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    Tom T. Hall

    American country musician (–)

    Musical artist

    Thomas Hall (May 25, – August 20, ), known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "The Storyteller",[3] was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 No.&#;1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No.&#;1 international popcrossover hit "Harper Valley PTA", and "I Love", which reached No.&#;12 on the Billboard Hot He is included in Rolling Stone's list of Greatest Songwriters. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in , and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame alongside his wife Dixie in

    Early life and career

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    Hall was born on Tick Ridge, seven miles south of Olive Hill, Kentucky, on May 25, [4][5] As a teenager, he organized a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before movies for a traveling theater.[5] Hall enlisted in the U.S. Army in , serving inom

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    Composed

    BMI’s database credits Tom T. ingångsrum with published compositions, including:

    • “That’s How I Got to Memphis”
    • “(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine”
    • “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died”
    • “Ballad of Forty Dollars”
    • “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
    • “I Love”
    • “I Care”
    • “Homecoming”
    • “Ravishing Ruby”
    • “Little Bitty”
    • “Bill Monroe For Breakfast”

    Early Influences

    • Lonnie Easterling (inspiration for “Clayton Delaney,” from Hall’s famous song)
    • Bill Monroe
    • Authors Sinclair Lewis, Mark Twain, and Ernest Hemingway
    • Roanoke College

    From the Archives

    “You sit down as a person and write a song. If you’ve written a song by the time you stand back up, you’re a songwriter. But the person comes first. You can’t look at the thing from somewhere up above.”

    —Quoted by Peter Cooper in Johnny’s Cash & Charley’s Pride, Spring House Press,

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    Tom T. Hall

    Given the moniker “The Storyteller” by the legendary country singer Tex Ritter, Country Music and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Tom T. Hall has typically told stories in songs like the Grammy-winning CMA Single of the Year “Harper Valley PTA,” which allowed Jeannie C. Riley to top both the pop and country singles charts in , and Hall’s own No. 1 country hit “(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine,” which Rolling Stone has ranked in its list of greatest country songs. His songs are known for their richly detailed narrative structure and keen understanding of real people and their lives, and have brought to country music both thematic sophistication and social consciousness.

    Hall was born May 25, in Olive Hill, Kentucky, wrote his first song at nine (with mentoring from local musician Clayton Delaney), and played bluegrass in his teens. He performed on radio in Morehead, Kentucky, wrote a jingle for a sponsor and w