Big Wheel Cannonball
"Big Wheel Cannonball" (title sometimes given as Big Wheel Cannon Ball) is a song written by . It follows the same notes as the folk song "Wabash Cannonball" by The Carter Family, but its lyrics eulogise trucks and truckers rather than trains. It was originally released in 1967 by veteran Canadian singer Dick Todd, backed by the , on the small Peer-Southern Records label; this was shortly afterwards re-released on a national basis by Decca, and the Decca release rose to number 52 on the Billboard US Country charts, making it Todd's final chart entry.
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Big Wheel Cannonball
"Big Wheel Cannonball" (title sometimes given as Big Wheel Cannon Ball) is a song written by . It follows the same notes as the folk song "Wabash Cannonball" by The Carter Family, but its lyrics eulogise trucks and truckers rather than trains. It was originally released in 1967 by veteran Canadian singer Dick Todd, backed by the , on the small Peer-Southern Records label; this was shortly afterwards re-released on a national basis by Decca, and the Decca release rose to number 52 on the Billboard US Country charts, making it Todd's final chart entry.
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"Big Wheel Cannonball" (title ...... his album Between Truck Stops.
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Hard, Hard Traveling Man
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I Miss a Lot of Trains
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Capitol 2780
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George Richey
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March 1970
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Vaughn Horton
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"Big Wheel Cannonball" (title ...... g it Todd's final chart entry.
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