▁Mc Call ▁for ▁Mercur y ▁Records . ▁H ank ▁Williams ▁Jr . ▁recorded ▁a ▁song ▁p enn ed ▁by ▁Mc Call ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁entitled ▁" E le ven ▁Ros es ." ▁It ▁became ▁a ▁No .   1 ▁hit ▁for ▁Williams ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁song writing ▁contract ▁offer ▁from ▁" Tree ▁International ▁Publishing " ▁for ▁Mc Call , ▁who ▁accepted . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁he ▁signed ▁with ▁Atlantic ▁Records , ▁re le asing ▁the ▁single ▁" There ' s ▁Still ▁a ▁Lot ▁of ▁Love ▁in ▁San ▁Ant one ." ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁he ▁left ▁Atlantic ▁and ▁signed ▁with ▁Columbia ▁records . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁his ▁popular ity ▁grew ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁Out law ▁Country ▁sound ▁being ▁pushed ▁into ▁the ▁main stream . ▁With ▁Columbia ▁he ▁recorded ▁the ▁hit ▁du et ▁" L ily ▁D ale " ▁with ▁Will ie ▁Nelson , ▁which ▁became ▁a ▁top ▁ 4 0 ▁hit ▁and ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁" Best ▁Du et ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 7 " ▁by ▁C ash ▁Box ▁Magazine . ▁After ▁a ▁few ▁more ▁singles ▁with ▁the ▁label , ▁Mc Call ▁signed ▁with ▁Hill side ▁Records ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁released ▁a ▁single , ▁but ▁then ▁decided ▁to ▁sign ▁with ▁R CA ▁Records . ▁With ▁R CA , ▁he ▁released ▁his ▁final ▁top ▁ 4 0 ▁hit ▁" Long ▁Line ▁of ▁Em pt ies ." ▁His ▁final ▁chart ing ▁single ▁" M emph is ▁in ▁May " ▁was ▁released ▁for ▁Ind