| "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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"The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall.
The song is based on Hall's childhood neighbor and boyhood hero, Lonnie Easterling. [1]
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]
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