James Wesley "Jay" Huguely (September 21, 1940 – December 13, 2008) 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, billed as Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band. He worked for Leslie Advertising in Greenville, South Carolina 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. 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).

Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band

Huguely died in Valencia, California, on December 13, 2008, at the age of 68.

Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band

Discography

Albums

Singles

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1940 births

2008 deaths

20th-century American screenwriters

American country singer-songwriters

People from Richmond, Kentucky

Mercury Records artists

Country musicians from Kentucky

Singer-songwriters from Kentucky

20th-century American singer-songwriters

Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band