{{Short description|American singer-songwriter and actor (1940–2008)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | birth_name = James Wesley Huguely | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|09|21}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|13|1940|09|21}} | origin = Richmond, Kentucky, U.S. | death_place = Valencia, California, U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actor}} | genre = Country, novelty | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 1976 | label = Mercury Records | associated_acts = }}
'''James Wesley''' "'''Jay'''" '''Huguely''' (September 21, 1940 – December 13, 2008)<ref name= "la times">{{cite web|url= https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=james-wesley-huguely&pid=126585591 |title= James Wesley Huguely Obituary|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 26, 2009|accessdate= December 22, 2018}}</ref> was an American stage actor, singer, advertising executive, and television writer and executive. He enjoyed a brief run of popularity as a novelty recording artist in the 1970s,<ref name="roland">Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ({{ISBN|0-82-307553-2}})), p. 161</ref> billed as '''Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band'''. He worked for Leslie Advertising in Greenville, South Carolina<ref name="roland"/> and enjoyed his only hit in 1976 with "The White Knight", released during the wave of popularity of the citizens' band radio. The song is about a truck driver victimized by a Georgia highway patrolman's speed trap. He chose the name "Cledus" after his mother's name Cleta.
"The White Knight" reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard magazine'' Hot Country Singles chart in February 1976, and was his only hit to reach that chart's Top 40.<ref>Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006</ref> Following the success of this record, Huguely was a producer on the 1980s television series ''Magnum, P.I.''. In the 1990s, he was a writer and producer, known for ''Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday'' (1993), ''Street Justice'' (1991), and ''Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel'' (1994).
Huguely died in Valencia, California, on December 13, 2008, at the age of 68.<ref name= "la times" />
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="2"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Label |- ! width="50"| <small>US Country</small> ! width="50"| <small>US</small> |- | rowspan=2|1976 | ''The White Knight'' | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 135 | rowspan=2|Mercury |- | ''Two More Sides'' | align="center"|— | align="center"|— |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- !rowspan="2"|Year !rowspan="2"|Single !colspan="4"|Chart Positions<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|pages=253|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}<!--|accessdate=2009-10-06--></ref> !rowspan="2"|Album |- !width="45"|<small>US Country</small> !width="45"|<small>US</small> !width="45"|<small>CAN Country</small> !width="45"|<small>CAN</small> |- |1975 |"The White Knight" |align=center|1 |align=center|19 |align=center|8 |align=center|50 |rowspan=2|''The White Knight'' |- |rowspan=2|1976 |"Kentucky Moonrunner" |align=center|42 |align=center|85 |align=center|— |align=center|— |- |"Virgil and the $300 Vacation" <small>(as Cledus Maggard)</small> |align=center|73 |align=center|— |align=center|— |align=center|— |rowspan=3|''Two More Sides'' |- |1977 |"Yovnoc" <small>(as Cledus Maggard)</small> |align=center|— |align=center|— |align=center|— |align=center|— |- |1978 |"The Farmer" <small>(as Cledus Maggard)</small> |align=center|82 |align=center|— |align=center|— |align=center|— |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0401095}}
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