have been looking for a song for 30 years....

[strmrdr]

Way beck when in the stone age of record players my sister had borrowed a record and I got my hands on it and played a song over and over...
Eventualy she gave the record back and I have never been able to find the song again.
It was sung by a lady who wore a black dress on the cover of the album...
The refrain was:
18 wheels a-rollin diesel open wide.

one line was close to this:
She is from Mobile Alabama and he is from Wentworth Tennessee.

Was about a trucker and his lady.

Was country/soft Rock

help?

 

[iwannaprettyone]

Six days on the road?? Dave Dudley?

 

[fatafelice]

I imagine you have already tried Google, but here is a page of trucking songs I cam up with:

http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/andysgirl/

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 5:37:50 PM
Author: fatafelice
I imagine you have already tried Google, but here is a page of trucking songs I cam up with:


http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/andysgirl/

Thanks, have been thru them and it isn''t there.

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 5:33:08 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone
Six days on the road?? Dave Dudley?

good song but not it.
Was a lady singer.

 

[fatafelice]

Do you remember what year it was? Was it a new record at the time? Was it a single, or were there other songs on the album?

 

[iwannaprettyone]

AVA BARBER

Waiting at the end of his run???

 

[fatafelice]

I found this:

18 Wheels a Rollin'' - Amos, Betty
Amos, Betty. Country Girl, Sing Me a Song, Nashvile NLP 2029, LP (197?), trk# B.02

HERE

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:07:05 PM
Author: fatafelice
Do you remember what year it was? Was it a new record at the time? Was it a single, or were there other songs on the album?

1977 ish
Wasn''t brand new as it wasn''t on the radio
it was a full album

 

[Linda W]

Karl,


Here is a list, maybe you will remember the singer???



http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/roadsong.cfm#129

 

[fatafelice]

This is a different album than what I posted before (from here)

 

[fatafelice]

http://cgi.ebay.com/BETTY-AMOS-45-EIGHTEEN-WHEELS-A-ROLLING-%2F-MORE-THAN-YOU_W0QQitemZ360145674470QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090409?IMSfp=TL090409159001r35956

If you think she might be the one, here is a single of the song on a 45. Might be worth $13 to find out!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:09:44 PM
Author: fatafelice
I found this:


18 Wheels a Rollin'' - Amos, Betty

Amos, Betty. Country Girl, Sing Me a Song, Nashvile NLP 2029, LP (197?), trk# B.02


HERE

that could be it.
It wasn''t the first song and track b02 would be the second song on the b side.
but ugh I can''t find more info.

 

[fatafelice]

I think this is it!!! The refrain is the same, anyway... Listen to a clip on a compilation CD on Amazon.

ETA: This one is pretty twangy - I can't imagine that you would mistake it for soft rock - so perhaps another artist does a cover?

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:29:25 PM
Author: fatafelice
I think this is it!!! The refrain is the same, anyway... Listen to a clip on a compilation CD on Amazon.


ETA: This one is pretty twangy - I can't imagine that you would mistake it for soft rock - so perhaps another artist does a cover?

I am pretty sure it is it.
Ordered the CD!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
Will post once I get it if it is the right song.

The soft rock part is from fuzzy memory from 30 years ago.

I like a lot of the other songs on the cd also.

 

[fatafelice]

I am so glad! I know how those things can drive you crazy! Fingers crossed that it is the right one.

ETA: Ain't Google great?!

 

[strmrdr]

You all rock!!!!!

Thanks fatafelice!!!!!

 

[strmrdr]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:40:27 PM
Author: fatafelice
I am so glad! I know how those things can drive you crazy! Fingers crossed that it is the right one.

ETA: Ain''t Google great?!

lol I have searched google a million times for it over the years.
I am usually very good at finding things on google but this one was a massive fail of epic proportions.

 

[strmrdr]

yyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
its the right song :}

 

[purrfectpear]

Wheeeeel, hush mah puppahs

 

[loriken214]

YAY...glad you have it now!!!

Lori

 

[OUpearlgirl]

Hahah yay!! I only went 6 months searching for a song... I can''t imagine going 30 years!

Woo hoo!!!

 

[strmrdr]

yyyeeeeeeeehhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa
have my toe tappin music on a loop
just somethin bout a fiddle that gets the ol toes a tap tap tappin
Right now its the Devil went down to Georgia

 

[packrat]

I love the Devil Went Down to Georgia! When our son was smaller, that''s the only thing that would calm him down for some reason. We''d play it over and over on the computer and I''d rock him in the computer chair.

 

[fatafelice]

I am SOOOOOOOO glad!!!!

Enjoy your song!

As for Google...call it beginners luck?