Song in a Seashell

Song in a Seashell
Song in a Seashell
Studio album by Tom T. Hall
Released	1985
Studio	Young 'Un Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall chronology

Song in a Seashell is an album by American country music singer Tom T. Hall released in 1985 on Mercury Records. The album reached No. 63 on the Billboard country albums chart,^[1] while three of its singles reached the country singles chart, "A Bar with No Beer" (No. 40), "Down in the Florida Keys" (No. 42), and "Love Letters in the Sand" (No. 79).^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tom T. Hall; except where indicated

Side 1

"That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) – 2:16
"A Bar with No Beer" (Gordon Parsons, Benny Barnes) – 2:52
"I Have Friends – 2:39
"A Song in a Seashell" – 2:05
"Red Sails in the Sunset" (Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams) – 2:50

Side 2

"Down in the Florida Keys" – 2:46
"Love Letters in the Sand" (Fred Coots, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny) – 2:13
"This Ain’t Exactly What I Had in Mind" – 3:36
"Gone Fishin’" (Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny) – 2:31
"We're All Through Dancing" – 2:51^[3]

Musicians

David Briggs, Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards
Jerry Carrigan, Ron Gannaway - percussion
Ray Edenton, Jerry Kennedy, Pete Wade, Chip Young - guitar
Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
Mike Leech - bass guitar
George Binkley, John Borg, Roy Christensen, Virginia Christensen, Connie Callopy, Charles Everett, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Lee Larrison, Dennis Molchan, Pamela Sixfin, Mark Tanner, Gary Vanosdale, Stephanie Woolf - strings (Nashville String Machine)
Bergen White - string arrangements
The Beach Buch - background vocals on "Down in the Florida Keys"^[3]

Production

Produced by Jerry Kennedy
Recorded and Mixed at Young 'Un Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Engineers: Ron "Snake" Reynolds, assisted by Barry Foy
Mastered at Master Mix, Nashville, Tennessee, by Hank Williams
Album Design: Bill Brunt (Private Eye Studio)
Photography: Scott Bonner & Ron Keith^[3]

References

^ "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Top Country Albums)". October 12, 1985. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
^ "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Retrieved June 17, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Original album sleeve notes

[1] "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Top Country Albums)". October 12, 1985. Retrieved June 17, 2025.

[2] "Tom T. Hall Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Retrieved June 17, 2025.

[Original_album_sleeve_notes-3] Original album sleeve notes

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v t e Tom T. Hall
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