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Dave Dudley

Person · male · United States · Spencer · born 1928 · died 2003 · recording since 1962

American musician (1928–2003)

country music

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Also known as Dave Duddley · Dave Dudly · David Darwin Pedruska · Дэйв Дадли

Debut: 1962
Recording span: 41 years
Release groups: 92
Timeline events: 45
Wiki language versions: 9

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Timeline

45 events▣ Album 42◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1

1920s
1. 3 May 1928 · Birth
  Born 1928-05-03
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1962 · Debut release
  Debut release: On the Road
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1964 · Album
  Album: Talk of the Town
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1964 · Album
  Album: Travelin’ With Dave Dudley
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. March 1964 · Album
  Album: Songs About the Working Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1965 · Album
  Album: Rural Route #1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1965 · Album
  Album: Truck Drivin’ Son‐of‐a‐Gun
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1965 · Album
  Album: There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1966 · Album
  Album: Free and Easy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1966 · Album
  Album: Lonelyville
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1967 · Album
  Album: My Kind of Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 1967 · Album
  Album: Dave Dudley Country
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
12. 1968 · Album
  Album: Thanks for All the Miles
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
13. 1969 · Album
  Album: One More Mile
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
14. 1969 · Album
  Album: George and the North Woods
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
15. 1969 · Album
  Album: Six Days on the Road
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1970 · Album
  Album: The Pool Shark
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1971 · Album
  Album: Will the Real Dave Dudley Please Sing
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1971 · Album
  Album: Dave Dudley Sings “Listen Betty, I’m Singing Your Song”
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1972 · Album
  Album: The Original Traveling Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1973 · Album
  Album: Keep On Truckin’
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1975 · Album
  Album: Special Delivery
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1975 · Album
  Album: Uncommonly Good Country
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1976 · Album
  Album: Dave Dudley Presents
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1976 · Album
  Album: Seventeen Seventy-Six (1776)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1977 · Album
  Album: Dave Dudley’s Greatest Hits: Chrome & Polish
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 1979 · Album
  Album: On the Road
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: Truck Songs
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1980 · Album
  Album: Diesel Duets
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1980 · Album
  Album: Interstate Gold
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1980 · Album
  Album: King of the Road
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1980 · Album
  Album: Volume One Greatest Hits
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1982 · Album
  Album: Truckin’ ’round the World
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1982 · Album
  Album: Christmas Truck Stop
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1982 · Album
  Album: Dave Dudley’s Diesel Express
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1984 · Album
  Album: Nashville Rodeo Saloon
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1985 · Album
  Album: The Truck Drivin’ Man
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 1986 · Album
  Album: Dave Dudley Meets Drifters Caravan in Germany
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
12. 1987 · Album
  Album: More Dudley
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
13. 1988 · Album
  Album: Country Best
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
14. 1988 · Album
  Album: The Silver Album
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1991 · Album
  Album: Im Stau
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1991 · Album
  Album: Cowboy Boots
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2003 · Album
  Album: Back To Back
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 22 December 2003 · Death
  Died 2003
  source: wikidata

Biography

English biography1,126 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1377592618

Biography

Dave Dudley (May 3, 1928 – December 22, 2003) was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his somewhat-slurred bass. His signature song was "Six Days on the RoadSix Days on the Road1969 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Six Days on the RoadA2Lee Highway SwingA3Where Do I Go From HereA4Big Rig GuitarA5Taxi Cab DriverB1Cowboy BootsB2Hot Rod GuitarB3It’s Gotta Be That WayB4Cry BabyB5Last Day in the Mines", and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues", "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun", and "Me and Ol' C.B.". His other recordings include a duet with Tom T. Hall, "Day Drinking", and his own top-10 hit, "Fireball Rolled a Seven", supposedly based on the career and death of Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts.

Early life and rise to fame

Born in Spencer, Wisconsin, United States, Dudley's grandparents came from Königsberg in East Prussia, Germany. His father, then a local tavern owner, gave Dudley his first guitar at the age of 11.
Baseball was his first love and in high school he was a standout pitcher. In 1942, the New York Yankees obtained his option. At the time, he was serving in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific, having convinced his mother to sign his enlistment papers when he was 17. She also signed the baseball option on his behalf. After his military service, his contract was transferred to the Chicago White Sox organization, In April 1948, the White Sox assigned him to their Wisconsin Rapids affiliate for spring training in Hot Springs, Arkansas and was later transferred him to the Gainesville Owls of the Big State League in Texas. After an arm injury abruptly ended his baseball career, he dropped by WTMT in Wausau, Wisconsin and began hosting his, "Texas Stranger Show.", playing Country Western music while also performing on air.
In early 1951, Dudley began performing in taverns across northeastern Wisconsin, usually as part of a trio that worked under a variety of names and lineups. They were billed at different times as Dave Dudley and His Rodeo Riders and Dave Dudley and His Country Caravan before eventually settling on The Dave Dudley Trio.
That May, the group began an 18-week residency at The Flame in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where they performed mostly country-western songs alongside a few numbers from the Hawaiian songbook each night.
By May 1952, they had recorded their first single, “Nashville Blues” backed with “You Don't Care,” a 78 rpm disc released on Pfau Records of Milwaukee,
Dudley continued playing tavern residencies and gradually built a local following. In March 1953, he appeared on WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, which further boosted his popularity.
In 1955, Dudley signed with King Records, a Cincinnati label recognized for its roster of country, R&B, and early rock ’n’ roll artists. Over the next two years, King released three of his 45 rpm singles. In 1959, National Recording Corporation released his single, "Where's There's a Will"
In 1960, Dudley moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he started performing under the billing, Dave Dudley and the Country Gentlemen. He also began hosting his own radio show again, this time on KEVE in Minneapolis. On December 3, 1960, while packing away his guitar after a performance, he was seriously injured when struck by a car. Following a lengthy recovery, Dudley returned to performing and reached the Top 40 county charts for the first time with “Maybe I Do” in 1961 and “Under Cover of the Night” in 1962.

Height of his career

In 1963, Jimmy C. Newman gave Dudley the demo for "Six Days on the RoadSix Days on the Road1969 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Six Days on the RoadA2Lee Highway SwingA3Where Do I Go From HereA4Big Rig GuitarA5Taxi Cab DriverB1Cowboy BootsB2Hot Rod GuitarB3It’s Gotta Be That WayB4Cry BabyB5Last Day in the Mines." Soon after, while running under time during a recording session, the song was cut unrehearsed and completed on the second take. It was released as a single on Golden Wing Records, a label Dudley had founded using settlement money from his earlier accident. Released in late-April 1963, “Six Days on the Road” became Dave Dudley's breakout hit, roaring up the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and peaking at number two that summer. The only song standing between him and the number-one spot was Johnny Cash's “Ring of Fire,” which dominated the charts at the same time. The record spent 21 weeks on the chart and also crossed over to the pop market, peaking at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. One of the first radio stations to play the single was WOKY-AM, a Milwaukee rock station. The song would go on to sell over one million copies.
"It's amazing to hear the record was selling 10,000 copies a day," Dudley later recalled to the Nevada State Journal in 1973. "It's also amazing how many companies will offer you a contract that wouldn't before."
The success of “Six Days on the Road” led to a recording contract with Mercury Records and by the end of 1963, he released his first single from the label, "Last Day in the Mines". Dudley scored more big hits in the 1960s, including "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun", "Trucker's Prayer", and "Anything Leaving Town Today". "Six Days on the Road" was subsequently recorded by several other artists, including George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Steve Earle, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Sawyer Brown.
Dudley continued to have success into the 1970s, while continuing to record for Mercury Records. He had some country top 10s in the 1970s, including "Comin' Down" and "Fly Away Again". By the late 1970s, his success on the charts was beginning to fade, although Dudley amassed 33 top-40 country hits.
In 1978, Dudley's name became known to the audience in Germany after the German country band Truck Stop had a single top-10 hit in Germany, titled "Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n" ("I would like to listen to Dave Dudley so much[, to Hank Snow and Charley Pride]".

Late career and death

In the 1980s, Dudley continued to record sporadically, and remained popular in concert. During this time, he was elected to the Nashville Teamsters Truck Drivers Union, receiving a solid gold membership card from the union. He also found out that he had a big fan base in Europe, and decided to try to appeal more to this market. Dudley purchased Staples Lake Resort in the mid 1970s, and ran a successful business/resort there until the mid- to late 1980s with wife, Marie. During his ownership, he also sponsored several country music festivals on the property.
In total, Dudley recorded more than 70 albums, but he did not manage to reclaim his past success, and neither his single "Where's That Truck?", recorded with disc jockey Charlie Douglas, nor the track "Dave Dudley, American Trucker", recorded in 2002 in the wake of the September 11 attacks, helped revive his career. Few of his hits have made it onto CDs and albums, creating a market for his vintage vinyl recordings.
Dudley died on December 22, 2003, aged 75, after suffering a heart attack in his car in a parking lot in Danbury, Wisconsin.

Singles

APeaked at number 13 on Easy Listening (now Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks)

Other sources

Country Music: The Rough Guide; Wolff, Kurt; Penguin Publishing

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	92	97.6th
Studio albums	43	99th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	45	98.5th
Recording span (years)	41	81.6th
Genres	3	80.4th

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Discography (92 release groups · 43 studio albums)

Albums · 43

Talk of the Town
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:53
A1Talk of the Town2:46
A2Please Help Me I’m Falling2:18
A3Short Memory2:14
A4Three Hearts in a Tangle2:27
A5Slipping Around2:33
A6Mad2:36
B1Yonder Comes a Sucker2:11
B2I Turned Her Every Way but On2:16
B3One Has My Name, the Other My Heart2:10
B4If You’re Afraid to Tell Him, I Will2:52
B5Don’t Be Surprised2:30
B6Last Year’s Heartache2:00
Travelin’ With Dave Dudley
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:00
A1Travelin’ Man2:12
A2Waiting for a Train1:57
A3Pan American2:18
A4Silver Rails2:34
A5Bumming Around2:28
A6Going Back (to My Baby)2:04
B1Going, Going, Gone2:21
B2Freight Train2:06
B3He’ll Have to Go2:25
B4I’m Movin’ On2:00
B5The Miles2:30
B6Alabam2:05
Songs About the Working Man
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:54
A1Six Days on the Road2:10
A2John Henry2:20
A3Bless Them Machines (Please Help the Working Man)2:00
A4Alligator Man1:57
A5Steel Worker Blues2:09
A6A Farmer’s Prayer3:15
B1Last Day in the Mines2:07
B2Cowboy Boots2:05
B3Taxicab Driver2:09
B4Sixteen Tons3:13
B5I’m Coming Home2:03
B6Workin’ Hands2:26
Rural Route #1
1965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:02
A1Pretty Weather2:00
A2Stray Dog2:05
A3Old Shep3:33
A4It’s My Lazy Day2:16
A5The Drought2:40
A6Honey Babe2:22
B1Soil Bank2:55
B2That Lucky Old Sun2:25
B3Old Rivers2:35
B4Big Country2:35
B5Old Home Place2:41
B6Sleepy Eyed John1:55
Truck Drivin’ Son‐of‐a‐Gun
1965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 26:16
A1Truck Drivin’ Son‐of‐a‐Gun2:03
A2Two Six Packs Away2:05
A3Just a Few More Miles2:02
A4Quittin’ Time2:09
A5Operation X2:15
A6DJ Memphis Joe2:15
B1I Got Lost2:18
B2Wreck of the Old Slow Binder2:06
B3Jack Knife2:25
B4Sugarland U.S.A.2:09
B5Truck Driver’s Waltz2:32
B6Speed Traps, Weigh Stations and Detour Signs1:57
There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
1965 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:10
A1What We’re Fighting For2:26
A2Geisha Girl2:26
A3Soldier’s Last Letter3:13
A4Each Night at Nine2:13
A5Hello Viet Nam2:59
A6Lili Marlene3:00
B1There’s a Star‐Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere2:21
B2Fraulein2:40
B3At Mail Call Today3:07
B4Viet Nam Blues2:41
B5Then I’ll Come Home Again2:38
B6Filipino Baby2:26
Free and Easy
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:58
A1Long Time Gone2:07
A2Before My Time2:22
A3Back in Circulation1:55
A4I’ve Been Through the Mill2:46
A5Artificial Rose3:01
A6Katy Bar the Door2:02
B1Passing Through2:38
B2For Crying Out Loud2:53
B3Ring of Fire2:09
B4Lonely Man2:22
B5River Rat2:05
B6I Feel a Cry Coming On2:38
Lonelyville
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:18
A1Lonelyville2:06
A2Have You Ever Been Lonely2:09
A3Oh Lonesome Me2:12
A4Lonely Street2:41
A5Seven Lonely Days2:14
A6At the Junction2:04
B1Time and Place2:32
B2Journey to the Center of Your Heart2:19
B3Lonely Corner1:35
B4That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome2:32
B5Coffee Coffee Coffee2:24
B6Just Call Me Lonesome2:30
My Kind of Love
1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 26:28
A1My Kind of Love2:26
A2Temporarily2:19
A3How Does It Feel2:09
A4Making Plans2:07
A5Stirring Up the Embers2:32
A6I Lived for a While2:49
B1I Won’t Go Down That Road2:17
B2I Thought Her Everything She Knows2:22
B3Sweet Thang2:56
B4Subject to Change2:21
B5My Way of Life2:10
Dave Dudley Country
1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 25:36
A1Trucker’s Prayer2:36
A2Don’t Want to Live Without Honey2:02
A3Don’t Come Cryin’ to Me2:28
A4It’s Such a Pretty World Today2:09
A5Old Fashioned Love2:41
A6Greatest Man Alive2:01
B1Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)2:07
B2Don’t Forget the Good Times1:53
B3Mr. Gloom2:52
B4Louisiana Saturday Night2:11
B5I’d Rather Be Forgotten2:36
Thanks for All the Miles
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 29:26
A1Intro (Thanks for All the Miles)0:49
A2There Ain’t No Easy Run2:56
A3Where Does a Little Boy Go3:26
A4Gotta Travel On2:57
A5My Town2:07
A6Let No Man Tell Me What to Do2:32
B1I Keep Coming Back for More2:31
B2(But I Forget) You Know Me Pretty Well2:24
B3Why I Can’t Be With You2:54
B4I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew2:28
B5Truck Drivin’ Man2:17
B6Don’t Fence Me In2:05
One More Mile
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 26:44
A1One More Mile2:14
A2Angel2:36
A3Gamblin’ Man2:14
A4I Hope I Never Love That Much Again2:44
A5But for Me It’s Not2:27
A6When I Get Back to Normal1:59
B1Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)2:02
B2Ballad of Forty Dollars2:55
B3Wichita Lineman2:33
B4I Always Take a Train2:00
B5I’ll Be Moving Along3:00
George and the North Woods
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 26:59
A1George (and the North Woods)2:56
A2Gettin’ Back Together2:37
A3Somewhere2:43
A4It’s Not a Very Pleasant Day Today2:38
A5A Cold Wind Through Georgia2:23
A6Running With the Wind2:00
B1Bad Moon Rising1:55
B2Blowin’ in the Wind2:53
B3That’s How I Got to Memphis2:23
B4Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes2:24
B5Stuck on Jeanne2:07
Six Days on the Road
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Six Days on the Road
A2Lee Highway Swing
A3Where Do I Go From Here
A4Big Rig Guitar
A5Taxi Cab Driver
B1Cowboy Boots
B2Hot Rod Guitar
B3It’s Gotta Be That Way
B4Cry Baby
B5Last Day in the Mines
The Pool Shark
1970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:10
A1This Night (Ain’t Fit for Nothing but Drinking)2:44
A2Farewell to Arms2:07
A3A Week in a Country Jail2:57
A4I’m Not So Easy Anymore2:20
A5I’m Sick and Tired2:24
B1The Pool Shark3:02
B2The Time Sure Flies (When You’re Having Fun)2:19
B3In the General Direction of the World2:53
B4The Bigger They Come the Harder They Fall2:31
B5Shoeshine Man2:29
B6Whose Arms Did You Fall Out of Now2:24
Will the Real Dave Dudley Please Sing
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks
A1Through Hell and Half of Georgia
A2I Won’t Mention It Again
A3Fools Rush In
A4Get the Best of Living
A5There You Are Again
A6I Can See You in the Windshield
B1Fly Away Again
B2Half a Love
B3Me and Bobby McGee
B4Put Your Hand in the Hand
B5Tulsa Telephone Book
Dave Dudley Sings “Listen Betty, I’m Singing Your Song”
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 29:04
A1Listen Betty (I’m Singing Your Song)2:38
A2Comin’ Down2:03
A3Under Cover of the Night2:22
A4I Feel a Cry Coming On2:49
A5Down on Whiskey Row2:30
A6I Hope My Kind of Love (Didn’t Break Your Heart)2:25
B1Farewell to the Road3:09
B2The Rollins All Gone Out of This Rollin Stone2:40
B3For the Good Times3:22
B4Six‐O‐One2:01
B5I Cry a Lot3:05
The Original Traveling Man
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 26:22
A1Original Traveling Man2:40
A2Bullshipers2:02
A3My Body’s at Home (But My Heart’s on the Road)2:16
A4Pullin’ Double2:07
A51953‐Dear John‐Honky‐Tonk Blues2:16
A6If It Feels Good Do It2:30
B1You’ve Gotta Cry Girl2:50
B2Rocky Top2:34
B3Sometime in the Future2:32
B4Singing Away2:38
B5A Thing Called Love1:57
Keep On Truckin’
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 26:29
A1Keep On Truckin’2:01
A2Canadian Sunset2:35
A3City of the Angels2:54
A4I’m Hooked2:19
A5The Arms of a Satisfied Woman2:29
A6It Won’t Hurt as Much Tomorrow2:21
B1You’ve Got Another Thought Comin’1:53
B2Patient Man2:48
B3I Fly Everywhere2:12
B4I Almost Didn’t Make It Through the Door2:43
B5I’m Puttin’ It All Together2:14
Special Delivery
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 27:58
A1Counterfeit Cowboy3:06
A2Rollin’ Rig2:17
A3One More Plane2:22
A4Fireball Rolled a Seven2:36
A5Rollin’ on Your Track2:06
A6Six Days on the Road2:31
B1How Come It Took So Long (to Say Goodbye)2:40
B2The Most Beautiful Girl2:36
B3Blue Bedroom Eyes2:32
B4I Keep Looking Back2:22
B5Have It Your Way2:50
Uncommonly Good Country
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:29
A1Me and Ole C.B.2:47
A2Wave at ’em Billy Boy2:42
A3I Have Been Known Not to Go Home2:49
A4Let Me Dream2:50
A5Sentimental Journey2:30
B1I Can’t Remember You2:52
B2Beautiful Love Song2:13
B3That’s How Cold2:34
B4I’ve Lived Like a Piece of Grass2:39
B5Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling2:01
B6Where Did All the Cowboys Go2:32
Dave Dudley Presents
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:16
A1Rooster Hill4:00
A2Texas Ruby2:33
A3My Sunny Overgrown Country Town2:24
A4Sugarland, U.S.A.1:52
A5Lyin’ Eyes5:28
B138 and Lonely2:58
B2Eagle’s Fly Alone2:38
B3My Town2:25
B4Don’t Need the Rain2:14
B5Where Does a Little Boy Go?3:44
Seventeen Seventy-Six (1776)
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:16
A1Seventeen Seventy‐Six (1776)3:30
A2Big Stuff2:38
A3Been Around the Horn2:14
A4Denims and Diamonds2:35
A5Truckin’ Dad2:25
B1Faded Love4:10
B2Rodeo Drifter2:38
B3He Doesn’t Live There Anymore4:03
B4The Night You Broke the News2:18
B5America, I’ll Always Love You2:45
Dave Dudley’s Greatest Hits: Chrome & Polish
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:55
A1Rollin’ On (We Gone)2:30
A2Fireball Rolled a Seven2:36
A3Me and Ole C.B.2:47
A4Fly Away Again2:10
A5Six Days on the Road2:40
B1The Pool Shark2:50
B2Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun2:13
B3Comin’ Down2:03
B4There Ain’t No Easy Run2:45
B5Devils in Heaven Bound Machines2:21
On the Road
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 26:07
A1Counterfeit Cowboy2:58
A2Rollin’ Rig2:14
A3One More Plane2:19
A4Rollin on Your Track2:06
A5Have It Your Way2:46
B1Blue Bedroom Eyes2:30
B2That’s How Cold2:18
B3One A.M., Alone3:31
B4Texas Ruby2:29
B5Thirty Eight and Lonely2:56
Truck Songs
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1White Line Fever
A2How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
A3Girl on the Billboard
A4Truck Drivin’ Man
A5Give Me Forty Acres
B1East Bound and Down
B2Movin’ On
B3A Tombstone Every Mile
B4Freightliner Fever
B5The Last Run
Diesel Duets
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Where’s the Truck
A2D. J. Memphis Joe
A3Sleeper Cab Blues
A4Big Fanny
A5Pinball
B1There’s a Lot to Do in Vegas (Don’t Cha Know)
B2Rovin’ Record Spinner and the Singing Truck Driver
B3New York Joe and Red Neck Tennessee
B4Radar Blues
B5The Gear Jammer and the Hobo
Interstate Gold
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 26:31
A1White Line Fever2:59
A2How Fast Them Trucks Can Go2:28
A3Girl on the Billboard2:59
A4Truck Driving Man2:02
A5Give Me Forty Acres2:40
B1East Bound and Down2:10
B2Movin’ On2:11
B3A Tombstone Every Mile2:25
B4Freightliner Fever2:56
B5The Last Run3:41
King of the Road
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:08
A1King of the Road2:19
A2John Henry1:55
A3Eagle3:33
A4Pick ’em Up3:18
A5Where Did Everybody Go2:55
B1Driver3:09
B2Maybe I Can2:47
B3Rolaids, Doan’s Pills, and Preparaation H2:54
B4Cowboy, You’re America4:04
B5Nothin’ for a Dollar Blues3:14
Volume One Greatest Hits
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 19:17
A1Six Days on the Road2:07
A2Cowboy Boots2:28
A3Fly Away Again2:09
A4Mad2:52
B1A Truckers Prayer2:24
B2There Ain’t No Easy Runs2:47
B3Comin’ Down2:12
B4Two Six Pack Away2:18
Truckin’ ’round the World
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Truck Drivin’ Man
A2Walkin’ the Floor Over You
A3Movin’ On
A4Southbound and Down
A5D.J. Memphis Joe
B1Lookin’ at the World Through a Windshield
B2Keep On Truckin’
B3Just a Few More Miles
B4San Antonio Rose
B5Giddy Up Go
Christmas Truck Stop
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:17
A1White Christmas2:52
A2All I Want for Christmas Is You for Me2:18
A3Jingle Bells2:09
A4O Christmas Tree2:07
A5Lonely Christmas Again2:10
A6Reverend Nicholas4:03
B1Six Tons of Toys2:12
B2I Wish You Were Here2:27
B3Can I Sing a Christmas Song for You2:53
B4Oh Come All Ye Faithful2:13
B5Old Time Merry Christmas2:55
B6Silent Night2:58
Dave Dudley’s Diesel Express
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Six Days on the Road
A2Phantom 309
A3Hey Good Lookin’
A4My Pick ’em Up Truck
A5Eastbound and Down
B1Girl on the Billboard
B2Truck Driver’s Prayer
B3Freightliner Fever
B4Truckin’ Dad
B5One A.M. Alone
Nashville Rodeo Saloon
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:08
A1Bill Bailey2:43
A2That Little Ole Wine Drinker Me2:02
A3Nashville Rodeo Saloon2:33
A4Asphalt Cowboy3:18
A5Diesel Smoke2:09
A6The Wayward Wind2:40
B1One Way Tracks2:21
B2My Marie2:18
B3Cincinatti2:42
B4Down the Road2:50
B5Wish I Had a Nickel3:03
B6California Strawbrry Man2:29
The Truck Drivin’ Man
1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:23
A1Driving Trains (Just Ain’t the Job for Me)2:12
A2Columbus Stockade Blues2:25
A3Anything Leaving Town2:25
A4Don’t Forbid Me2:16
A5Fools Rush In2:49
A6Music City USA2:42
B1Three Minute Song3:12
B2Me and Ole CB2:53
B3A Hammer and Nails2:52
B4You Send Me2:32
B5On the Wings of a Dove2:37
B6Stagger Lee2:28
Dave Dudley Meets Drifters Caravan in Germany
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 32:32
A1Six Days on the Road2:17
A2Funny How Time Slips Away3:04
A3Kawliga3:30
A4Squaws Along the Yukon2:11
A5Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain2:56
A6Kansas City2:30
B1Honky Tonk Man2:00
B2Seven Spanish Angels2:10
B3Battle of New Orleans2:05
B4Won’t You Come Back to Me2:23
B5Golden Slippers2:02
B6Elvira2:29
B7I Fall to Pieces2:55
More Dudley
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:27
A1Mama’s Town2:25
A2Professional Bum2:32
A3Just Memories3:02
A4Charlie’s Rodeo Band2:45
A5Come and Gone2:30
A6Fantastic Memory2:46
B1Sleepy Eyed John1:50
B2(Rollin’ in My) Sweet Baby’s Arms3:11
B3That Magic Song2:41
B4Wanderin’ Truck Drivin’ Man2:34
B5Gas Pump Jockey2:14
B6It Wasn’t a Good Year2:57
Country Best
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1John Henry No.2
A2I’m Goin’ Home
A3I’m Single Again
A4The Waterin’ Hole
A5Rovin’ Gambler
A6Now and Then
B1Yellow Rose of Texas
B2Charlie’s Shoes
B3Soldiers’ Spouse Lament
B4Six Days on the Road
B5Lookin’ South
B6A Place in the Sun
The Silver Album
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
1John Henry No. 2
2I’m Goin’ Home
3I’m Single Again
4The Waterin’ Hole
5Rovin’ Gambler
6A Place in the Sun
7Yellow Rose of Texas
8Charlie’s Shoes
9Soldiers Spouse Lament
10Six Days on the Road
11Lookin’ South
12Now and Then
Im Stau
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 42:25
1Im Stau3:13
2Sunday Here in Deutschland3:36
3Lotsa Things I’m Gonna Do in Texas2:39
4Somewhere in L.A.3:16
5Cowboy Hat3:00
6In the Northwoods2:48
7Mountain Dew3:19
8Us Ol’ Truckers (… Don’t Like Rockin’ While We Roll)2:58
9Black and Blue2:58
10Tavern in Our Town2:49
11Hey Hello Highway3:25
12Somewhere Between Big “D” and San Antoine2:37
13Deep in the Heart of Texas3:04
14As of Now2:43
Cowboy Boots
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 46:42
1Cowboy Boots2:13
2Six Days on the Road2:35
3Ain’t That a Shame2:34
4The Night You Broke the News2:22
5My Sunny Overgrown Country Town2:26
6Rooster Hill4:00
7How Come It Took So Long to Say Goodbye2:44
8Sentimental Journey2:32
9Sugarland U.S.A.1:54
10Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun2:14
11Salvation Arms2:50
12Comin’ Down2:05
13One More Plane2:26
14My Home Town Made a Change2:33
15Mary‐Lou You Took the Party With You2:36
16The Tavern Telephone3:46
17Homer and Cole2:40
18Fly Away Again2:12
Back To Back
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:43
1Six Days on the Road2:17
2Truck Drivin’ Son‐A‐Of‐Gun2:09
3Mad2:41
4The Pool Shark2:58
5Cowboy Boots2:10
6I’m a Truck3:17
7Looking at the Wrong Through a Windshield2:14
8Teddy Bear5:11
9Me and Ole C.B.2:53
10Convoy3:53
Six Days On The Road
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:20
A1Six Days on the Road2:18
A2John Henry2:31
A3Bless Them Machines (Please Help the Working Man)2:02
A4Alligator Man2:01
A5Steel Worker Blues2:16
B1A Farmer's Prayer3:20
B2Last Day in the Mines2:12
B3Cowboy Boots2:09
B4Taxicab Driver2:12
B5Sixteen Tons3:19

Album · 45

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1962	On the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks A1The God’s Were Angry A2John Henry A3Pick of the Week A4Only a Friend A5Oh! Broken Hearted Me B1Why Does Everything Go Wrong? B2I’m Walking Alone B3All Because of My Jealous Heart B4In the House of the Lord B5It’s Just Between Us Two	Compilation	1962
1965	Greatest HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:54 A1Six Days on the Road2:10 A2Cowboy Boots2:05 A3Last Day in the Mines2:07 A4Big Ole House2:18 A5Hiding Behind the Curtain2:57 A6Mad2:39 B1Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun2:08 B2Two Six Packs Away2:11 B3Last Year’s Heartaches2:00 B4If I Had One2:25 B5I Got Lost2:24 B6Don’t Be Surprised2:30	Compilation	1965
1967	The Country and Western Sounds OfSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:38 A1Six Days on the Road2:26 A2Run Don’t Walk2:38 A3Don’t Say Nothin3:10 A4The Play Off2:40 A5Hard Times3:15 B1That’s Pretty Good for Me B2In Less Than an Hour2:38 B3Sixteen Hundred Miles2:25 B4I’ll Always Love You3:19 B5Love That I Need2:07	Compilation	1967
1968	Greatest Hits, Vol 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks A1Anything Leaving Town Today A2Long Time Gone A3Trucker’s Prayer A4Temporarily A5Don’t Come Cryin’ to Me B1Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You) B2My Kind of Love B3Lonelyville B4I Won’t Go Down That Road B5Time and Place B6For Cryin’ Out Loud	Compilation	1968
1970	The Best of Dave DudleySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 26:55 A1Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun2:08 A2Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)2:07 A3My Kind of Love2:32 A4Six Days on the Road2:10 A5One More Mile2:21 A6What We’re Fighting For2:26 B1George (and the North Woods)2:56 B2There Ain’t No Easy Run2:56 B3Trucker’s Prayer2:36 B4Anything Leaving Town Today2:36 B5Last Day in the Mines2:07	Compilation	1970
1975	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 24:32 A1Six Days on the Road A2Two Six Packs Away2:11 A3Just a Few More Miles2:07 A4Somewhere2:43 A5Bad Moon Rising1:55 A6D.J. Memphis Joe2:23 B1Sugarland U.S.A.2:15 B2I Got Lost2:24 B3Shoeshine Man2:23 B4Running With the Wind2:00 B5Speed Traps, Weigh Stations & Detour Signs2:03 B6Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun2:08	Compilation	1975
1975	Truckin’ MusicSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 26:42 A1Six Days on the Road2:12 A2Two Six Packs Away2:10 A3Just a Few More Miles2:06 A4Somewhere2:43 A5Bad Moon Rising1:55 A6D.J. Memphis Joe2:21 B1Sugarland USA2:14 B2I Got Lost2:25 B3Shoeshine Man2:28 B4Running With the Wind1:59 B5Speed Traps, Weight Stations & Detour Signs2:01 B6Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun2:08	Compilation	1975
1981	The ChampionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:29 A1Six Days on the Road1:40 A2I Feel a Cry Comin’ On2:53 A3The Night You Brokr the News2:18 A4Afraid of a Heartache, Scared of the Blues2:14 A5Rooster Hill4:00 A6Eagles Fly Alone2:38 B1My Sunny Overgrown Country Town (Get Me Back to Tennessee, I’m Homesick)2:24 B2He Doesn’t Live There Anymore4:03 B3I Have Been Known Not to Go Home2:49 B4Before My Time2:13 B5My Town2:25 B6Sugarland USA1:52	Compilation	1981
1981	StarportraitSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:04:22 Disc 112 tracks · 32:19 A1Rodeo Drifter2:40 A2Rooster Hill4:03 A3Been Around the Horn2:16 A4Don’t Need the Rain2:15 A5Wave at ’em Billy Boy1:44 A6I Have Been Known Not to Go Home2:55 B1Sugarland, U.S.A.1:54 B2My Town2:24 B3I Can’t Remember You2:54 B4I Think I’ll Cheat a Little Tonight2:44 B5Beautiful Love Song2:17 B6Faded Love4:13 Disc 212 tracks · 32:03 C1Six Days on the Road1:42 C2Afraid of a Heartache, Scared of the Blues2:18 C3Let Me Dream2:56 C4Eagles Fly Alone2:39 C5Big Stuff2:41 C6Seventeen Seventy‐Six3:33 D1Denims and Diamonds2:39 D2The Night You Broke the News2:16 D3The Most Beautiful Girl2:40 D4He Doesn’t Live There Anymore4:07 D5If I Can Just Hold Out a Little Longer2:30 D6Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling2:02	Compilation	1981
1981	Dave DudleySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:23 A1Six Days on the Road1:40 A2Boo on You1:27 A3If I Can Just Hold Out a Little Longer2:29 A4I Keep Looking Back2:22 A5Eagles Fly Alone2:38 A6Lying Eyes5:28 B1Rodeo Drifter2:38 B2Big Old House2:46 B3Rooster Hill4:00 B4Denims and Diamonds2:35 B5Big Stuff2:38 B6Wave at ’em Billy Boy2:42	Compilation	1981
1981	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 26:54 A1Six Days on the Road1:39 A2If I Can Just Hold Out a Little Longer2:29 A3Alligator Man2:11 A4Before My Time2:13 A5Cowboy Boots2:13 A6Big Old House2:46 B1Afraid of a Heartache, Scared of the Blues2:15 B2I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Living1:55 B3I Feel a Cry Comin’ On2:52 B4I Think I’ll Cheat a Little Tonight2:42 B5Under Cover of the Night2:12 B6Boo on You1:27	Compilation	1981
1981	20 Great Truck HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 52:47 A1Six Days on the Road2:31 A2Counterfeid Cowboy3:06 A3Rollin’ on Your Track2:06 A4Me and Ole C.B.2:47 A5Wave at ’em Billy Boy2:42 A6I Have Been Known Not to Go Home2:49 A7One More Plane2:22 A8Fireball Rolled a Seven2:36 A9Let Me Dream2:50 A10Denims and Diamonds2:35 B1Texas Ruby2:33 B2Rollin’ Rig2:17 B3Seventeen Seventy‐Six (1776)3:30 B4Big Stuff2:38 B5Truckin’ Dad2:25 B6Rooster Hill4:00 B7Been Around the Horn2:14 B8Sentimental Journey2:30 B9My Sunny Overgrown Country Town2:24 B10Sugarland U.S.A.1:52	Compilation	1981
1982	Greatest Hits, Volume 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 19:17 A1Six Days on the Road2:07 A2Cowboy Boots2:28 A3Fly Away Again2:09 A4Mad2:52 B1A Trucker’s Prayer2:24 B2There Ain’t No Easy Runs2:47 B3Comin’ Down2:12 B4Two Six Packs Away2:18	Compilation	1982
1982	Dave DudleySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:58 A1When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again3:38 A2If I Could Change Mary’s Mind2:45 A3Salvation Arms2:47 A4Ain’t That a Shame2:34 A5Homer and Cole2:41 A6A Friend Named Wine2:56 B1The Tavern Telephone3:49 B2So Come All Ye Faithful2:35 B3Mary Lou You Took the Party With You2:33 B4I Wish They’d Let Me Do That3:08 B5My Home Town Made a Change2:30 B6I Was Country Before Barbara Mandrell3:02	Compilation	1982
1982	Truck SongsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:48 A1Wreck of the Old Slow Binder2:36 A2Two Six Packs Away2:11 A3Just a Few More Miles2:07 A4Quittin’ Time2:15 A5Operation X2:22 A6D. J. Memphis Joe2:23 B1I Got Lost2:24 B2Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun2:08 B3Jack Knife2:24 B4Sugarland U.S.A.2:15 B5Truck Driver’s Waltz2:40 B6Speed Traps, Weigh Stations & Detour Signs2:03	Compilation	1982
1982	Trucker’s Christmas (Weihnachten mit Dave Dudley)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:17 A1White Christmas2:52 A2Reverend Nicholas4:03 A3Oh Come All Ye Faithful2:13 A4All I Want for Christmas Is You for Me2:18 A5Can I Sing a Christmas Song for You2:53 A6O Christmas Tree2:07 B1I Wish You Were Here2:27 B2Jingle Bells2:09 B3Lonely Christmas Again2:10 B4Old Time Merry Christmas2:55 B5Silent Night2:58 B6Six Tons of Toys2:12	Compilation	1982
1984	Roll Truck RollSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:19 1I Wish I Could “Sprechen Sie Deutsch”2:37 2My Melody of Love3:17 3A Hard Days Night2:33 4Mack the Knife3:20 5Riding’ Herd on Wheels2:59 6The Coast Is Clear3:21 2.1Roll Truck Roll2:59 2.2Waco3:17 2.3Cripple Creek3:16 2.4Dankeschoen2:40 2.5I Like3:30 2.6Wooden Heart2:30	Compilation	1984
1985	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks A1Six Days on the Road A2Cowboy Boots A3The Last Days in the Mine A4Movin’ On B1Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun B2Taxi Cab Driver B3Where Do I Go From Here B4East Bound and Down	Compilation	1985
1986	Greatest Hits: Six Days On The RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks A1Six Days on the Road A2Boo on You A3If I Can Just Hold Out a Little Stronger A4I Keep Looking Back A5Eagles Fly Alone A6Lying Eyes B1Rodeo Drifter B2Big Old House B3Rooster Hill B4Denims and Diamonds B5Big Stuff B6Wave at ’em Billy Boy	Compilation	1986
1989	Six Days On The RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:23 1Six Days on the Road1:40 2Boo on You1:27 3If I Can Just Hold Out a Little Stronger2:29 4I Keep Looking Back2:22 5Eagles Fly Alone2:38 6Lying Eyes5:28 7Rodeo Drifter2:38 8Big Old House2:46 9Rooster Hill4:00 10Denims and Diamonds2:35 11Big Stuff2:38 12Wave at 'em Billy Boy2:42	Compilation	1989
1990	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 34:50 1Six Days on the Road2:07 2Cowboy Boots2:28 3One More Mile2:24 4Fly Away Again2:09 5George and the North Woods3:00 6There Ain’t No Easy Runs2:47 7Comin’ Down2:12 8Pool Shark3:00 9Mad2:52 10Anything Leavin’ Town Today2:25 11Keep on Truckin’2:03 12Me and My Old C.B.2:52 13Truck Divin’ Son of a Gun2:13 14Two Six Packs Away2:18	Compilation	1990
1991	PortraitSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks 1Keep On Truckin’ 2Two Sixpacks Away 3George and the Northwoods 4Where Did Everybody Go 5Pick ’em Up 6Girl on the Billboard 7Rolaids, Doan’s Pills and Preparation H 8Driver 9Eagle 10John Henry 11The Last Run 12Cowboy You’re America 13Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐a‐Gun 14A Trucker’s Prayer 15Truck Drivin’ Man 16Maybe I Can 17Listen Betty, I’m Singin’ Your Song 18King of the Road	Compilation	1991
1992	Truck Drivin’ SongsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 31:11 1Six Days on the Road2:09 2Truck Drivin’ Man2:02 3A Trucker’s Prayer2:28 4A Tombstone Every Mile2:25 5Roll, Truck, Roll2:56 6Give Me Forty Acres2:44 7Eastbound and Down2:14 8One More Mile2:24 9There Ain’t No Easy Runs2:46 10Keep On Truckin’2:04 11Asphalt Cowboy3:18 12The Last Run3:41	Compilation	1992
1993	ChristmasSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks 1Jingle Bells 2All I Want for Christmas Is You for Me 3Can I Sing a Christmas Song for You 4Reverend Nicholas’ 5Lonely Christmas Again 6Oh, Christmas Tree 7Oh, Come All Ye Faithful 8Old Time Merry Christmas 9I Wish You Were Here 10Six Tons of Toys 11White Christmas 12Silent Night	Compilation	1993
1993	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks 1Six Days on the Road 2Counterfeit Cowboy 3I Do 4A Friend Named Wine 5Rodeo Drifter 6Denims and Diamonds 7I Can’t Remember You 8He Doesn’t Live There Anymore 9I Have Been Known Not to Go Home 10South Bound and Down 11Texas Ruby 12That’s How Cold 13Thirty Eight and Lonely 14Been Around the Horn	Compilation	1993
1994	Country StarsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 37:08 1Get Me Back to Tennessee2:24 2I Have Be Known Not to Go Home2:49 3Six Days on the Road2:35 4A Friend Named Wine2:56 5Been Around the Horn2:14 6Morning Sun3:04 7Sentimental Journey2:30 8Salvation Arms2:47 9The Tavern Telephone3:49 10Mary Lou, You Took the Party With You2:33 11Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun2:13 12Rollin’ Rig2:14 13Homer and Cole2:41 14One More Plane2:19	Compilation	1994
1996	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music	Compilation	1996
1996	Six Days on the Road: The Golden Wing RecordingsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks 1Six Days on the Road 2John Henry 3Above and Beyond 4Boo on You 5Then I Can Go to Bed 6The Gods Were Angry 7Last Day in the Mines 8Taxi Cab Driver 9Lonely Corner 10Barbara Allen	Compilation	1996
1996	Trucker ClassicsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 30:46 1Six Days on the Road2:11 2Mad2:56 3Truck Driving Man2:02 4The Pool Shark3:02 5One More Mile2:25 6Two Six Packs Away2:20 7Girl on the Billboard2:59 8Fly Away Again2:12 9Me and Ole CB2:53 10Squaws Along the Yukon2:22 11How Fast Them Trucks Can Go2:28 12Freightliner Fever2:56	Compilation	1996
1996	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 49:19 1I Was Country Before Barbara Mandrell3:03 2Six Days on the Road2:37 3Eagles Fly Alone2:41 4There Ain’t No Easy Run2:47 5I Can’t Remember You2:55 6Don’t Need the Rain2:17 7My Town2:27 8Where Did All the Cowboys Go2:38 9She Dosn’t Live Here Anymore4:07 10Wave at Em Billy Boy2:44 11Get Me Back to Tennessee2:27 12A Friend Named Wine2:58 13Been Around the Horn2:19 14Morning Sun3:07 15Sentimental Journey2:34 16Mary Lou, You Took the Party With You2:38 17Truck Drivin’ Sun of a Gun2:17 18Homer and Cole2:43	Compilation	16 January 1996
1998	Digitally RemasteredSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 54:49 1Six Days on the Road2:07 2King of the Road2:20 3Volkswagen3:02 4Mack the Knife3:12 5Music City USA2:41 6A Hammer and Nails2:53 7Cowboy You’re America4:05 8I Wish I Could “ Sprechen Sie Deutsch ”2:39 9Girl on the Billboard2:55 10Bill Bailey2:49 11Sentimental Journey2:33 12Wings of a Dove2:40 13John Henry1:55 14Pool Shark2:58 15A Hard Days Night2:33 16Diesel Smoke Down the Road2:11 17Amazing Grace3:38 18Danke Schoen2:36 19Wooden Hard2:32 20Cowboy Boots2:30	Compilation	1998
1999	HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 24:45 1Six Days on the Road2:37 2Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun2:16 3Under Cover of the Night2:13 4Comin’ Down2:02 5There Ain’t No Easy Run2:48 6The Pool Shark2:52 7Me & Ole C.B.2:50 8Cowboy Boots2:10 9Fly Away Again2:18 10Fireball Rolled a “7”2:39	Compilation	1999
2001	American TruckerSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:09 1You Ain’t Gonna Truck With Us3:07 2Freedom of the Road2:46 3Back Home2:28 4I’m Proud to Say I Drive a Truck2:38 5I’m Going Home2:33 6Don’t Mess With U.S Truckers2:55 7Wandering Truck Driving Man3:00 8Big Wheelin So of a Gun1:54 9I Want a Woman With a Handle2:38 10Sending the Old Man Home3:46 11Me and Ole C.B2:48 12Six Days on the Road2:36	Compilation	2001
2001	Six Days on the Road & Other Truckin’ Drivin’ ClassicsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 41:37 1Six Days on the Road2:09 2Cowboy Boots2:26 3Two Six Packs Away2:11 4Mad2:48 5There Ain’t No Easy Runs2:43 6Comin’ Down2:08 7Taxicab Driver2:04 8Last Days in the Mines2:06 9Lonely Corner1:59 10A Travelers Prayer2:22 11Above and Beyond1:44 12Barbara Allen4:50 13Before My Time2:45 14Boo on You2:05 15Fly Away Again2:06 16I Feel a Cry Coming On2:51 17Then I Can Go to Bed2:20	Compilation	27 February 2001
2002	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dave DudleySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 28:44 1Six Days on the Road2:14 2Cowboy Boots2:10 3Last Day in the Mines2:12 4Mad2:44 5Two Six Packs Away2:14 6Truck Drivin’ Son‐of‐a‐Gun2:12 7What We’re Fighting For2:28 8There Ain’t No Easy Run2:52 9Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)2:10 10The Pool Shark3:03 11Comin’ Down2:07 12Fly Away Again2:18	Compilation	10 September 2002
2003	Back to BackSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 29:54 1Six Days on the Road2:17 2Truck Drivin’ Son‐A‐Of‐Gun2:10 3Mad2:43 4The Pool Shark2:57 5Cowboy Boots2:12 6I’m a Truck3:16 7Looking at the Wrong Through a Windshield2:16 8Teddy Bear5:11 9Me and Ole C.B.2:55 10Convoy3:57	Compilation	2003
2004	Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963 – 1973Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:00:09 1Last Day in the Mines2:14 2Mad2:44 3Two Six Packs Away2:15 4Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun2:13 5What We’re Fighting For2:28 6Viet Nam Blues2:42 7Lonelyville2:13 8Long Time Gone2:11 9My Kind of Love2:33 10Trucker’s Prayer2:42 11Anything Leaving Town Today2:37 12There Ain’t No Easy Run2:52 13I Keep Coming Back for More2:21 14Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)2:10 15One More Mile2:25 16George (And the North Woods)3:02 17The Pool Shark3:04 18This Night (Ain’t Fit for Nothing but Drinking)2:49 19Listen Betty (I’m Singing Your Song)2:40 20Comin’ Down2:08 21Fly Away Again2:21 22If It Feels Good Do It2:32 23You’ve Got to Cry Girl2:52 24Keep On Truckin’2:01	Compilation	2004
2004	The Farewell AlbumSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 38 tracks · 1:45:55 Disc 119 tracks · 53:08 1Six Days on the Road2:17 2Mama’s Town2:25 3Im Stau3:10 4Sunday Here in Deutschland3:34 5John Henry No.22:16 6Professional Bum2:33 7It Wasn’t a Good Year2:57 8Cowboy Hat2:57 9Yellow Rose of Texas2:34 10Rovin’ Gambler2:29 11Tavern in Our Town2:47 12Fantastic Memory2:47 13Wanderin’ Truck Drivin’ Man2:35 14Somewhere in L.A.3:14 15Mountain Dew3:15 16The Waterin’ Hole3:03 17Lookin’ South2:54 18Lotsa Things I’m Gonna Do in Texas2:37 19As of Now2:44 Disc 219 tracks · 52:47 1I’m Going Home2:26 2Just Memories3:03 3Come and Gone2:31 4Us Ol’ Truckers (… Don’t Like Rockin’ While We Roll)2:55 5Sleepy Eyed John1:51 6Deep in the Heart of Texas3:02 7Black and Blue2:56 8A Place in the Sun2:09 9I’m Single Again3:26 10Charlie’s Rodeo Band2:46 11Gas Pump Jockey2:15 12That Magic Song2:43 13Charlie’s Shoes2:15 14Somewhere Between “D” and San Antone2:35 15In the Northwoods2:46 16Soldiers Spouse Lament3:07 17(Rollin’ in My) Sweet Baby’s Arms3:13 18Hey Hello Highway3:23 19Now and Then3:25	Compilation	16 February 2004
2005	Deutschland AutobahnSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:02:50 1You Ain't Gonna Truck With Us3:08 2Freedom of the Road2:45 3Back Home2:28 4I'm Proud to Say to Drive a Truck2:39 5I'm Going Home2:33 6Don't Mess With U.S.-Truckers2:55 7Wandering Truck Drivin' Man2:59 8Big Weelin' Son of a Gun1:55 9I Want a Woman With a Handle2:38 10Sending the Old Man Home3:45 11Me and Ole C.B.2:50 12Six Days on the Road (New Recording)2:37 13I Was Country Before Barbara Mandrell3:04 14Get Me Back to Tennessee2:27 15Fly Away Again2:17 16Eagles Fly Alone2:40 17Deutschland Autobahn3:19 18Afraid of a Heartache2:18 19Ain't That a Shame2:35 20Before My Time2:16 21I Wish They'd Let Me Do That3:11 22Lying Eyes5:31	Compilation	6 December 2005
2008	Dave Dudley: Studio 102 EssentialsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:18:28 1D.J. Memphis Joe2:21 2Eighteen Wheels Hummin’ Home Sweet Home2:50 3Freightliner Fever2:46 4Giddy Up Go3:55 5Gimme Me 40 Acres (to Turn This Rig Around)2:38 6Hey, Good Lookin’2:50 7I Can See You in the Windshield2:58 8Jacknife2:33 9Just a Few More Miles2:10 10Keep on Truckin’2:06 11Little Joe4:06 12My Pick’Em Up Truck2:16 13One A.M. Alone3:49 14Phantom 3093:04 15San Antonio Rose2:24 16Southbound and Down2:37 17Truck Driver’s Prayer2:54 18Walkin’ the Floor Over You2:06 19Another Cup of Coffee (Then I’ll Go)2:04 20East Bound and Down3:56 21Girl on the Billboard2:48 22Me and Ole C.B.2:49 23Movin’ On2:31 24Ode to 10–332:36 25Six Days on the Road2:19 26Texas Ruby2:29 27Truck Drivin’ Man1:59 28Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun2:04 29Truckin’ Dad2:30	Compilation	1 January 2008
2016	Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun: The Definitive CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 50 tracks · 2:08:31 Disc 125 tracks · 1:04:21 1Six Days on the Road2:15 2Day Drinkin’3:21 3Anything Leaving Town Today2:37 4Comin’ Down2:06 5You’ve Gotta Cry Girl2:52 6What We’re Fighting For2:28 7Me and Ole C.B.2:49 8Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)2:09 9The Pool Shark3:03 10Fly Away Again2:20 11We Know It’s Over2:37 12George (And the North Woods)3:00 13Listen Betty (I’m Singing Your Song)2:38 14I Keep Coming Back for More2:20 15If It Feels Good Do It2:31 16Lonelyville2:12 17Vietnam Blues2:40 18Long Time Gone2:10 19My Kind of Love2:33 20Cowboy Boots2:09 21Last Day in the Mines2:12 22Mad2:44 23That’s How I Got to Memphis2:22 24Wave at Em Billy Boy2:39 2517763:34 Disc 225 tracks · 1:04:10 1I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew2:31 2Keep On Truckin’2:00 3Two Six Packs Away2:13 4Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun2:13 5Truckin’ Dad2:26 6One More Mile2:23 7Trucker’s Prayer2:40 8This Night (Ain’t Fit for Nothing but Drinking)2:49 9It Takes Time1:58 10Farewell to the Road3:12 11Rollin’s All Gone Out of This Rollin’ Stone2:45 12Original Traveling Man2:43 13Bullshippers2:05 14I Almost Didn’t Make It Through the Door2:46 15Sentimental Journey2:34 16Where Did All the Cowboys Go2:38 17Counterfeit Cowboy3:06 18How Come It Took So Long to Say Goodbye2:41 19Fireball Rolled a Seven2:40 20Through Hell and Half of Georgia2:21 21I Can See You in the Windshield2:49 22Me and Bobby McGee3:32 23Tulsa Telephone Book2:37 24My Body’s at Home (But My Heart’s on the Road)2:18 25Pullin’ Double2:10	Compilation	2016
—	Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 44:41 1Six Days on the Road2:36 2The Most Beautiful Girl2:35 3Sentimantal Journey2:32 4Have It Your Way2:51 5Cowboys Boots2:14 6Truck Driving Son‐Of‐a‐Gun2:14 7How Come It Took So Long to Say Goodbye2:42 8You Ain’t Gonna Truck With Us3:07 9Me and Ole C.B.2:48 10Deutschland Autobahn3:18 11You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry2:22 12Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling1:58 13There Ain’t No Easy Run2:46 14The Pool Shark2:52 15Fly Away Again2:16 16Lying Eyes5:30	Compilation	—
—	Here He Is! Dave DudleySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 55:16 1When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again3:39 2Salvation Arms2:48 3A Friend Named Wine2:57 4Mary Lou You Took the Party With You2:35 5Ain’t That a Shame2:34 6Homer and Cole2:39 7Give Me Back the Old Familiar Feeling1:58 8Counterfeit Cowboy2:58 9Beautiful Love Song2:15 10My Sunny Overgrown Country Town (Get Me Back to Tennessee)2:24 11Rooster Hill4:00 12Eagles Fly Alone2:38 13Sugarland USA1:53 14Let Me Dream2:50 15The Tavern Telephone3:44 16If I Could Change Mary’s Mind2:43 17I Was Country Before Barbara Mandrell3:00 18Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun2:07 19Mad2:39 20The Pool Shark2:55	Compilation	—
—	Dave DudleySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 56:13 1Six Days on the Road2:12 2King of the Road2:25 3Volkswagen3:06 4Mack the Knife3:17 5Music City USA2:45 6A Hammer and Nails2:57 7Cowboy You're America4:10 8I Wish, I Could 'Sprechen Sie Deutsch'2:43 9Girl on the Billboard2:59 10Bill Bailey2:54 11Sentimental Journey2:38 12Wings of a Dove2:44 13John Henry1:59 14Pool Shark3:03 15A Hard Days Night2:38 16Diesel Smoke Down the Road2:15 17Amazing Grace3:42 18Danke Schoen2:40 19Wooden Hard2:36 20Cowboy Boots2:30	Compilation	—
—	CB90136Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 41:37 1Six Days on the Road2:35 2Truck Drivin’ Man2:41 3Pool Shark, The3:23 4What We’re Fighting For2:46 5Cowboy Boots2:26 6Last Day in the Mines2:30 7Mad3:04 8Truck Drivin’ Son‐Of‐A‐Gun2:28 9There Ain’t No Easy Run3:01 10Me and Ole CB3:18 11George (and the North Woods)3:15 12Comin’ Down2:26 13Fly Away Again2:35 14Two Six Packs Away2:28 15If It Feels Good Do It2:41	Compilation	—

Single · 4

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
1963	Six Days on the Road / I Feel a Cry Coming OnSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:04 ASix Days on the Road2:20 BI Feel a Cry Coming On2:44	1963
1983	Sankt Niklas war ein Seemann / Reverend NicholasSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:48 aSankt Niklas war ein Seemann3:45 BReverend Nicholas4:03	1983
—	Hot Rod Lincoln / Six Days on the RoadSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:57 AHot Rod Lincoln2:47 BSix Days on the Road2:10	—
—	Six Days on the Road / DonnieSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 4:26 ASix Days on the Road2:20 BDonnie2:06	—

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Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	9	54.3th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	92	97.6th
Studio albums	43	99th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	45	98.5th
Recording span (years)	41	81.6th
Genres	3	80.4th

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Timeline

1920s

Born 1928-05-03

1960s

Debut release: On the Road

Album: Talk of the Town

Album: Travelin’ With Dave Dudley

Album: Songs About the Working Man

Album: Rural Route #1

Album: Truck Drivin’ Son‐of‐a‐Gun

Album: There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere

Album: Free and Easy

Album: Lonelyville

Album: My Kind of Love

Album: Dave Dudley Country

Album: Thanks for All the Miles

Album: One More Mile

Album: George and the North Woods

Album: Six Days on the Road

1970s

Album: The Pool Shark

Album: Will the Real Dave Dudley Please Sing

Album: Dave Dudley Sings “Listen Betty, I’m Singing Your Song”

Album: The Original Traveling Man

Album: Keep On Truckin’

Album: Special Delivery

Album: Uncommonly Good Country

Album: Dave Dudley Presents

Album: Seventeen Seventy-Six (1776)

Album: Dave Dudley’s Greatest Hits: Chrome & Polish

Album: On the Road

1980s

Album: Truck Songs

Album: Diesel Duets

Album: Interstate Gold

Album: King of the Road

Album: Volume One Greatest Hits

Album: Truckin’ ’round the World

Album: Christmas Truck Stop

Album: Dave Dudley’s Diesel Express

Album: Nashville Rodeo Saloon

Album: The Truck Drivin’ Man

Album: Dave Dudley Meets Drifters Caravan in Germany

Album: More Dudley

Album: Country Best

Album: The Silver Album

1990s

Album: Im Stau

Album: Cowboy Boots

2000s

Album: Back To Back

Died 2003

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Discography (92 release groups · 43 studio albums)

Albums · 43

Album · 45

Single · 4

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