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Author: Dcoetzee

Jan 13th 2012 at 2:34:48 AM

I could've sworn we had a trope or YKTTW somewhere on truckmusic somewhere - there are more than enough of these to be a subtrope. At the very least I suggest giving them their own section. Description follows.

Truckmusic (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckmusic]]) are songs about commercial trucks and the long-distance truck driver's experience. The Wikipedia article claims there are over 500 such songs. Some of the most notable chart toppers (from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_trucks]]):

* C. W. McCall - Convoy (1975)
* Terry Fell - Truck Drivin' Man (1954)
* Toby Keith - Big Ol' Truck (1995)
* Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down (1977)
* Kathy Mattea - Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses (1987)
* Harry Chapin - 30,000 Pounds of Bananas (1974)
* Red Sovine - Giddyup Go (1965)
* Del Reeves - Girl on the Billboard (1965)
* Red Simpson - I'm a Truck (1971)
* Garth Brooks - Papa Loved Mama (1992)
* Alabama - Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) (1984)
* Dave Dudley - Six Days on the Road (1963) (covered by Sawyer Brown)
* Red Sovine - Teddy Bear (1976)
* Red Sovine - Phantom 309 (1967)
* Cledus Maggard - The White Knight (1976)