The Pool Shark (song)

"The Pool Shark"
Single by Dave Dudley
from the album The Pool Shark
B-side"Bigger They Come The Harder They Fall"
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1970
GenreCountry
Length2:59
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Tom T. Hall
Producer(s)Jerry Kennedy
Dave Dudley singles chronology
"George (And the North Woods)"
(1969) 		"The Pool Shark"
(1970) 		"This Night (Ain't Fit for Anything But Drinking)"
(1970)

"The Pool Shark" is a song written by Tom T. Hall and recorded by American country music artist Dave Dudley. It was released in February 1970 as the lead single from the album of the same name, The Pool Shark. The song was Dave Dudley's twenty-first release on the country chart and his only number one. The single stayed at the top of the country charts for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the chart.[1]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 111.