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Shriner's Convention
Shriner's Convention
Studio album by Ray Stevens
Released	February 1980
Genre	Pop, country, novelty, comedy
Label	RCA
Producer	Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens chronology

Professional ratings
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[1]

Shriner's Convention is a studio album by the American musician Ray Stevens, released in 1980, his first for RCA Records.^[2] 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 is the album's sole single.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shriner's Convention"	Ray Stevens	5:33
2.	"The Last Laugh"	Burke, Black, Gillespie	2:36
3.	"Rita's Letter"	Sharp	3:30
4.	"The Watch Song"	Mike Neun	3:28

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Dooright Family"	Ray Stevens	5:05
2.	"Hey There"	Richard Adler, Jerry Ross	2:37
3.	"Put It in Your Ear"	Layng Martine, Jr.	2:42
4.	"You're Never Goin' to Tampa With Me"	C.W. Kalb, Jr.	2:50
5.	"Coin Machine"	Dick Feller	3:12

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

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	132
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	46

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US	CAN Country
1980	"Shriner's Convention"	7	101	2

References

^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
^ Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. 2000. p. 464.
^ "Ray Stevens Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
^ "Ray Stevens Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2021.