Dirty Old Man

"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)

"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]

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. ^ a b "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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