Ballad of Forty Dollars
| "Ballad of Forty Dollars" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Tom T. Hall | ||||
| from the album Ballad of Forty Dollars and His Other Great Songs | ||||
| B-side | "Highways" | |||
| Released | October 28, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | September 1, 1968 Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Mercury 72863 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom T. Hall | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Kennedy | |||
| Tom T. Hall singles chronology | ||||
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"Ballad of Forty Dollars" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in October 1968 as the fourth and final single from the album of the same name, Ballad of Forty Dollars. The song was Hall's first top 10 on the U.S. country singles chart, peaking at number 4 on both the U.S. chart and the Canadian country singles chart.