With his signature song “Six Days on the Road”, Dave Dudley spurred an entire subgenre of truck-driving country music. Born on May 3, 1928, in Spencer, Wisconsin, Dudley enjoyed a string of Top 15 ...
Country music songwriter Ted Daffan realized that long-haul truckers were among early country's biggest fans, so he penned a tribute to the weary drivers called ‘‘ Truck Driver's Blues ’’ in 1939. The ...