Salute to a Switchblade

"Salute to a Switchblade"
"Salute to a Switchblade"
Single by Tom T. Hall
from the album I Witness Life
B-side	"That'll Be All Right With Me"
Released	June 15, 1970
Recorded	February 2, 1970
Studio	Monument Recording, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	3:23
Label	Mercury 73078
Songwriter(s)	Tom T. Hall
Producer(s)	Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology

B-side"That'll Be All Right With Me"

ReleasedJune 15, 1970

RecordedFebruary 2, 1970

StudioMonument Recording, Nashville, Tennessee

"Salute to a Switchblade" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in June 1970 as the only single from the album, I Witness Life. The song peaked at number 8 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 14 on the Canadian country singles chart.^[1]

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Chart (1970)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	14

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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

Salute to a Switchblade

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