Roy Frank Drusky, Jr. (June 22, 1930[1] – September 23, 2004) was an American country music singer and songwriter popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s.

Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound and for being one of the first artists to record a song written by Kris Kristofferson ("Jody and the Kid").

[1] Faron Young, a well-known country singer, helped Drusky's career by recording his songs.

Bradley was a well-known producer who had led country singer Patsy Cline to big success in the early 1960s.

Liz Anderson wrote "Pick of the Week" for him as well as "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" which is best remembered by the concurrent hit by Merle Haggard, although Drusky's was the more successful record at the time.

Drusky's last top 40 country was a remake of "A Satisfied Mind" in 1973 which had earlier been a hit for both Porter Wagoner and Jean Shepard.

Drusky's membership with the Grand Ole Opry ensured him exposure for decades long after the radio hits stopped coming.

He appeared regularly on the program until the year of his death, singing the hit songs he had racked up in the 1960s and 1970s, in addition to performing country standards from other artists, which became a tradition at the Opry.

He and his wife, Bobbye, had three sons, Roy Frank, III ("Twig"), Tracy Alan ("Tad") and Darel Bryon ("Tip").