''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
Events January
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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 a ...
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