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A full-length version of the song was released as a single in 1975, and it topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that July. [ 1 ] In addition to serving as the main theme to Movin' On , the song was among many in country music to pay homage to the American over-the-road truck driver .
Trucking achieved national attention during the 1960s and 70s, when songs and movies about truck driving were major hits. Truck drivers participated in widespread strikes against the rising cost of fuel, during the energy crises of 1973 and 1979 , and the industry was drastically deregulated by the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 .
Movin' On stars Claude Akins as old-time independent "big-rig" truck driver Sonny Pruitt, and Frank Converse as his college-educated co-driver Will Chandler. The theme song, "Movin' On", was written and performed by Merle Haggard, and was a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1975.
Priscilla Renea Hamilton (born September 14, 1988), known professionally as Muni Long (pronounced "money long”), [2] is an American singer and songwriter from Gifford, Florida. Under her birth name, she signed with Capitol Records to release her debut studio album Jukebox (2009), which was met with positive critical reception despite failing ...
Trucking achieved national attention during the 1960s and 70s when songs and movies about truck driving were major hits. Truck drivers participated in widespread strikes against the rising cost of fuel, during the energy crises of 1973 and 1979. Congress deregulated the trucking industry with the passage of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980. [6]
In the early days of trucking culture, truck drivers were more frequently portrayed as protagonists in the popular media. In Trucking country: The road to America's Wal-Mart economy, author Shane Hamilton explores the history of trucking and how developments in the trucking industry helped the so-called big-box stores dominate the U.S. marketplace.
Bono (1983) Bono, the lead singer of U2, emerged onto the scene with long hair in the early '80s. Throughout the decade he transformed his hair into a mullet and later chopped it off for a short ...
The two other trucks are a Kenworth pulling logs, and a cab-over Peterbilt with a "reefer" (refrigerated trailer) attached; the lyrics are unclear which one of the two the Rubber Duck was driving (the sequel song "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" more strongly implies he indeed is driving the Peterbilt, [14] which would be consistent with ...