Dirty Old Man

"Dirty Old Man" is a single performed by American country music artist George Hamilton IV, and written by Canadian songwriter Bob Ruzicka. Released in April 1973, it was a single from Hamilton's album Out West Country. The song reached No. 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada on June 2, 1973.[1] A version by Valdy reached No. 38 in Canada in 1978.[2]

"Dirty Old Man"
Single by George Hamilton IV
from the album Out West Country
B-side"Abilene"
ReleasedApril 1973
GenreCountry
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Bob Ruzicka
George Hamilton IV singles chronology
"Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)"
(1973)
"Dirty Old Man"
(1973)
"Second Cup of Coffee"
(1973)

The song was a Juno Award nominee for Country Single of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1974.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1973) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[4] 38
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[1] 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 2

References

  1. "RPM Country Tracks for June 2, 1973". RPM. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  2. "RPM Top 50 AC - July 1, 1978" (PDF).
  3. "Juno Award nominations". Ottawa Journal, March 22, 1974.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2005). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2005. Record Research, Inc. p. 162. ISBN 0-89820-165-9.
  5. "RPM Adult Contemporary for June 9, 1973". RPM. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
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