Joe Cecil "Red" Simpson (March 6, 1934 – January 8, 2016) was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his trucker-themed country songs. == Biography == Joe Cecil Simpson was born in 1934 in Higley, Arizona, and was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of 12 children. At age 14, he wrote his first song. However, his father helped him listen to Ludwig van Beethoven. Simpson was working at the Wagon Wheel in Lamont when Fuzzy Owen... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: I'm a Truck - #2: Roll Truck Roll - #3: The Highway Patrol - #4: Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - #5: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1966 | Roll Truck Roll | 2 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 04/1966 | 2 | US ctry 38 | MP3 | [Capitol 5577] written by Tommy Collins | |||
| 2. | 1966 | The Man Behind the Badge | 2 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1966 | 2 | US ctry 39 | MP3 | [Capitol 5637] written by Dennis Payne, Ray Rush & Red Simpson | |||
| 3. | 1966 | Truck Drivin' Fool | 2 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 12/1966 | 2 | US ctry 41 | MP3 | [Capitol 5783] written by Cal Martin | |||
| 4. | 1971 | I'm a Truck | 17 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 12/1971 | 17 | US ctry 4 | MP3 | [Capitol 3236] written by Robert Stanton | |||
| 5. | 1972 | Very Real Red Simpson | 1 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 04/1972 | 1 | US ctry 62 | MP3 | [Capitol 3298] written by Red Simpson | |||
| 6. | 1973 | 20 Great Truck Hits | 1 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1973 | 1 | US ctry 63 | MP3 | [Capitol 3616] written by Glen Goza | |||
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