Dirty Old Man Explained

Dirty Old Man
Type:single
Artist:George Hamilton IV
Album:Out West Country
B-Side:Abilene
Released:April 1973
Genre:Country
Label:RCA
Prev Title:Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Second Cup of Coffee
Next Year: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] --accessdate=October 3, 2010-->38
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RPM Country Tracks for June 2, 1973. RPM. 3 October 2010.
  2. Web site: RPM Top 50 AC - July 1, 1978.
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112122933/ "Juno Award nominations"
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2005. Record Research, Inc. 162. 2005. 0-89820-165-9. <
  5. Web site: RPM Adult Contemporary for June 9, 1973. RPM. 3 October 2010.