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
Genre Country
Length 2:42
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Tom T. Hall
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology
"Ode to Half a Pound of Ground Round"
(1971)
"The Year Clayton Delaney Died"
(1971)
"Me and Jesus"
(1972)

"The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. 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 Tom T. 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.[1]

Background

The song is based on Hall's childhood neighbor and boyhood hero, Lonnie Easterly.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

Chart (1971) Rank
U.S. Country (Billboard)[2]
4

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
  2. Billboard, December 25, 1971.
Preceded by
"Easy Loving"
by Freddie Hart
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

September 18-September 25, 1971
Succeeded by
"Easy Loving"
by Freddie Hart


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