''Shriner's Convention'' was
Ray Stevens
Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as novelty ...
' seventeenth studio album, released in
1980
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, as well as his first for
RCA Records
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. The front of the album's cover shows a drawn picture of Stevens on a motorcycle with a young, curvaceous woman in back of him. Stevens wears a blue, Hawaiian-styled shirt and blue jeans, while the woman wears a bikini, and the two wear shriner hats. In the background of the picture, there is a shriner's parade on the streets. On the back of the album, there is a comic strip of happenings at a motel while the parade occurs.
The
title track
A title track is a song that has the same name as the album or film in which it appears. In the Korean music industry, the term is used to describe a promoted song on an album, akin to a single, regardless of the song's title.
Title track may al ...
is the album's sole single.
Track listing
In the cassette version of the album, the tracks for "Last Laugh" and "Coin Machine" are reversed.
Album credits
*Arranged and produced by: Ray Stevens at Ray Stevens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
*Engineer: Stuart Keathley
*Cover concept:
Jerry Bradley
*Art direction and cartoon illustration: Herb Burnette
*Lettering: Bill Noss
*Graphics by: Pinwheel Studios, Nashville
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
References
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1980 albums
Ray Stevens albums
RCA Records albums
Shriners