Dirty Old Man

{{Infobox song | name = Dirty Old Man | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = George Hamilton IV | album = Out West Country | B-side = Abilene | released = April 1973 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = | label = RCA | writer = Bob Ruzicka | producer = | 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.<ref name="rpm">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4818&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=2omj15nqq423cta2mqscrjhg54|title=RPM Country Tracks for June 2, 1973|work=RPM|accessdate=3 October 2010}}</ref> A version by Valdy reached No. 38 in Canada in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4609.pdf| title=RPM Top 50 AC - July 1, 1978}}</ref>

The song was a Juno Award nominee for Country Single of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1974.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112122933/ "Juno Award nominations"]. ''Ottawa Journal'', March 22, 1974.</ref>

==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable" !align="left"|Chart (1973) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2005|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=162|date=2005|isbn=0-89820-165-9}}</ref> |align="center"|38 |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks<ref name="rpm" /> |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary<ref name="rpmac">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4835&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=2omj15nqq423cta2mqscrjhg54|title=RPM Adult Contemporary for June 9, 1973|work=RPM|accessdate=3 October 2010}}</ref> |align="center"|2 |}

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Category:1973 singles Category:George Hamilton IV songs Category:1983 songs