"Truck Drivin' Man" is a popular country song

Country Song

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 written and recorded by Terry Fell

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 in 1954. One of his band members, Buck Owens

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, sang harmony with him on the recording.

In 1965, Owens recorded the song himself, omitting the fourth verse - "When I get my call up to glory, They will take me away from this land, I'll head this truck up to Heaven, 'Cause I'm a truck drivin' man."

Others who have recorded the song include Ricky Nelson

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, Boxcar Willie

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, Charlie Pride, Bill Anderson, Conway Twitty

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, Jimmy Martin

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, Dave Dudley

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Dave Dudley , 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'...

, Charlie Walker

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, The Flying Burrito Brothers

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, George Hamilton IV

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, Glen Campbell

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, New Riders of the Purple Sage

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, and Leon Russell

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. "Truck Drivin' Man" is also covered by Nordre Sving Blandede Mannskor og Orkester as "Trailersjåfør", with Norwegian

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lyric by Finn Sidselrud.