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: Sam's Place - #2: The Kansas City Song - #3: I'm a Truck - #4: Gonna Have Love - #5: Close All the Honky Tonks
The Highway Patrol
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Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
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#1 Sam's Place
Buck Owens
#2 The Kansas City Song
Buck Owens
#3 I'm a Truck
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Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
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Awful Lot to Learn About Truck Drivin'
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Truck Driver's Heaven
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The Flying Saucer Man and the Truck Driver
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Gonna Have Love
Buck Owens
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