Dave Dudley (May 3, 1928 – December 22, 2003), born
David Darwin Pedruska, was an
American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred
baritone. His
signature song was "
Six Days on the Road," and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues," "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun," and "Me and ol' C.B.". Other recordings included Dudley's
duet with
Tom T. Hall, "Day Drinking," and his own
Top 10 hit, "Fireball Rolled A Seven," supposedly based on the career and death of
Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts.