Dave Dudley

Real name: David Darwin Pedruska
Born: May 3, 1928
Died: December 22, 2003
Country: United States
IPI: 00008744973 2 works
00063586361 6 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Country music singer and songwriter; Dudley is considered as the father of truck driving country music
Related: Dick Marrison Played bass in Dave Dudley's band 'The Roadrunners'

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Boo on You	Dave Dudley	November 1963	Linda Manning
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee	Dave Dudley	October 1965	(2 artists)
Cowboy Boots	Dave Dudley	September 1963	(8 artists)
George (And the North Woods) REL	Dave Dudley	August 1969	Originally by Tom T. Hall REC
I Can See You In The Windshield	Dave Dudley	1971	Unverified
I Feel a Cry Coming On	Dave Dudley	April 1963	(4 artists)
I Got Lost	Dave Dudley	June 1965	Col Joye - Bob Purtell - Jim Cooper - Laurie Allen
I Wish I Could..."Sprechen Sie Deutsch"	Dave Dudley	1984	Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle
Jack Knife	Dave Dudley	July 1965	(3 artists)
Keep On Truckin'	Dave Dudley	January 1973	Bonnie Nelson
Last Day in the Mines	Dave Dudley	November 1963	Woody Martin
Lonelyville	Dave Dudley	May 1966	(2 artists)
Long Time Gone	Dave Dudley	September 1966	(5 artists)
My Kind of Love	Dave Dudley	1967	Jerry Reed
One More Mile	Dave Dudley	April 1969	Ohaři
Operation X	Dave Dudley	July 1965	Country Beat Jiřího Brabce
Pullin' Double	Dave Dudley	1972	Taxmeni
Saving Your Kisses	Dave Dudley with Dick Williams featuring Link Wray and The Wraymen	1963	Marti Brom
Silver Rails	Dave Dudley	July 1964	(2 artists)
Speed Traps, Weigh Stations, & Detour Signs	Dave Dudley	July 1965	Unverified
There Ain't No Easy Run	Dave Dudley	February 1968	(4 artists)
The Rollin's All Gone out of This Rollin' Stone	Dave Dudley	January 1971	Nev Nicholls & His Country Playboys
Truck Driver's Waltz	Dave Dudley	July 1965	David Price [US]
Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun	Dave Dudley	June 1965	(9 artists)
Trucker's Prayer	Dave Dudley	June 1967	Col Joye - Bob Purtell - Jim Cooper - Laurie Allen
Two Six Packs Away	Dave Dudley	January 1965	The Sovines
What We're Fighting For	Dave Dudley	October 1965	Charlie Louvin

Covers by Dave Dudley

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Alligator Man	Dave Dudley	March 1964	Jimmy Newman
A Thing Called Love	Dave Dudley	1972	Jerry Reed
A Tombstone Every Mile	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Dick Curless
A Week in a Country Jail	Dave Dudley	1970	Tom T. Hall
Bad Moon Rising	Dave Dudley	November 1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ballad of Forty Dollars	Dave Dudley	April 1969	Tom T. Hall
Blowin' in the Wind	Dave Dudley	November 1969	Bob Dylan REC, The Chad Mitchell Trio REL
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes	Dave Dudley	November 1969	Slim Willet - With The Brush Cutters
Each Night at Nine	Dave Dudley	January 1966	Floyd Tillman
East Bound and Down	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Jerry Reed
Faded Love	Dave Dudley	1976	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Fools Rush In	Dave Dudley	1971	Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
For the Good Times	Dave Dudley	January 1971	Bill Nash
Fraulein	Dave Dudley	January 1966	Bobby Helms
Freightliner Fever	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Truman Lankford
Girl on the Billboard	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Del Reeves
Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling	Dave Dudley	November 1975	Glen Campbell
Give Me Forty Acres	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	The Willis Brothers
Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)	Dave Dudley	June 1966	Gene Arnold
He'll Have to Go	Dave Dudley	July 1964	Billy Brown
Hello Vietnam	Dave Dudley	January 1966	Johnny Wright
How Fast Them Trucks Can Go	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Claude Gray
I'm Coming Home	Dave Dudley	March 1964	Johnny Horton
I'm Movin' On	Dave Dudley	July 1964	Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
I Taught Her Everything She Knows	Dave Dudley	1967	Roy Hamilton - Arranged and conducted by Jimmy Wisner
It's Such a Pretty World Today	Dave Dudley	September 1967	Wynn Stewart
I Won't Mention It Again	Dave Dudley	1971	Ray Price
Jingle Bells	Dave Dudley	November 12, 1982	Edison Male Quartette
Just Call Me Lonesome	Dave Dudley	June 1966	Eddy Arnold and His Guitar
Lonely Street	Dave Dudley	June 1966	Carl Belew & His Rock Crushers
Lotsa Things I'm Gonna Do in Texas	Dave Dudley	1991	G. Thomas
Louisiana Saturday Night	Dave Dudley	September 1967	Jimmy Newman
Making Plans	Dave Dudley	1967	Wilburn Brothers
Me and Bobby McGee	Dave Dudley	1971	Roger Miller [US-OK]
Movin' On	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Merle Haggard and The Strangers
My Body's at Home (But My Heart's on the Road)	Dave Dudley	1972	George Hamilton IV
My Way of Life	Dave Dudley	1967	Sonny Curtis
O Come All Ye Faithful	Dave Dudley	November 12, 1982	(unknown), (unknown)
Oh Lonesome Me	Dave Dudley	June 1966	Don Gibson
Old Shep	Dave Dudley	February 1965	Red Foley
One Has My Name, the Other Has My Heart	Dave Dudley	November 1964	The Frontiersmen - Eddie Dean
Pan American	Dave Dudley	July 1964	Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys REL, Hank Williams REC
Passing Through	Dave Dudley	November 1966	Bobby Bare
Please Help Me I'm Falling	Dave Dudley	November 1964	Hank Locklin
Put Your Hand in the Hand	Dave Dudley	1971	Anne Murray
Ring of Fire	Dave Dudley	November 1966	Anita Carter
Rocky Top	Dave Dudley	1972	Osborne Brothers
Sentimental Journey	Dave Dudley	November 1975	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
Seven Lonely Days	Dave Dudley	June 1966	Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser REL, The Pinetoppers and The Marlin Sisters REC
Shoeshine Man	Dave Dudley	1970	Tom T. Hall
Silent Night	Dave Dudley	November 12, 1982	Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
Six Days on the Road	Dave Dudley	April 1963	Paul Davis [US2]
Sixteen Tons	Dave Dudley	March 1964	Merle Travis
Sleepy Eyed John	Dave Dudley	February 1965	Ole Rasmussen and His Cornhuskers - Vocal by Ted Wilds
Slippin' Around	Dave Dudley	November 1964	Bud Messner & His Skyline Boys - Vocal by Bill Franklin
Soldier's Last Letter	Dave Dudley	January 1966	Ernest Tubb
Steel Worker Blues	Dave Dudley	March 1964	Keith Courvale
Sweet Thang	Dave Dudley	1967	Nat Stuckey
That Little Ole Wine Drinker Me	Dave Dudley	1984	Charlie Walker
That Lucky Old Sun	Dave Dudley	February 1965	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
That's How I Got to Memphis	Dave Dudley	November 1969	Tom T. Hall REC, Bill Haley & The Comets REL
That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome	Dave Dudley	June 1966	Bill Anderson [US1]
There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere	Dave Dudley	January 1966	Elton Britt
Three Hearts in a Tangle	Dave Dudley	November 1964	Ray Starr
Travelin' Man	Dave Dudley	July 1964	Ricky Nelson
Truck Drivin' Man	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Terry Fell and The Fellers
Tulsa Telephone Book	Dave Dudley	1971	Tom T. Hall
Viet Nam Blues	Dave Dudley	January 1966	Jack Sanders
Waiting for a Train	Dave Dudley	July 1964	Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
White Christmas	Dave Dudley	November 12, 1982	Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
White Line Fever	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Merle Haggard and The Strangers
Wichita Lineman	Dave Dudley	April 1969	Glen Campbell - Conducted by Al De Lory
Wooden Heart	Dave Dudley	1984	Pusinelli & Hackert, Elvis Presley
Yonder Comes a Sucker	Dave Dudley	November 1964	Jim Reeves [US]

Songs written by Dave Dudley

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Boo on You	Dave Dudley	Dave Dudley	November 1963	Covered by Linda Manning
I Can See You In The Windshield	Dave Dudley	Dave Dudley	1971	Unverified
I Wish I Could..."Sprechen Sie Deutsch"	Dave Dudley	Dave Dudley	1984	Covered by Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle
Long Time Gone	Dave Dudley, Dick Marrison	Dave Dudley	July 1966	Covered by (5 artists)
Lotsa Things I'm Gonna Do in Texas	Dave Dudley	G. Thomas	1989	Covered by Dave Dudley
Pullin' Double	Dave Dudley	Dave Dudley	1972	Covered by Taxmeni
Saving Your Kisses	Dave Dudley	Dave Dudley with Dick Williams featuring Link Wray and The Wraymen	1963	Covered by Marti Brom
There Ain't No Easy Runs	Dave Dudley, Tom T. Hall	Dave Dudley	February 1968	Covered by (4 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Dave Dudley Country	Dave Dudley	September 1967	Mercury
Dave Dudley Sings: "Listen Betty, I'm Singing Your Song"	Dave Dudley	January 1971	Mercury
Dave Dudley Sings Six Days on the Road	Dave Dudley	November 1963	Golden Ring
Free and Easy	Dave Dudley	November 1966	Mercury
George and the North Woods	Dave Dudley	November 1969	Mercury
Im Stau	Dave Dudley	1991	Koch International
Interstate Gold	Dave Dudley	March 25, 1980	Sun [US]
Lonelyville	Dave Dudley	June 1966	Mercury
My Kind of Love	Dave Dudley	1967	Mercury
Nashville Rodeo Saloon	Dave Dudley	1984	Bellaphon
One More Mile	Dave Dudley	April 1969	Mercury
On the Road	Dave Dudley with Dick Williams featuring Link Wray and The Wraymen	1963	Guest Star Records
Rural Route #1	Dave Dudley	February 1965	Mercury
Seventeen Seventy-Six (1776)	Dave Dudley	1976	United Artists Records
Songs About the Working Man	Dave Dudley	March 1964	Mercury
Talk of the Town	Dave Dudley	November 1964	Mercury
The Original Traveling Man	Dave Dudley	1972	Mercury
The Pool Shark	Dave Dudley	1970	Mercury
There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere	Dave Dudley	January 1966	Mercury
Travelin' with Dave Dudley	Dave Dudley	July 1964	Mercury
Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun	Dave Dudley	July 1965	Mercury
Trucker's Christmas - Weihnachten mit Dave Dudley	Dave Dudley	November 12, 1982	Esperanza
Uncommonly Good Country	Dave Dudley	November 1975	United Artists Records
Will the Real Dave Dudley Please Sing	Dave Dudley	1971	Mercury

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Cowboy Boots	Dave Dudley	September 1963	Golden Ring
George (And the North Woods)	Dave Dudley	August 1969	Mercury
I Wish I Could... "Sprechen Sie Deutsch"	Dave Dudley	1984	Bellaphon
Keep On Truckin'	Dave Dudley	January 1973	Mercury
Last Day in the Mines	Dave Dudley	November 1963	Mercury
Lonelyville	Dave Dudley	May 1966	Mercury
Long Time Gone	Dave Dudley	September 1966	Mercury
Six Days on the Road	Dave Dudley	April 1963	Golden Wing
There Ain't No Easy Run	Dave Dudley	February 1968	Mercury
Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun	Dave Dudley	June 1965	Mercury
Trucker's Prayer	Dave Dudley	June 1967	Mercury
Two Six Packs Away	Dave Dudley	January 1965	Mercury
What We're Fighting For	Dave Dudley	October 1965	Mercury