''Shriner's Convention'' is a studio album by the American musician

Ray Stevens Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country music, country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "M ...

, released in 1980, his first for

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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

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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

Track listing

Album credits

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

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