# Hal Ketchum | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 13:47 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Hal Ketchum
- Visible lyric pages: 24

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ketchum-hal`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 13:47 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-a3f41acda60a3d52
- Visible lyric pages: 24
- Pages with stored lyric text: 24
- Video-backed song pages: 23
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 29740
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 49
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Don't Strike a Match (to The Book Of Love), Five O'clock World, Ghost Town, Hearts Are Gonna Roll, I Know Where Love Lives, I Miss My Mary, In Front Of The Alamo, and Just This Side Of Heaven
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Hal Ketchum came out of Grand Saline, Texas, and spent years playing honky-tonks before signing with Curb Records in 1988. His debut album 'Past the Point of Rescue' included 'Small Town Saturday Night,' which became one of his best-known songs. He worked with musicians like guitarist Michael Dearing and bassist Dave Pomeroy. His music often dealt with loss and relationships, sometimes with a straightforward country feel, sometimes leaning toward folk....

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Don't Strike a Match (to The Book Of Love) — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/don-t-strike-a-match-to-the-book-of-love
2. Five O'clock World — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/five-o-clock-world
3. Ghost Town — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/ghost-town
4. Hearts Are Gonna Roll — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/hearts-are-gonna-roll
5. I Know Where Love Lives — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/i-know-where-love-lives
6. I Miss My Mary — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/i-miss-my-mary
7. In Front Of The Alamo — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/in-front-of-the-alamo
8. Just This Side Of Heaven — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/just-this-side-of-heaven
9. Long Day Comin' — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/long-day-comin-
10. Mama Knows The Highway — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/mama-knows-the-highway
11. My Love Will Not Change — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/my-love-will-not-change
12. Old Soldiers — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/old-soldiers
13. Past The Point Of Rescue — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/past-the-point-of-rescue
14. She Found The Place — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/she-found-the-place
15. Small Town Saturday Night — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/small-town-saturday-night
16. Softer Than A Whisper — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/softer-than-a-whisper
17. Solitary Travelers — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/solitary-travelers
18. Some Place Far Away — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/some-place-far-away
19. Somebody's Love — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/somebody-s-love
20. Stay Forever — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/stay-forever
21. Sure Love — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/sure-love
22. The King Of Love — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/the-king-of-love
23. Till The Coast Is Clear — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/till-the-coast-is-clear
24. You Lovin' Me — https://lyroverse.com/ketchum-hal/you-lovin-me