Dave Dudley
Listen to, buy or share
Buy
7digital
iTunes
Amazon
eBay
-
177,595
scrobbles
-
37,028 listeners
-
fwc1 is listening to
Dave Dudley – Sentimental Journey
Biography
Dave Dudley is best-known for his trucker songs including “Six Days on the Road” and “Truck Drivin’ Son-of-a-Gun”. His duet with Tom T. Hall called “Day Drinking” demonstrated that he was not limited to trucking songs. He is one of the best-known singers of the truck-driving era in country music and was one of the icons in this category.
Dave was born in 1928 in Spencer, Wisconsin. He had a short career as a semi-professional baseball player. After he suffered an arm injury he was no longer able to play baseball. He then decided to pursue a career in country music. He was one of the earliest artists to record for National Recording Corporation on the NRC label.
He first appeared on the Country charts in 1961 with the song “Maybe I Do,” released by Vee Records. He later moved to Golden Wing Records. Two years later, in 1963, the label released the single “Six Days on the Road”. In 1963, Dudley moved on to Mercury records. Dave Dudley continued to have success into the 1970s. He continued to record for Mercury Records.
In the 1980s, Dave Dudley continued to record, but not as much as he once had. He remained popular in concert. In total, Dudley recorded more than 70 albums. However, he did not manage to reclaim his past success, and neither his single “Where’s that Truck?”, recorded with DJ Charlie Douglas, nor the track “Dave Dudley, American Trucker”, recorded in 2002 in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, helped revive his career.
Top Tracks
Top Albums
-
Dave Dudley Digitally Remastered
17,945 listeners20 tracks
-
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Dave Dudley
12,378 listeners12 tracks
Released:
-
Here He Is! Dave Dudley
3,218 listeners20 tracks
-
Christmas Truck Stop
321 listeners12 tracks
Released:
Listening Trend
Start scrobbling and track your listening history
Last.fm users scrobble the music they play in iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and over 200 other music players.
Create a Last.fm profileShoutbox
-
TheHagMan
Great voice, and some really great songs. He was famous for Truckin' songs but he also cut some fantastic straight country songs. If you wonder where to start check out - "Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun - The Mercury Hits 1963-1973" - 24 Hits on one CD. Includes the majestic "This Night (Ain't Fit For Nothing But Drinking)" - That is real country!!
-
wildtony40
merry christmas........
-
mandodiaofreak
Not bad.:)
-
theotherivan
What a classic.
-
Cajungrandma
Drove many a mile listening to Dave,,,,, Just any Trucker, They'll tell ya ...
-
kayla69
:)
-
Richex
No DUD!
-
Richex
Keep on truck'n
Top Listeners
-
Truevildead
Top Listener -
Manfred1952
Top Listener -
lpb56
Top Listener -
CelticExile
Top Listener
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Dave Dudley from Universal Music.
