions of nature that could be found in ''Wilderness''. Among others, the album contains the song "

'Round the World with the Rubber Duck "Round the World with the Rubber Duck" is the 1976 novelty song performed by C.W. McCall (pseudonym of Bill Fries) that was the sequel to the similar truck-driving country hit, "Convoy". This track was not as popular as its predecessor. Content T ...

", a sequel to McCall's earlier wildly popular hit "

Convoy A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support and can help maintain cohesion within a unit. It may also be used ...

", with many humorous and absurd elements added. "Audubon" is a quasi-

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song, while "Ratchetjaw" is a take on trucker slang, with a multitude of CB-related terminology included in the lyrics. As with most works credited to C. W. McCall, all of the songwriting on the album is credited to Bill Fries (a former advertising executive who adopted the C. W. McCall persona) as lyricist and vocalist, and

Chip Davis Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. (born September 5, 1947 in Hamler, Ohio) is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller. Davis composed the music for several C. W. McCall albums, including the hit 1975 song "Convoy (song), Convoy". H ...

, who wrote the music.

Track listing

# "

" (Bill Fries,

) – 4:08 # "Audubon" (Fries, Davis) – 3:41 # "Super Slab Showdown" (Fries, Davis) # "Windshield Wipers in the Rain" (Fries, Davis) – 3:41 # "Sing Silent Night" (Fries, Davis) # "Ratchetjaw" (Fries, Davis) – 2:38 # "Nishnabotna" (Fries, Davis) # "Two-Way Lovin'" (Fries, Davis) # "Camp Bird Mine" (Fries, Davis) – 3:36 # "Niobrara" (Fries, Davis)

Personnel

* C. W. McCall – Vocals, Design * Milt Bailey, Christopher Cable, Mike Hirsch, Ruth Horn, Gary Morris, Mel Olsen, Jan Sheldrick, Jerry Smithers, Dick Solowicz, Sarah Westphalen – Vocals * Chip Davis – Vocals, Drums, Indian Whittle, Producer, Arranger * Bill Berg, Don Simmons, Terry Wadell – Drums * Joan Allen, Jackson Berkey – Keyboards * Jimmy Johnson, Chuck Sanders – Bass * Eric Hansen – Bass, Harmonica * Ron Cooley, Ron Steele – 12-String Guitar, Electric Guitar * Larry Morton – Electric Guitar * Stu Basore – Steel Guitar * Bobbie Thomas – Banjo * Mortimer Alpert, Irene Berudt, Myrtle Bowman, Dorothy Brown, Hugh Brown, Miriam Dufflemeyer, Jinni Eldred, Lucinda Gladics, James Hammond, Joe Landes, Beth McCollum, Barbara Potter, Merton Shatzkin, Alex Sokol, Phillip Wachowski – Strings

Additional personnel

* Don Sears – Producer, Engineer, Design, Photography * John Boyd, Ron Ubel – Engineers

Charts

Album –

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(North America) Singles – Billboard (North America)

External links

NarrowGauge.org album information for ''Rubber Duck''
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Rubber Duck A rubber duck or a rubber duckie is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. Rubber ducks were invented in the late 1800s when it became poss ...