Bill Mack

Bill Mack, better known as "the Midnight Cowboy," was born June 4, 1929, in Shamrock, Texas. Bill Mack was a radio host and personality for a late-night country music radio program as well as an accomplished country music songwriter. Bill Mack got his start in radio at his hometown radio station KEVA in Shamrock in January 1949. , Mack spent the early years of his career in Amarillo, Wichita Falls, and Lubbock before settling in Fort Worth. On March 2, 1969, Mack first hosted the midnight to 5 am program at WBAP radio where Mack earned the moniker "the Midnight Cowboy." His program reached the majority of the continental United States first as The Country Road Show, then US 1 Trucking Show, and eventually Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show. , The show was popular with long-haul truckers who would listen as they traveled America's highways late into the night. Mack was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999 for his work as "the Midnight Cowboy," a program he hosted for more than 30 years. , Bill Mack was also an accomplished country western songwriter. He is credited as a songwriter on a total of more than 85 albums and singles. His most popular songs were "Drinking Champagne," which earned a platinum record and BMI Million Air Club membership for over a million radio plays; and "Blue," which won a Grammy for Country Song of the Year in 1997. , On July 31, 2020, Bill Mack passed away in Dallas. From 1969 to the 2000s, Bill Mack brought music to countless late-night travelers and his program brought joy through radios across the country.