C.B. Savage Explained

C.B. Savage
Cover:	C.B._Savage_-_Rod_Hart.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Rod Hart
Album:	Breakeroo!
B-Side:	"Better Off Gone"^[1]
Released:	December
Genre:	Country
Length:	3:29
Label:	Plantation

"C.B. Savage" is a gay-themed novelty country song by the American singer-songwriter Rod Hart, from his album Breakeroo!. It peaked at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his only entry on that chart.^[2] It was also the first of only three songs with the title "Savage", along with "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion and Beyonce and "Savage Love" by Jason Derulo and Jawsh 685.^[3]

The song is a gay answer to C.W. McCall's hit, "Convoy."^[4]

Charts

Chart (1976-77)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	87
Canada Country (RPM)^[5]	10
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	67
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	23
US Cash Box Top 100^[8]	59

Notes and References

Web site: Rod Hart - C.B. Savage / Better Off Gone . . 1976 . August 4, 2020.
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
Taylor Swift Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 with 'Cardigan,' Is 1st Artist to Open Atop Hot 100 & Billboard 200 in Same Week . . August 3, 2020 . August 4, 2020.
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 17 July 2013 . August 4, 2020.
Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 154.
http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19770129.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 29, 1977