The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

"The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"
"The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"
Single by Tom T. Hall
from the album In Search of a Song
B-side	"Second Handed Flowers"
Released	July 5, 1971
Recorded	March 26, 1971; Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	2:42
Label	Mercury 73221
Songwriter(s)	Tom T. Hall
Producer(s)	Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology

"The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall.

Background

The song is based on Hall's childhood neighbor and boyhood hero, Lonnie Easterling.^[1]

Chart performance

It was released in July 1971 as the only single from the album, In Search of a Song. "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" was Hall's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of eighteen weeks on the country charts.^[2]

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	42
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	6
Canadian RPM Top Singles	42

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)	Rank
U.S. Country (Billboard)^[4]	4

References

^ "In the Words of Tom T. Hall ..." CMT News. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 366.
^ Billboard, December 25, 1971.

External links

Tom T. Hall - The Year That Clayton Delaney Died on YouTube

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[1] "In the Words of Tom T. Hall ..." CMT News. Retrieved 2017-09-27.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 366.

[4] Billboard, December 25, 1971.

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Studio albums	In Search of a Song (1971) Places I've Done Time (1978) Song in a Seashell (1985)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1975)
Singles	"Ballad of Forty Dollars" "A Week in a Country Jail" "Shoeshine Man" "Salute to a Switchblade" "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" "The Monkey That Became President" "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" "Ravishing Ruby" "I Love" "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy" "Country Is" "I Care" "Deal" "I Like Beer" "Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)" "Fox on the Run" "Your Man Loves You Honey" "It's All in the Game" "May the Force Be with You Always" "What Have You Got to Lose" "The Old Side of Town" "Song of the South" "A Bar with No Beer"
Songwriting	"Hello Vietnam" "Harper Valley PTA" "Little Bitty"
Related	Discography