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<p><b>Dave Dudley</b> (* <a href="3._Mai" title="3. Mai">3. Mai</a> <a href="1928" title="1928">1928</a> in <a href="Spencer_(Wisconsin)" title="Spencer (Wisconsin)">Spencer</a>, <a href="Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, als <i>Darwin David Pedruska</i>; † <a href="22._Dezember" title="22. Dezember">22. Dezember</a> <a href="2003" title="2003">2003</a> in <a href="Danbury_(Wisconsin)" title="Danbury (Wisconsin)">Danbury</a>, Wisconsin) war ein <a href="USA" class="mw-redirect" title="USA">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Country-Musik" title="Country-Musik">Country-Musiker</a>. Dudley hatte in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren mehr als 40 Country-Hits, in denen das oft entbehrungsreiche Leben der LKW-<a href="Fernfahrer" title="Fernfahrer">Fernfahrer</a> <i>(Trucker)</i> in den Weiten der USA porträtiert wurde.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kindheit_und_Jugend">Kindheit und Jugend</h3></div>
<p>Dudleys Großeltern kamen aus dem <a href="Ostpreu%C3%9Fen" title="Ostpreußen">ostpreußischen</a> <a href="K%C3%B6nigsberg_(Preu%C3%9Fen)" title="Königsberg (Preußen)">Königsberg</a> in Deutschland. Er selbst wuchs in <a href="Stevens_Point" title="Stevens Point">Stevens Point</a> auf. Im Alter von elf Jahren bekam er von seinem Großvater eine Gitarre geschenkt und erlernte das Spielen der <a href="Akkord" title="Akkord">Akkorde</a>. Ursprünglich wollte Dudley Profi-<a href="Baseball" title="Baseball">Baseball</a>-Spieler werden, doch ein <a href="Muskelfaserriss" title="Muskelfaserriss">Muskelfaserriss</a> im rechten Arm verhinderte dies. Um sich finanziell über Wasser halten zu können, nahm er einen Job als Hafenarbeiter an.
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<p>Nachdem er eines Morgens seine Nachtschicht beendet hatte, wollte er einen Freund bei einem lokalen Radiosender in <a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> besuchen, der aber nicht erschien. Dudley entdeckte eine Gitarre, die er nahm und auf der er spielte. Der Redakteur des Radiosenders ermutigte Dudley, sich als Musiker zu versuchen. Er nahm einen Job als DJ an und spielte mit einer Band auf lokalen Veranstaltungen.
</p><p>Anfang der 1950er Jahre zog Dudley nach <a href="Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>, wo er das <i>Dave Dudley Trio</i> gründete. Schnell verlagerte er seine Basis nach <a href="Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, <a href="Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, wo er mit seiner Band in der Umgebung spielte, regelmäßig auf WCOW zu hören war und ein Engagement im <i>Gay 90’s Club</i> bekam. Mittlerweile spielten Dudley und seine Band <a href="Rockabilly" title="Rockabilly">Rockabilly</a>, eine Synthese aus Country und <a href="Rhythm_and_Blues" title="Rhythm and Blues">Rhythm and Blues</a>, die dem <a href="Rock_%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99_Roll" title="Rock ’n’ Roll">Rock ’n’ Roll</a> angehört. Trotzdem waren immer noch klar Dudleys Wurzeln im Country zu hören. 1955 machte er seine ersten Aufnahmen für das in <a href="Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a> ansässige Label <a href="King_Records" title="King Records">King Records</a>. Den drei Singles, darunter die Rockabilly-Platte <i>Rock and Roll Nursery Rhyme / I Guess You Know You’re Right</i>, war jedoch kein besonderer Erfolg vergönnt. 1958 folgte eine zweite Platte bei <a href="Starday_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Starday Records">Starday Records</a> und 1959 eine beim NRC-Label aus <a href="Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>. 1960 brach das Trio auseinander und Dudley gründete daraufhin die <i>Country Gentlemen</i>.
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<p>Mit <i>Maybe I Do</i>, 1961 für Vee Records aufgenommen, gelang Dudley erstmals ein Charterfolg – die Single stieß bis in die Top 40 vor und erreichte Platz 28. Im Jahr darauf hatte er mit <i>Under Cover of the Night</i> einen weiteren kleinen Hit, der auf Platz 18 landete.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Im selben Jahr bekam Dudley von <a href="Jimmy_C._Newman" title="Jimmy C. Newman">Jimmy C. Newman</a> ein Demo mit dem Song <i>Six Days on the Road</i>; nachdem Dudley ein wenig gezögert hatte, entschied er sich doch, den Song aufzunehmen. Da er zu dieser Zeit aber ohne Plattenvertrag dastand, gründete er kurzerhand sein eigenes Plattenlabel Golden Wing Records und veröffentlichte <i>Six Days on the Road</i> im Frühjahr 1963 mit <i>I Feel a Cry Coming On</i> auf der B-Seite. Unerwartet kam der Erfolg für Dudley, als die Single bis auf Platz zwei der Country-Charts vorrückte und sich auch auf Platz 32 der Pop-Charts platzieren konnte. Es folgte ein weiterer Hit mit <i>Cowboy Boots</i> (#3), und Ende 1963 wechselte Dudley zum Majorlabel <a href="Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Bereits Dudleys erste Single, <i>Last Day In the Mines</i>, erreichte wieder die Top Ten der Country-Charts (#7). Die 1960er Jahre hindurch konnte Dudley mit weiteren Hits wie <i>Truck Driving Son of a Gun</i> (#3), <i>What We’re Fighting For</i> (#4)<i>Trucker’s Prayer</i> (#23), <i>Anything Leaving Town Today</i> (#12), <i>There Ain’t No Easy Run</i> (#10) oder <i>Two Six Packs Away</i> aufwarten. 1970 erreichte er mit dem von <a href="Tom_T._Hall" title="Tom T. Hall">Tom T. Hall</a> geschriebenen Titel <i>Pool Shark</i> den Spitzenplatz der Country-Charts.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dudley hatte einen neuen Country-Stil entwickelt, der von harten <a href="Honky_Tonk_(Country-Musik)" title="Honky Tonk (Country-Musik)">Honky-Tonk</a>- und <a href="Rockmusik" title="Rockmusik">Rock</a>-Einflüssen geprägt war. In den Texten wurde oft das harte und einsame Leben der Trucker beschrieben, deshalb wird dieser Stil auch <i>Trucker Country</i> genannt, der vor allem auf die deutsche Country-Szene abfärbte. Andere Stars wie <a href="Red_Sovine" title="Red Sovine">Red Sovine</a> sprangen schnell auf diesen Trend auf.
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<p>Dudleys größter Hit wurde 1970 <i>The Pool Shark</i>, der zugleich sein erster und einziger Nummer-eins-Hit blieb. Trotz einiger weiterer Hits in den frühen 1970er Jahren wie <i>Comin’ Down</i> und <i>Fly Away Again</i> hatte er seinen Zenit jedoch bereits überschritten. 1973 wechselte er zu <a href="United_Artists" title="United Artists">United Artists</a>. Ab Ende der 1970er Jahre war Dudley nicht mehr in den Hitparaden vertreten; seine letzte Chartplatzierung hatte er 1980 mit <i>Rolaid Dean’s Pills and Preparation H</i> (#77) für <a href="Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun Records</a>. Dudley blieb jedoch weiterhin mit seinen Konzerten sehr populär und kam 1978 unverhofft auch in Deutschland zu Ruhm, als die deutsche Countryband <a href="Truck_Stop" title="Truck Stop">Truck Stop</a> mit dem Song <i><a href="Ich_m%C3%B6cht%E2%80%99_so_gern_Dave_Dudley_h%C3%B6r%E2%80%99n" title="Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n">Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n</a></i> einen Hit hatte. Seine letzten drei CD-Alben produzierte Dave Dudley in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kölner Musikproduzenten Walther Kahl und dessen Produktion SEYCHELLES MUSIC: <i>More Dudley</i> (1987); <i>Silver Album</i> (1989) und <i>Im Stau</i> (1991). Alle drei Alben sowie eine bisher unveröffentlichte Instrumental-Produktion seines Albums <i>Im Stau</i> (NASHVILLE TRUCKERS) wurden im Frühjahr 2020 re-mastered und digital auf dem SOUNDS like FUN-Label veröffentlicht.
</p><p>Dave Dudley starb 2003 im Alter von 75 Jahren an einem <a href="Herzinfarkt" title="Herzinfarkt">Herzinfarkt</a> in Danbury/Wisconsin, USA.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographie">Diskographie</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alben">Alben</h3></div>
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<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_200" title="US"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Coun­try"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a><span style="display:none">Template:Charttabelle/Wartung/Charts inexistent</span>
</th></tr>

<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1963
</td>
<td>Dave Dudley Sings Six Days on the Road
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-nxa"><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>16<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1964
</td>
<td>Songs About the Working Man
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>19<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Travelin’ with Dave Dudley
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>8<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(25 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Talk of the Town
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>16<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1965
</td>
<td>Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>3<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1966
</td>
<td>There’s a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Lonelyville
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Free and Easy
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>10<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(19 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1967
</td>
<td>Dave Dudley Country
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>29<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1968
</td>
<td>Greatest Hits Vol. 2
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>39<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Thanks for All the Miles
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>39<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1969
</td>
<td>One More Mile
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>15<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1970
</td>
<td>The Best of Dave Dudley
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>32<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Pool Shark
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>16<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1971
</td>
<td>Dave Dudley Sings Listen Betty (I’m Singing Your Song)
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>32<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Will the Real Dave Dudley Please Sing
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>27<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1972
</td>
<td>The Original Traveling Man
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>18<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1973
</td>
<td>Keep On Truckin’
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>22<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1975
</td>
<td>Uncommonly Good Country
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Top_Country_Albums" title="Billboard Top Country Albums">Coun­try</a></span>13<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table><p><span style="font-size:smaller;" class="charts-hidm charts-hidp"><span class="charts-nxa" style="padding:2px;border:solid .5px grey;font-style:italic;">grau schraffiert</span>: keine Chartdaten aus diesem Jahr verfügbar</span>
</p><p><b>Weitere Veröffentlichungen</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1965: <i>Rural Route No. 1</i></li>
<li>1965: <i>Greatest Hits</i></li>
<li>1967: <i>My Kind of Love</i></li>
<li>1969: <i>George (And the North Woods)</i></li>
<li>1975: <i>Special Delivery</i></li>
<li>1976: <i>1776</i></li>
<li>1976: <i>Presents</i></li>
<li>1977: <i>Chrome and Polish</i></li>
<li>1978: <i>On the Road Again</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>Interstate Gold</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>Diesel Duets</i> (mit Charlie Douglas)</li>
<li>1981: <i>King of the Road</i></li>
<li>1982: <i>Trucker’s Christmas</i></li>
<li>1983: <i>20 Great Truck Driver Favorites</i></li>
<li>1984: <i>Nashville Rodeo Saloon</i></li>
<li>1985: <i>Truck Drivin’ Man</i></li>
<li>1987: <i>More Dudley</i> (<a href="Remastering" title="Remastering">Remastering</a> 2020)</li>
<li>1989: <i>Silver Album</i> (Remastering 2020)</li>
<li>1991: <i>Im Stau</i> (Remastering 2020)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>

<table class="wikitable charts-table charts-stickyhead charts-zebragrey" style="text-align:center;">

<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">Album</span>
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Album</i>, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="US"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Coun­try"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a>
</th></tr>

<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1961
</td>
<td>Maybe I Do<br><span class="charts-add"></span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>28<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1962
</td>
<td>Under Cover of the Night<br><span class="charts-add"></span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>18<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(9 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1963
</td>
<td><a href="Six_Days_on_the_Road" title="Six Days on the Road">Six Days on the Road</a><br><span class="charts-add">Dave Dudley Sings Six Days on the Road</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>32<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>2<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(21 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Cowboy Boots<br><span class="charts-add">Songs About the Working Man</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>95<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(1 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class=""><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>3<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(20 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1964
</td>
<td>Last Day in the Mines<br><span class="charts-add">Songs About the Working Man</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>7<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Mad<br><span class="charts-add">Talk of the Town</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>6<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(17 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1965
</td>
<td>Two Six Packs Away<br><span class="charts-add">Truck Drivin’ Son-of-a-Gun</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>15<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(17 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Truck Drivin’ Son-of-a-Gun<br><span class="charts-add">Truck Drivin’ Son-of-a-Gun</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>3<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(21 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>What We’re Fighting For<br><span class="charts-add">There’s a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>4<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1966
</td>
<td>Viet Nam Blues<br><span class="charts-add">There’s a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Lonelyville<br><span class="charts-add">Lonelyville</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>13<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Long Time Gone<br><span class="charts-add">Free and Easy</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>15<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1967
</td>
<td>My Kind of Love<br><span class="charts-add">My Kind of Love</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Trucker’s Prayer<br><span class="charts-add">Dave Dudley Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>23<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Anything Leaving Town Today<br><span class="charts-add">Greatest Hits Vol. 2</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1968
</td>
<td>There Ain’t No Easy Run<br><span class="charts-add">Thanks for All the Miles</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>10<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>I Keep Coming Back for More<br><span class="charts-add">Thanks for All the Miles</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>14<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(11 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)<br><span class="charts-add">One More Mile</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>10<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1969
</td>
<td>One More Mile<br><span class="charts-add">One More Mile</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>George (And the North Woods)<br><span class="charts-add">George (And the North Woods)</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>10<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1970
</td>
<td>The Pool Shark<br><span class="charts-add">The Pool Shark</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span><b>1</b><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>This Night (Ain’t Fit for Anything But Drinking)<br><span class="charts-add">The Pool Shark</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>20<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Day Drinkin'<br><span class="charts-add"></span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>23<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
mit <a href="Tom_T._Hall" title="Tom T. Hall">Tom T. Hall</a></div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1971
</td>
<td>Listen Betty (I'm Singing Your Song)<br><span class="charts-add">Dave Dudley Sings Listen Betty (I'm Singing Your Song)</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>15<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Comin' Down<br><span class="charts-add">Dave Dudley Sings Listen Betty (I'm Singing Your Song)</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>8<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Fly Away Again<br><span class="charts-add">Will the Real Dave Dudley Please Sing</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>8<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1972
</td>
<td>If It Feels Good Do It<br><span class="charts-add">The Original Traveling Man</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>14<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>You've Gotta Cry Girl<br><span class="charts-add">The Original Traveling Man</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>We Know It's Over<br><span class="charts-add"></span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>40<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
mit Karen O'Donnal</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1973
</td>
<td>Keep On Truckin’<br><span class="charts-add">Keep On Truckin’</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>19<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>It Takes Time<br><span class="charts-add"></span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>37<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(9 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Rollin’ Rig<br><span class="charts-add">Special Delivery</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>47<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1974
</td>
<td>Have It Your Way<br><span class="charts-add">Special Delivery</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>67<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Counterfeit Cowboy<br><span class="charts-add">Special Delivery</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>61<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(9 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3" class="charts-yy">1975
</td>
<td>How Come It Took So Long (To Say Goodbye)<br><span class="charts-add">Special Delivery</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>74<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Fireball Rolled a Seven<br><span class="charts-add">Special Delivery</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>21<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(12 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Me and Ole C.B.<br><span class="charts-add">Uncommonly Good Country</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1976
</td>
<td>Sentimental Journey<br><span class="charts-add">Special Delivery</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>47<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>38 and Lonely<br><span class="charts-add">Presents</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>83<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(5 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1978
</td>
<td>One A.M. Alone<br><span class="charts-add">On the Road Again</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>95<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1980
</td>
<td>Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation H<br><span class="charts-add">King of the Road</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_Country_Songs" title="Billboard Hot Country Songs">Coun­try</a></span>77<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(5 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">Coun­try</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p><b>Weitere Veröffentlichungen</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1955: <i>Cry Baby Cry</i></li>
<li>1956: <i>Ink Dries Quicker Than Tears</i></li>
<li>1956: <i>Rock and Roll Nursery Rhyme</i></li>
<li>1959: <i>I Just Want to Be Your Friend</i></li>
<li>1960: <i>It’s Gotta Be That Way</i></li>
<li>1975: <i>Wave at ’Em Billy Boy</i></li>
<li>1976: <i>1776</i></li>
<li>1976: <i>Rooster Hill</i></li>
<li>1977: <i>Just Memories</i></li>
<li>1977: <i>Devils in Heaven Bound Machines</i></li>
<li>1977: <i>Rollin’ On (We Gone)</i></li>
<li>1978: <i>Wayward Wind</i></li>
<li>1979: <i>Moonlight in Vermont</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>Last Run</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>Big Fanny</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>Driver</i></li>
<li>1981: <i>Eagle</i></li>
<li>1981: <i>I Do</i></li>
<li>1981: <i>I Was Country Before Barbara Mandrell</i></li>
<li>1983: <i>I Wish I Had a Nickel</i></li>
<li>2020: <i>Sunday here in Deutschland</i> (Remastering)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trivia">Trivia</h2></div>
<p>1977 erschien die Single <i><a href="Ich_m%C3%B6cht%E2%80%99_so_gern_Dave_Dudley_h%C3%B6r%E2%80%99n" title="Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n">Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n</a></i> der deutschen Country-Band <a href="Truck_Stop" title="Truck Stop">Truck Stop</a>.
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&amp;query=128618922">Tonträger von Dave Dudley</a> im Katalog der <a href="Deutsche_Nationalbibliothek" title="Deutsche Nationalbibliothek">Deutschen Nationalbibliothek</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000959490">Eintrag</a> bei <a href="Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12970">Dave Dudley</a> auf <a href="Hillbilly-Music.com" title="Hillbilly-Music.com">Hillbilly-Music.com</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240116/">Dave Dudley</a> bei <a href="IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artist.php?key=dudl1000#lf">Diskographie mit Hörbeispielen (nur Rockabilly)</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
<ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Die Platzierungen in den Country-Charts nach Whitburn, Joel: <i>The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits. 1944 – 2006</i>. 2. Auflage. New York, N.Y.: Billboard Books, 2006, S. 111f</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lediglich die beiden Singles <i><a href="Six_Days_on_the_Road" title="Six Days on the Road">Six Days on the Road</a></i> (US-Katalognummer: Golden Wing 3020) und <i>Cowboy Boots</i> (US-Katalognummer: Golden Ring 3030) konnten sich im Verlauf von Dudleys Karriere überhaupt in den Pop-Charts platzieren. Siehe Whitburn, Joel: <i>Top Pop Singles 1955-1993</i>. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, S. 182</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nähere Informationen zu dem Titel siehe Roland, Tom: <i>The Billboard Book Of Number One Country Hits</i>. New York City / New York: Billboard Books; London: Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1991, S. 38f</span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-charts-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_4-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_4-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/dave-dudley/chart-history/">US</a></span>
</li>
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