Overdrive Radio · Songs of the Highway, No. 4: 'Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel,' by Red Sovine Released in 1977, it was one of Sovine’s last singles. It followed some of trucking’s biggest hits ...
April 4, 1980: Musician Red Sovine died in Nashville. Sovine, born Woodrow Wilson Sovine in Charleston, gained country music fame for his recitations, especially those incorporating sentimental truck ...
The rest of the '60s and '70s boasted hits like Red Sovine's "Phantom 309" and "Teddy Bear," Merle Haggard's "Movin' On," C.W. McCall's novelty hit "Convoy" and countless other trucking classics. The ...