Gene Watson’s Peers within the country music industry believe in the sheer talent of this unassuming man from east Texas, so much so that Gene is regarded by many of them as ‘the singer’s singer’ – and rightly so!
All of Gene Watson’s Peers, who were contacted during 2010, were most gracious with their time and words.
It is here, within this special part of The Gene Watson Fan Site, that you have an opportunity to read a quote from Tom T. Hall, which he submitted to this site on Tuesday 16 November 2010.
Sean Brady would like to take this opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to Tom T. Hall who made a special contribution to this unique part of this online ‘celebration of a Lone Star Hero’.
Sean Brady would like to take this opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), without whom this Gene Watson ‘Peer’s Quote’ from Tom T. Hall would not have been possible.
Tom T. Hall
This quote was submitted on Tuesday 16 November 2010.
‘Gene Watson is one of those rare talents whose fan base is other artists.
It’s a great compliment to have him record one of my songs’
Thank you, Tom T. Hall, for your support of Gene Watson.
About Tom T. Hall…
Tom T. Hall was born Thomas Thaddeus Hall on Monday 25 May 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky and was affectionately known as ‘The Storyteller’ within the country music genre.
Tom T. Hall used to get up in the wee small hours of the morning, at the age of four, in order to hear The Grand Ole Opry on the radio.
By the time he was nine years old, Tom T. Hall had written his first song.
Tom T. Hall dropped out of school when he was fifteen years old in order to work in a garment factory by day and in a bluegrass band by night.
As a teenager, Tom T. Hall organised a band called The Kentucky Travellers, which performed before movies for a traveling theatre.
During a stint in the United States Army, Tom T. Hall performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network and wrote comic songs about Army experiences.
Tom T. Hall’s early career included being a radio announcer at WRON, a local radio station in Ronceverte, West Virginia.
In the 1960s, Tom T. Hall was also an announcer at radio station WVRC in Spencer, West Virginia.
In 1963, Tom T. Hall’s big song-writing break came when Jimmy C. Newman (Monday 29 August 1927 – Saturday 21 June 2014) recorded ‘DJ For A Day’; the track, which reached No.9 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1963, was subsequently included on Jimmy C. Newman’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (Plantation Records, 1976).
On Wednesday 1 January 1964, Tom T. Hall moved to Nashville and, within months, his compositions, recorded by various country music artists, were climbing the Billboard country music singles chart.
One of his earliest successful song-writing ventures was ‘Harper Valley PTA’, which was recorded in 1968 by Jeannie C. Riley (No.1 for three weeks in September / October 1968), sold over six million copies and won both a Grammy Award and a Country Music Association (CMA) Award.
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’, which later inspired a motion picture and television program of the same name, was included on Jeannie C. Riley‘s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ (Plantation Records, 1968).
Other notable Tom T. Hall country music hit singles, which were recorded by fellow country music artists, included the following:
‘DJ For A Day’, which was recorded by Jimmy C. Newman (Monday 29 August 1927 – Saturday 21 June 2014) (No.9, 1963)
‘Pool Shark’, which was recorded by Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) (No.1 for one week in May 1970)
‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’, which was recorded by Bobby Bare (No.3, 1970)
‘I’m Not Ready Yet’, which was recorded by George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 – Friday 26 April 2013) (No.2, 1980)
As a result of Jeannie C. Riley‘s success with ‘Harper Valley PTA’, producer Jerry Kennedy persuaded Tom T. Hall to sign a recording contract with Mercury Records so that he would have an opportunity to record his own songs and become a recording artist in his own right.
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (Tuesday 9 July 1929 – Saturday 4 August 2007) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman’ and included the track on ‘Nancy & Lee’ (Reprise Records, 1968 / Light In The Attic Records, 2022).
In May 1969, Tom T. Hall saw the release of his debut album for Mercury Records, ‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ (Mercury Records, 1969), which included four tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew’ (No.30, 1967)
‘The World The Way I Want It’ (No.66, 1968)
‘I Ain’t Got The Time’ (No.68, 1968)
‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ (No.4, 1968)
In November 1969, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Homecoming’ (Mercury Records, 1969), which included four tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Strawberry Farms’ (written by Tom T. Hall) (No.40, 1970) / the ‘b’ side of this single was ‘Three’ (written by Tom T. Hall), which was also recorded by Gene Watson, who included it on ‘Between This Time & The Next Time‘ (MCA Records, 1981)
‘Homecoming’ (No.5, 1970)
‘A Week In A Country Jail’ (No.1 for two weeks in January / February 1970)
‘Shoeshine Man’ (No.8, 1970)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Homecoming’ (Mercury Records, 1969) reached No.23 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1969.
In June 1970, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘I Witness Life’ (Mercury Records, 1970), which included one track, which was a hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Salute To A Switchblade’ (No.8, 1970)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Witness Life’ (Mercury Records, 1970) reached No.40 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1970.
It was also in 1970 when Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Day Drinkin’, a non-album track, which reached No.23 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1970, and featured guest vocals from Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003).
In November 1970, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘One Hundred Children’ (Mercury Records, 1970), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘One Hundred Children’ (No.14, 1970)
‘Ode To Half A Pound of Ground Round’ (No.21, 1971)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘One Hundred Children’ (Mercury Records, 1970) reached No.31 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1970.
In August 1971, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘In Search of A Song’ (Mercury Records, 1971), which included one track, which was a hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘The Year That Clayton Delaney Died’ (No.1 for two weeks in September / October 1971)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘In Search of A Song’ (Mercury Records, 1971), which reached No.8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1971, is Gene Watson‘s favourite Tom T. Hall album.
On Monday 26 September 2005, England’s Hux Records released Tom T. Hall’s ‘In Search of A Song’ (Mercury Records, 1971), along with Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Rhymer & Other Five & Dimers’ (Mercury Records, 1973), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD (HUX 071).
In February 1972, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘We All Got Together And…’ (Mercury Records, 1972), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Me & Jesus’ (No.8, 1972)
‘The Monkey That Became President’ (No.11, 1972)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘We All Got Together And…’ (Mercury Records, 1972) reached No.12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1972.
On Monday 28 May 2007, England’s Hux Records released Tom T. Hall’s ‘We All Got Together And…’ (Mercury Records, 1972), along with Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Storyteller’ (Mercury Records, 1972), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD set (HUX 091).
In June 1972, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Greatest Hits’ (Mercury Records, 1972), for which he earned a Grammy Award for writing the liner notes on the album sleeve.
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (Mercury Records, 1972) included the following tracks:
‘Homecoming’ (No.5, 1970)
‘Shoeshine Man’ (No.8, 1970)
‘I Miss A Lot of Trains’ / this track was an album track from November 1969
‘Salute To A Switchblade’ (No.8, 1970)
‘I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew’ (No.30, 1967)
‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ (No.4, 1968)
‘The Year That Clayton Delaney Died’ (No.1 for two weeks in September / October 1971)
‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ / this track was an album track from May 1969
‘A Week In A Country Jail’ (No.1 for two weeks in January / February 1970)
‘One Hundred Children’ (No.14, 1970)
‘Me & Jesus’ (No.8, 1972)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Greatest Hits’ (Mercury Records, 1972) reached No.20 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1972.
In September 1972, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Tom T. Hall…The Storyteller’ (Mercury Records, 1972), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘More About John Henry’ (No.26, 1972)
‘(Old Dogs, Children &) Watermelon Wine’ (No.1 for one week in January / February 1973)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Tom T. Hall…The Storyteller’ (Mercury Records, 1972) reached No.8 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1972.
On Monday 28 May 2007, England’s Hux Records released Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Storyteller’ (Mercury Records, 1972), along with Tom T. Hall’s ‘We All Got Together And…’ (Mercury Records, 1972), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD set (HUX 091).
It was also in 1972 when Tom T. Hall introduced Johnny Rodriguez to Roy Dea at Mercury Records, who subsequently signed him to the label.
Johnny Rodriguez became Tom T. Hall’s guitar player on the road and also acted as Tom T. Hall’s secretary.
In February 1973, Johnny Rodriguez saw the release of his debut album, ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973), which included ‘You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)’; the track, which was co-written by Johnny Rodriguez and Tom T. Hall, was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for one week in June 1973.
Johnny Rodriguez‘s debut album, ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973), reached No.1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1973.
On Monday 25 October 2010, England’s Hux Records released Johnny Rodriguez‘s ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973), along with Johnny Rodriguez‘s ‘All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing’ (Mercury Records, 1973), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD set (HUX 118).
In March 1973, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Rhymer & Other Five & Dimers’ (Mercury Records, 1973), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Ravishing Ruby’ (No.3, 1973)
‘Spokane Motel Blues’ (No.16, 1973)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Rhymer & Other Five & Dimers’ (Mercury Records, 1973) reached No.1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1973.
On Monday 26 September 2005, England’s Hux Records released Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Rhymer & Other Five And Dimers’ (Mercury Records, 1973), along with Tom T. Hall’s ‘In Search of A Song’ (Mercury Records, 1971), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD (HUX 071).
In November 1973, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘For The People In The Last Hard Town’ (Mercury Records, 1973), which included one track, which was a hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘I Love’ (No.1 for two weeks in January / February 1974) / this track also reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 1974
Tom T. Hall’s ‘For The People In The Last Hard Town’ (Mercury Records, 1973) reached No.3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1973.
In July 1974, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Country Is’ (Mercury Records, 1974), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘That Song Is Driving Me Crazy’ (No.2, 1974)
‘Country Is’ (No.1 for one week in November 1974)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Country Is’ (Mercury Records, 1974) reached No.7 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1974.
In November 1974, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Songs of Fox Hollow’ (Mercury Records, 1974), a collection of songs aimed primarily at children, which included one track, which was a hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘I Care’ (No.1 for one week in February / March 1975) / the B-side, ‘Sneaky Snake’, also charted on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1975, reaching No.69
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Songs of Fox Hollow’ (Mercury Records, 1974) reached No.3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1974.
In May 1975, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘I Wrote A Song About It’ (Mercury Records, 1975), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Deal’ (No.8, 1975)
‘I Like Beer’ (No.4, 1975)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Wrote A Song About It’ (Mercury Records, 1975) reached No.28 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1975.
In September 1975, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Greatest Hits, Volume 2’ (Mercury Records, 1975), which included the following tracks:
‘Country Is’ (No.1 for one week in November 1974)
‘I Love’ (No.1 for two weeks in January / February 1974) / this track also reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 1974
‘Little Lady Preacher’ / this track was an album track from August 1971
‘Sneaky Snake’ (No.69, 1975) / this track was the ‘b’ side of ‘I Care’ (No.1 for one week in February / March 1975)
‘I Like Beer’ (No.4, 1975)
‘Ravishing Ruby’ (No.3, 1973)
‘(Old Dogs, Children &) Watermelon Wine’ (No.1 for one week in January / February 1973)
‘Deal’ (No.8, 1975)
‘Who’s Gonna Feed Them Hogs’ / this track was an album track from August 1971
‘That Song Is Driving Me Crazy’ (No.2, 1974)
‘I Care’ (No.1 for one week in February / March 1975) / the ‘b’ side, ‘Sneaky Snake’, also charted in 1975, reaching No.69
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Greatest Hits, Volume 2’ (Mercury Records, 1975) reached No.12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1975.
In March 1976, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Faster Horses’ (Mercury Records, 1976), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Faster Horses (The Cowboy & The Poet)’ (No.1 for one week in March 1976)
‘Negatory Romance’ (No.24, 1976)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Faster Horses’ (Mercury Records, 1976) reached No.3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1976.
In September 1976, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘The Magnificent Music Machine’ (Mercury Records, 1976), which included one track, which was a hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Fox On The Run’ (No.9, 1976)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Magnificent Music Machine’ (Mercury Records, 1976) reached No.11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1976.
In April 1977, Tom T. Hall saw the release of his final album for Mercury Records, ‘About Love’ (Mercury Records, 1977), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Your Man Loves You Honey’ (No.4, 1977)
‘It’s All In The Game’ (No.12, 1977)
Tom T. Hall’s final album for Mercury Records, ‘About Love’ (Mercury Records, 1977), reached No.11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1977.
In 1977, Tom T. Hall left Mercury Records and joined the roster at RCA Records.
In January 1978, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘New Train, Same Rider’ (RCA Victor Records, 1978), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘May The Force Be With You Always’ (No.13, 1977)
‘I Wish I Loved Somebody Else’ (No.13, 1978)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘New Train, Same Rider’ (RCA Victor Records, 1978) reached No.37 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1978.
In April 1978, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Greatest Hits, Volume 3’ (Mercury Records, 1978), which included the following tracks:
‘It’s All In The Game’ (No.12, 1977)
‘Faster Horses (The Cowboy & The Poet)’ (No.1 for one week in March 1976)
‘I Can’t Dance’ / this track was an album track from November 1970
‘Fastest Rabbit Dog In Carter County Today’ / this track was an album track from September 1976
‘Pinto, The Wonder Horse Is Dead’ / this track was an album track from November 1970
‘Hang Them All’ / this track was an album track from June 1970
‘Your Man Loves You Honey’ (No.4, 1977)
‘Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On’ / this track was an album track from February 1972
‘Over The Rainbow’ / this track was an album track from July 1974
‘Fox On The Run’ (No.9, 1976)
‘She Gave Her Heart To Jethro’ / this track was an album track from February 1972
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Greatest Hits, Volume 3’ (Mercury Records, 1978) reached No.11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1978.
In October 1978, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Places I’ve Done Time’ (RCA Records, 1978), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘What Have You Got To Lose’ (No.9, 1978)
‘Son of Clayton Delaney’ (No.14, 1979)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Places I’ve Done Time’ (RCA Records, 1978) reached No.19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1978.
In April 1979, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Saturday Morning Songs’ (RCA Records, 1979), which included one track, which was a hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘There Is A Miracle In You’ (No.20, 1979)
In October 1979, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Ol’ T’s In Town’ (RCA Records, 1979), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘You Show Me Your Heart (& I’ll Show You Mine)’ (No.11, 1979)
‘Old Side of Town’ (No.9, 1980) / the B-side of this track, ‘Jesus On The Radio (Daddy On The Phone)’, also charted
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Ol’ T’s In Town’ (RCA Records, 1979) reached No.20 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1979.
In June 1980, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Soldier of Fortune’ (RCA Records, 1980), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Soldier of Fortune’ (No.51, 1980)
‘Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon’ (No.36, 1980)
In June 1982, Tom T. Hall & Earl Scruggs (Sunday 6 January 1924 – Wednesday 28 March 2012) saw the release of ‘The Storyteller & The Banjo Man’ (Columbia Records, 1982), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘There Ain’t No Country Music On This Jukebox’ (No.77, 1982)
‘Song of The South’ (No.72, 1982)
In 1983, Tom T. Hall departed RCA Records and returned to the roster at Mercury Records, where he saw the release of six albums, along with a compilation album.
In 1983, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels’ (Mercury Records, 1983), which included one track, which was a hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels’ (No.42, 1983)
In September 1984, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Natural Dreams’ (Mercury Records, 1984), which included two tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Famous In Missouri’ (No.81, 1984)
‘P.S. I Love You’ (No.8, 1984)
In August 1985, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Song In A Seashell’ (Mercury Records, 1985), which included three tracks, which were hit singles on the Billboard country music singles chart:
‘Bar With No Beer’ (No.40, 1985)
‘Down In The Florida Keys’ (No.42, 1985)
‘Love Letters In The Sand’ (No.79, 1986)
Tom T. Hall’s ‘Song In A Seashell’ (Mercury Records, 1985) reached No.63 on the Billboard Top Country Albums Chart in 1985.
In 1989, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Country Songs For Kids’ (Mercury Records, 1989), which included the following tracks:
‘Let’s Go Shopping Today’
‘Fox Hollow’s Animal Train’
‘Word Song’
‘Dancing Tree’
‘Let’s Play Remember’
‘You Are A Star (Brittni’s Song)’
‘Why Is It So Hard To Say No’
‘Randy Raccoon’
‘That’s What Songs Are For’
‘Duck & The Rooster’
‘Let’s Spend Christmas At My House’
In August 1995, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Loves Lost & Found’ (Mercury Records, 1995), which included the following tracks:
‘Souvenirs’
‘Love Letters In The Sand’
‘I Love’ (No.1 for two weeks in January / February 1974) / this track also reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 1974
‘Old Enough To Want To (Fool Enough To Try)’
‘Back When We Were Young’
‘It’s All In The Game’ (No.12, 1977)
‘Negatory Romance’ (No.24, 1976)
‘We’re All Through Dancing’
‘Your Man Loves You Honey’ (No.4, 1977)
‘Do It To Someone You Love’
‘P.S. I Love You’ (No.8, 1984)
‘Country Is’ (No.1 for one week in November 1974)
‘One of The Mysteries of Life’
In November 1995, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Country Songs For Children’ (Mercury Records, 1995), which included the following tracks:
‘I Love’ (No.1 for two weeks in January / February 1974) / this track also reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in 1974
‘Sneaky Snake’ (No.69, 1975) / this track was the ‘b’ side of ‘I Care’ (No.1 for one week in February / March 1975)
‘Mysterious Fox of Fox Hollow’
‘How To Talk To A Little Baby Goat’
‘Barn Dance’
‘Ole Lonesome George The Basset’
‘I Wish I Had A Million Friends’
‘Everybody Loves To Hear A Bird Sing’
‘I Like To Feel Pretty Inside’
‘Song of The One Legged Chicken’
‘I Care’ (No.1 for one week in February / March 1975) / the ‘b’ side, ‘Sneaky Snake’, also charted in 1975, reaching No.69
‘Let’s Go Shopping Today’
‘Fox Hollow’s Animal Train’
‘Dancing Tree’
‘Let’s Play Remember’
‘Randy Raccoon’
‘Duck & The Rooster’
‘You Are A Star (Brittni’s Song)’
It was also in November 1995 when Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher’ (Mercury Records, 1995), a 50-track compilation / 3-CD box set of his greatest songs, which included the following tracks:
‘(Old Dogs, Children &) Watermelon Wine’ (No.1 for one week in January / February 1973)
‘Magnificent Music Machine’ / this track was an album track from September 1976
‘Million Miles To The City’ / this track was an album track from August 1971
‘I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew’ (No.30, 1967)
‘Hitchhiker’ / this track was an album track from November 1970
‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ (No.4, 1968)
‘I Hope It Rains At My Funeral’ / this track was an album track from November 1970
‘Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On’ / this track was an album track from February 1972
‘Strawberry Farms’ (No.40, 1970)
‘Watergate Blues’ (No.16, 1995)
‘I Want To See The Parade’ / this track was an album track from November 1970
‘One Hundred Children’ (No.14, 1970)
‘The Year That Clayton Delaney Died’ (No.1 for two weeks in September / October 1971)
‘Son of Clayton Delaney’ (No.14, 1979)
‘Old Side of Town’ (No.9, 1980)
‘I Can’t Dance’ / this track was an album track from November 1970
‘Last of The Drifters’ / this track, which featured guest vocals from Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003), was previously unreleased
‘Mama, Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken)’ / this track was an album track from November 1970
‘A Week In A Country Jail’ (No.1 for two weeks in January / February 1970)
‘Spokane Motel Blues’ (No.16, 1973)
‘Homecoming’ (No.5, 1970)
‘Ravishing Ruby’ (No.3, 1973)
‘Hello, We’re Lonely’ / this track, which was a duet with Patti Page (Tuesday 8 November 1927 – Tuesday 1 January 2013), was previously unreleased
‘Down At The Mall’ / this track was previously unreleased
‘Fox On The Run’ (No.9, 1976)
‘Shoeshine Man’ (No.8, 1970)
‘Flat-Footin’ It’
‘Old Five & Dimers Like Me’
‘Willy, The Wandering Gypsy & Me’
‘More About John Henry’ (No.26, 1972)
‘Give Her My Best’ / this track was previously unreleased
‘Pamela Brown’ / this track was an album track from February 1972
‘I Flew Over Our House Last Night’ / this track was an album track from March 1973
‘Molly & Tenbrooks’ / this track features guest vocals from Bill Monroe (Wednesday 13 September 1911 – Monday 9 September 1996)
‘The Monkey That Became President’ (No.11, 1972)
‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ / this track was an album track from May 1969
‘Mama’s Got The Catfish Blues’ / this track was an album track from September 1976
‘I Like Beer’ (No.4, 1975)
‘Day Drinkin’ Again’ (No.23, 1970) / this track, which was a duet with Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003), was released as a non-album single in 1970
‘That Song Is Driving Me Crazy’ (No.2, 1974)
‘Salute To A Switchblade’ (No.8, 1970)
‘(Margie’s At The) Lincoln Park Inn’ / this track was an album track from May 1969
‘Subdivision Blues’ / this track was an album track from November 1973
‘America The Ugly’ / this track was an album track from June 1970
‘Hang Them All’ / this track was an album track from June 1970
‘Levi Jones’ / this track was previously unreleased
‘Faster Horses (The Cowboy & The Poet)’ (No.1 for one week in March 1976)
‘I’m Forty Now’ / this track was an album track from March 1976
‘Deal’ (No.8, 1975)
‘Me & Jesus’ (No.8, 1972)
In April 1996, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Songs From Sopchoppy’ (Mercury Records, 1996), which included the following tracks:
‘St. George Isle’
‘Water Blue’
‘Lost In Florida’
‘Shoes & Dress That Alice Wore’
‘Sky Blue True’
‘Raking Up Leaves’
‘Redneck Riviera’
‘You Are My Hero’
‘Little Bitty’ / this track was also recorded by Alan Jackson, who included it on ‘Everything I Love’ (Arista Records, 1996); Alan Jackson’s version was No.1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart for three weeks in December 1996
‘Ships Go Out’
In September 1997, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Home Grown’ (Mercury Records, 1997), which included the following tracks:
‘Bill Monroe For Breakfast’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘The Beautiful River of Life’, which was written by Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015)
‘Legend of The Lady Bear’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Royal Annie’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Waiting On The Other Shoe To Fall’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Local Flowers’, which was written by Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015)
‘Watertown, Tennessee’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘The Way I’ve Always Been’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Life Don’t Have To Mean Nothing At All’ (written by Tom T. Hall) / this track was also recorded by Joe Nichols, who included it on ‘Man With A Memory’ (Universal South Records, 2002)
‘Back When The Old Homeplace Was New’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘What A Song’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
Tom T. Hall, who was affectionately known as ‘The Storyteller’, was an extraordinary song-writer within the genre of country music, and had his compositions recorded, during the 1960s, by an amazing list of fellow country music artists.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Bless Them Machines (Please Help Working Man)’ and included the track on ‘Songs About The Working Man’ (Mercury Records, 1964).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Mad’ and included the track on ‘Talk of The Town’ (Mercury Records, 1964); the track reached No.6 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1964.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Pretty Weather’ and included the track on ‘Rural Route No.1’ (Mercury Records, 1965).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Stray Dog’ and included the track on ‘Rural Route No.1’ (Mercury Records, 1965).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Drought’ and included the track on ‘Rural Route No.1’ (Mercury Records, 1965).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Operation X’ and included the track on ‘Truck Drivin’ Son of A Gun’ (Mercury Records, 1965).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Got Lost’ and included the track on ‘Truck Drivin’ Son of A Gun’ (Mercury Records, 1965).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Truck Driver’s Waltz’ and included the track on ‘Truck Drivin’ Son of A Gun’ (Mercury Records, 1965).
Johnny Wright (Wednesday 13 May 1914 – Tuesday 27 September 2011) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Hello Vietnam’ and included the track on ‘Hello Vietnam’ (Decca Records, 1965).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘What We’re Fighting For’ and included the track on ‘There’s A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere’ (Mercury Records, 1966); the track reached No.4 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1966.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Hello Vietnam’ and included the track on ‘There’s A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Then I’ll Come Home Again’ and included the track on ‘There’s A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘At The Junction’ (co-written with Dave Dudley) and included the track on ‘Lonelyville’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Time & Place’ and included the track on ‘Lonelyville’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Journey To The Centre of Your Heart’ (co-written with Bobby Dyson) and included the track on ‘Lonelyville’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Coffee Coffee Coffee’ and included the track on ‘Lonelyville’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Back In Circulation’ (co-written with Danny Morrison) and included the track on ‘Free & Easy’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I’ve Been Through The Mill’ and included the track on ‘Free & Easy’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Artificial Rose’ and included the track on ‘Free & Easy’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Lonely Man’ and included the track on ‘Free & Easy’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘There Ain’t No Fun In This Town’ and included the track on ‘Streets of Baltimore’ (RCA Records, 1966).
Roy Drusky (Sunday 22 June 1930 – Thursday 23 September 2004) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Too Many Footprints’ and included the track on ‘If The Whole World Stopped Loving’ (Mercury Records, 1966).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Temporarily’ and included the track on ‘My Kind of Love’ (Mercury Records, 1967).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Won’t Go Down That Road’ (co-written with Dave Dudley) and included the track on ‘My Kind of Love’ (Mercury Records, 1967).
Ernest Tubb (Monday 9 February 1914 – Thursday 6 September 1984) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Bring Your Heart Home’ and included the track on ‘Another Story’ (Decca Records, 1967).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Old Fashioned Love’ and included the track on ‘Country’ (Mercury Records, 1967).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Louisiana Saturday Night’ (co-written with Jimmy Newman) and included the track on ‘Country’ (Mercury Records, 1967).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I’d Rather Be Forgotten’ and included the track on ‘Country’ (Mercury Records, 1967).
Bobby Bare & The Hillsiders recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew’ and included the track on ‘The English Country Side’ (RCA Records, 1967).
Liz Anderson (Monday 13 January 1930 – Monday 31 October 2011) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew’ and included the track on ‘Liz Anderson Sings Her Favourites’ (RCA Records, 1968).
Margie Singleton recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Harper Valley PTA’ (Pickwick Records, 1968).
Red Sovine (Wednesday 17 July 1918 – Friday 4 April 1980) recorded Tom T. Hall’s’ ‘Anything Leaving Town Today’, which was co-written with Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003), and included the track on ‘Tell Maude I Slipped’ (Starday Records, 1968).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘There Ain’t No Easy Run’ (co-written with Dave Dudley) and included the track on ‘Thanks For The Miles’ (Mercury Records, 1968); the track reached No.10 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1968.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew’ and included the track on ‘Thanks For The Miles’ (Mercury Records, 1968).
Nat Stuckey (Sunday 17 December 1933 – Wednesday 24 August 1988) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Nat Stuckey Sings’ (RCA Records, 1968).
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Wynn Stewart (Thursday 7 June 1934 – Wednesday 17 July 1985) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Good Old Fashioned Love’ (co-written with Jimmy Newman) and included the track on ‘Something Pretty’ (Capitol Records, 1968).
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Harper Valley PTA’ (Plantation Records, 1968); the track was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for three weeks in September / October 1968, and No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in early September 1968.
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Widow Jones’ and included the track on ‘Harper Valley PTA’ (Plantation Records, 1968).
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Mr. Harper’ and included the track on ‘Harper Valley PTA’ (Plantation Records, 1968).
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Sippin’ Shirley Thompson’ and included the track on ‘Harper Valley PTA’ (Plantation Records, 1968).
Billie Jo Spears (Friday 14 January 1938 – Wednesday 14 December 2011) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘The Voice of Billie Jo Spears’ (Capitol Records, 1968).
Dottie West (Tuesday 11 October 1932 – Wednesday 4 September 1991) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Feminine Fancy’ (RCA Records, 1968).
Chet Atkins (Friday 20 June 1924 – Saturday 30 June 2001) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Solid Gold 68’ (RCA Victor Records, 1968).
Loretta Lynn (Thursday 14 April 1932 – Tuesday 4 October 2022) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Your Squaw’s On The Warpath’ (Decca Records, 1969).
Dolly Parton recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘In The Good Old Days’ (RCA Records, 1969).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘Margie’s At The Lincoln Park Inn’ (RCA Records, 1969); the track reached No.4 on the Billboard country music singles chart in the spring of 1969.
Johnny Darrell recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘Why You Been Gone So Long’ (United Artists Records, 1969).
Jimmy C. Newman (Monday 29 August 1927 – Saturday 21 June 2014) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘The Jimmy Newman Style’ (Decca Records, 1969).
Ray Price (Tuesday 12 January 1926 – Monday 16 December 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘Sweetheart of The Year’ (Columbia Records, 1969).
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Part of Honey’ and included the track on ‘Yearbooks & Yesterdays’ (Plantation Records, 1969).
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Back To School’ and included the track on ‘Yearbooks & Yesterdays’ (Plantation Records, 1969).
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Teardrops On Page 43’ and included the track on ‘Yearbooks & Yesterdays’ (Plantation Records, 1969).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘One More Mile’ and included the track on ‘One More Mile’ (Mercury Records, 1969); the track reached No.12 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1969.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ and included the track on ‘One More Mile’ (Mercury Records, 1969).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I’ll Be Moving Along’ (co-written with Dave Dudley) and included the track on ‘One More Mile’ (Mercury Records, 1969).
Cal Smith (Thursday 7 April 1932 – Thursday 10 October 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ and included the track on ‘It Takes Me All Night Long’ (Kapp Records, 1969).
Cal Smith (Thursday 7 April 1932 – Thursday 10 October 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘It Takes Me All Night Long’ (Kapp Records, 1969).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘George (& The North Woods)’ and included the track on ‘George (& The North Woods)’ (Mercury Records, 1969); the track reached No.10 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1969.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘George (& The North Woods)’ (Mercury Records, 1969).
Mel Tillis (Monday 8 August 1932 – Sunday 19 November 2017) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘Old Faithful’ (Kapp Records, 1969).
Liz Anderson (Monday 13 January 1930 – Monday 31 October 2011) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘If The Creek Don’t Rise’ (RCA Records, 1969).
In 1969, Bill Haley (Monday 6 July 1925 – Monday 9 February 1981) & The Comets recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’, as a non-album single, on United Artists Records; the track was subsequently included on ” (Sonet Records, 1979).
Lynn Anderson (Friday 26 September 1947 – Thursday 30 July 2015) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Songs That Made Country Girls Famous’ (Chart Records, 1969).
Wendy Dawn recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley P.T.A.’ and included the track on ‘Harper Valley P.T.A.’ (RCA Camden Records, 1969).
Tom T. Hall, who was affectionately known as ‘The Storyteller’, was an extraordinary song-writer within the genre of country music, and had his compositions recorded, during the 1970s, by an amazing list of fellow country music artists.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘This Night (Ain’t Fit For Nothing But Drinking)’ and included the track on ‘Pool Shark’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Week In A Country Jail’ and included the track on ‘Pool Shark’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Pool Shark’ and included the track on ‘Pool Shark’ (Mercury Records, 1970); the track was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for one week in May 1970.
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘In The General Direction of The World’ (co-written with Dave Dudley) and included the track on ‘Pool Shark’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Shoeshine Man’ and included the track on ‘Pool Shark’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Chicago Story’ and included the track on ‘The Real Thing’ (RCA Records, 1970).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Homecoming’ and included the track on ‘The Real Thing’ (RCA Records, 1970).
Cal Smith (Thursday 7 April 1932 – Thursday 10 October 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Homecoming’ and included the track on ‘Country Hit Parade’ (Kapp Records, 1970).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘This Is Bare Country’ (Mercury Records, 1970); the track reached No.3 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1970.
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Mrs. Jones, Your Daughter Cried All Night’ and included the track on ‘This Is Bare Country’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Woman, You Have Been A Friend To Me’ and included the track on ‘This Is Bare Country’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Took A Memory To Lunch’ and included the track on ‘This Is Bare Country’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘There Ain’t No Easy Run’, which was co-written with Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 – Monday 22 December 2003), and included the track on ‘The Johnny Cash Show’ (Columbia Records, 1970).
Faron Young (Thursday 25 February 1932 – Tuesday 10 December 1996) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘If I Ever Fall In Love With A Honky Tonk Girl’ and included the track on ‘Occasional Wife & If I Ever Fall In Love With A Honky Tonk Girl’ (Mercury Records, 1970); the track reached No.4 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1970.
On Monday 27 April 2009, Hux Records released Faron Young’s ‘Occasional Wife & If I Ever Fall In Love With A Honky Tonk Girl’ (Mercury Records, 1970), along with Faron Young’s ‘Here’s Faron Young’ (Mercury Records, 1968), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD set (HUX 105).
Jerry Lee Lewis (Sunday 29 September 1935 – Friday 28 October 2022) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ and included the track on ‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Live At The International, Las Vegas’ (Mercury Records, 1970).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Where Have All The Seasons Gone’ and included the track on ‘Where Have All The Seasons Gone’ (Mercury Records, 1971).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Dropping Out of Sight’ and included the track on ‘Where Have All The Seasons Gone’ (Mercury Records, 1971).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Mama, Bake A Cake (Daddy Kill A Chicken)’ and included the track on ‘Where Have All The Seasons Gone’ (Mercury Records, 1971).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Waitress At Main Street Cafe’ and included the track on ‘Where Have All The Seasons Gone’ (Mercury Records, 1971).
The Wilburn Brothers – Doyle Wilburn (Monday 7 July 1930 – Saturday 16 October 1982) and Teddy Wilburn (Monday 30 November 1931 – Monday 24 November 2003 – recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Do It To Someone You Love’ and included the track on ‘That She’s Leaving Feeling’ (Decca Records, 1971).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Million Miles To The City’ and included the track on ‘I Need Some Good News Bad’ (Mercury Records, 1971).
George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 – Friday 26 April 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Second Handed Flowers’ and included the track on ‘A Picture of Me (Without You)’ (Epic Records, 1972).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘When Love Is Gone’ and included the track on ‘What Am I Gonna Do’ (Mercury Records, 1972).
Cal Smith (Thursday 7 April 1932 – Thursday 10 October 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ and included the track on ‘I’ve Found Someone of My Own’ (Decca Records, 1972).
Dickey Lee recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Year That Clayton Delaney Died’ and included the track on ‘Never Ending Song of Love’ (RCA Victor Records, 1971).
George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 – Friday 26 April 2013) and Tammy Wynette (Tuesday 5 May 1942 – Monday 6 April 1998) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Me & Jesus’ and included the track on ‘We Love To Sing About Jesus’ (Epic Records, 1972).
Johnny Rodriguez recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)’ (co-written with Johnny Rodriguez) and included the track on ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973); the track was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for one week in June 1973, and also reached No.86 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music singles chart in 1973.
Johnny Rodriguez recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘One More Chance To Be With You’ (co-written with Johnny Rodriguez) and included the track on ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973).
Johnny Rodriguez recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Jealous Darling’, which was co-written with Hillman Hall (1938 – 1989), and included the track on ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973).
Johnny Rodriguez recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Answer To Your Letter’ (co-written with Johnny Rodriguez) and included the track on ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973).
Johnny Rodriguez recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘You Go Around’ (co-written with Johnny Rodriguez) and included the track on ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973).
On Monday 25 October 2010, Hux Records released Johnny Rodriguez‘s ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’, along with Johnny Rodriguez‘s ‘All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing’ (Mercury Records, 1973), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD (HUX 118).
George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 – Friday 26 April 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Never Having You’ and included the track on ‘Nothing Ever Hurt Me’ (Epic Records, 1973).
Ferlin Husky (Thursday 3 December 1925 – Thursday 17 March 2011) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine’ and included the track on ‘Sweet Honky Tonk’ (ABC Records, 1973).
Johnny Rodriguez recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘All I Ever Meant To Do Was Love You’ (co-written with Johnny Rodriguez) and included the track on ‘All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing’ (Mercury Records, 1973).
On Monday 25 October 2010, Hux Records released Johnny Rodriguez‘s ‘Introducing Johnny Rodriguez’ (Mercury Records, 1973), along with Johnny Rodriguez‘s ‘All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing’ (Mercury Records, 1973), as a special ‘2-for-1‘ CD (HUX 118).
Scott Walker (Saturday 9 January 1943 – Friday 22 March 2019) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘Stretch’ (Columbia Records, 1973).
Connie Smith recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Never Having You’ and included the track on ‘I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)’ (Columbia Records, 1974).
Gram Parsons (Tuesday 5 November 1946 – Wednesday 19 September 1973) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Can’t Dance’ and included the track on ‘Grievous Angel’ (Reprise Records, 1974).
Loretta Lynn (Thursday 14 April 1932 – Tuesday 4 October 2022) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Love’ and included the track on ‘They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy’ (MCA Records, 1974).
The Statler Brothers recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’ and included the track on ‘Thank You World’ (Mercury Records, 1974).
Cal Smith (Thursday 7 April 1932 – Thursday 10 October 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Love’ and included the track on ‘Country Bumpkin’ (MCA Records, 1974).
Buck Owens (Monday 12 August 1929 – Saturday 25 March 2006) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Love’ and included the track on ‘It’s A Monster’s Holiday’ (Capitol Records, 1974).
Jerry Lee Lewis (Sunday 29 September 1935 – Friday 28 October 2022) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Red Hot Memories (Ice Cold Beer)’ and included the track on ‘Boogie Woogie Country Man’ (Mercury Records, 1975).
Jerry Lee Lewis (Sunday 29 September 1935 – Friday 28 October 2022) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Can Still Hear The Music In The Restroom’ and included the track on ‘Boogie Woogie Country Man’ (Mercury Records, 1975).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Cowboy & The Poet (Faster Horses)’ and included the track on ‘Cowboys & Daddies’ (RCA Records, 1975).
Loretta Lynn (Thursday 14 April 1932 – Tuesday 4 October 2022) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘You Love Everybody But You’ and included the track on ‘Back To The Country’ (Decca Records, 1975).
Johnny Rodriguez recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Candy In The Window’ and included the track on ‘Love Put A Song In My Heart’ (Mercury Records, 1975).
Mel Street (Saturday 21 October 1933 – Saturday 21 October 1978) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Can’t Dance’ and included the track on ‘Smokey Mountain Memories’ (GRT Records, 1975).
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Give It Away’ and included the track on ‘The Last Gunfighter Ballad’ (Columbia Records, 1977).
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore’ and included the track on ‘Silver’ (Columbia Records, 1979).
Tammy Wynette (Tuesday 5 May 1942 – Monday 6 April 1998) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I’m Not Ready Yet’ and included the track on ‘Just Tammy’ (Epic Records, 1979).
Tom T. Hall, who was affectionately known as ‘The Storyteller’, was an extraordinary song-writer within the genre of country music, and had his compositions recorded, during the 1980s, by an amazing list of fellow country music artists.
George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 – Friday 26 April 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I’m Not Ready Yet’ and included the track on ‘I Am What I Am’ (Epic Records, 1980); the track reached No.2 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1980.
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Ceiling, Four Walls & A Floor’ and included the track on ‘Baron’ (Columbia Records, 1981).
Gene Watson recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Three’ and included the track on ‘Between This Time & The Next Time‘ (MCA Records, 1981).
In November 1969, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Homecoming’ (Mercury Records, 1969); one of the included tracks was ‘Strawberry Farms’ (written by Tom T. Hall), which reached No.40 on the Billboard country music singles in 1970 / the ‘b’ side of this single was ‘Three’ (written by Tom T. Hall).
Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Dropping Out of Sight’ and included the track on ‘As Is’ (Columbia Records, 1981); the track reached No.35 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1981.
George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 – Friday 26 April 2013) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Girl, You Sure Know How To Say Goodbye’ and included the track on ‘Still The Same Ole Me’ (Epic Records, 1981).
Rosanne Cash recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘Somewhere In The Stars’ (Columbia Records, 1982).
James Dee (J.D.) Crowe (Friday 27 August 1937 – Friday 24 December 2021) & The New South recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Another Town’ and included the track on ‘Somewhere Between’ (Rounder Records, 1982).
Jeannie C. Riley recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Return To Harper Valley’ (co-written with Jeannie C. Riley) and included the track on ‘Total Woman’ (Sapphire Records, 1984); the track was released as a single in 1982, but it did not chart.
James Dee (J.D.) Crowe (Friday 27 August 1937 – Friday 24 December 2021) & The New South recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Belleville, Georgia’ and included the track on ‘Straight Ahead’ (Rounder Records, 1986).
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) & Waylon Jennings (Tuesday 15 June 1937 – Wednesday 13 February 2002) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’ and included the track on ‘Heroes’ (Columbia Records, 1986).
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Last of The Drifters’ and included the track on ‘Water From The Wells of Home’ (Mercury Records, 1988); the track featured guest vocals from Tom T. Hall.
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘New Moon Over Jamaica’ (co-written with Johnny Cash and Paul McCartney) and included the track on ‘Water From The Wells of Home’ (Mercury Records, 1988); the track was a duet with Paul McCartney.
Barry & Holly Tashian recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Can’t Dance’ and included the track on ‘Trust In Me’ (Conifer Records, 1989).
Tom T. Hall, who was affectionately known as ‘The Storyteller’, was an extraordinary song-writer within the genre of country music, and had his compositions recorded, during the 1990s, by an amazing list of fellow country music artists.
Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 – Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I’ll Go Somewhere & Sing My Songs Again’ and included the track on ‘The Mystery of Life’ (Mercury Records, 1991).
Roy Linwood Clark (Saturday 15 April 1933 – Thursday 15 November 2018) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Jesus & Me’ and included the track on ‘My Favorite Hymns’ (Intersound Records / Compendia Music Group, 1995).
Billy Ray Cyrus recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Trail of Tears’ (Mercury Records, 1996).
Deryl Dodd recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘One Ride In Vegas’ (Columbia Nashville Records, 1996); the track reached No.36 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart in 1996, and No.38 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart in 1996.
Alan Jackson recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Little Bitty’ and included the track on ‘Everything I Love’ (Arista Records, 1996); the track was No.1 on the Billboard Hot Country Tracks & Singles Chart for three weeks in December 1996.
Charlie Sizemore recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘In My View’ (Rebel Records, 1996).
John Prine (Thursday 10 October 1946 – Tuesday 7 April 2020) & Mac Wiseman (Saturday 23 May 1925 – Saturday 23 February 2019) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine’ and included the track on ‘Standard Songs For Average People’ (Oh Boy Records, 2007).
Chris Jones recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Man On The Side of The Road’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘Just A Drifter’ (Rebel Records, 2000).
Tom T. Hall, who was affectionately known as ‘The Storyteller’, was an extraordinary song-writer within the genre of country music, and had his compositions recorded, between 2001 and 2018, by an amazing list of fellow country music artists.
Josh Williams recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘There’s Always A Light In The Church’ and included the track on ‘Now That You’re Gone’ (Pinecastle Records, 2001).
Joe Nichols recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Life Don’t Have To Mean Nothin’ At All’ and included the track on ‘Man With A Memory’ (Universal South Records, 2002).
Don Rigsby recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Midnight Call’ and included the track on ‘The Midnight Call’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2003).
Don Rigsby recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Little White Cross Out On Highway 13’ and included the track on ‘The Midnight Call’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2003).
The Larry Stephenson Band recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Clinch Mountain Mystery’ and included the track on ‘Clinch Mountain Mystery’ (Pinecastle Records, 2004).
The Larry Stephenson Band recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me’ (co-written with Wayne Raney) and included the track on ‘Clinch Mountain Mystery’ (Pinecastle Records, 2004).
The Larry Stephenson Band recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Pretty Blue Dress’ and included the track on ‘Clinch Mountain Mystery’ (Pinecastle Records, 2004).
Alecia Nugent recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Cried All The Way To Kentucky’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘A Little Girl…A Big Four-Lane’ (Sugar Hill Records, 2006).
The Tom Travis Bluegrass Band recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Me & Jesus’ and included the track on ‘Rootin’ For Roots’ (Redeye Acoustic Records / Proper Distribution United Kingdom, 2006); this collection, which included remastered tracks, was originally released on cassette in 1987.
Frankie Miller recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Old Side of Town’ and included the track on ‘The Family Man’ (Heart of Texas Records, 2006).
Frankie Miller recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Flew Over Our House Last Night’ and included the track on ‘The Family Man’ (Heart of Texas Records, 2006).
Don Rigsby & Midnight Call recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘He Loves To Hear You Shout’ and included the track on ‘Hillbilly Heartache’ (Rebel Records, 2006).
Larry Stephenson recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Knoxville Boy’ and included the track on ‘Life Stories’ (Pinecastle Records, 2006).
Larry Stephenson recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Waiting On The Sun To Shine’ and included the track on ‘Life Stories’ (Pinecastle Records, 2006).
Dave Evans recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Pretty Green Hills’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘Pretty Green Hills’ (Rebel Records, 2006).
Dave Evans recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Year That Clayton Delaney Died’ and included the track on ‘Pretty Green Hills’ (Rebel Records, 2006).
Solomon Burke (Thursday 21 March 1940 – Sunday 10 October 2010) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘Nashville’ (Shout! Factory, 2006).
John Prine (Thursday 10 October 1946 – Tuesday 7 April 2020) & Mac Wiseman (Saturday 23 May 1925 – Saturday 23 February 2019) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine’ and included the track on ‘Standard Songs For Average People’ (Oh Boy Records, 2007).
Charlie Sizemore recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Silver Bugle’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015) and Charlie Sizemore, and included the track on ‘Good News’ (Rounder Records, 2007).
The Larry Stephenson Band recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Lord, It’s A Hard Road Home’ (co-written with Troy Engle) and included the track on ‘Thankful’ (Pinecastle Records, 2007).
The Larry Stephenson Band recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Every Day Is Mother’s Day’ (co-written with Larry Stephenson) and included the track on ‘Thankful’ (Pinecastle Records, 2007).
Alecia Nugent recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Nugent Family Band’, which was co-written with Alecia Nugent and Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘Hillbilly Goddess’ (Rounder Records, 2009).
Mick Flavin recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘I Miss A Lot of Trains’ and included the track on ‘I’ll Share My World With You’ (School Yard Records, 2009).
Erin Hay recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Blue Country Song’ (Westwood International Records, 2010).
Charlie Louvin (Thursday 7 July 1927 – Wednesday 26 January 2011) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘What We’re Fighting For’ and included the track on ‘The Battle Rages On’ (True North Records, 2010).
Don Rigsby & Midnight Call recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Then Y’Aint’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘The Voice of God’ (Rebel Records, 2010).
Darin & Brooke Aldridge recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Let’s Not Go There’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘Darin & Brooke Aldridge’ (Crossroads Records, 2010), which was produced by Jerry Salley.
Josh Williams recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘We’ll Burn That Bridge’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘Down Home’ (Rounder Records, 2010).
On Tuesday 7 September 2010, Eric Brace and Peter Cooper (1970 – Tuesday 6 December 2022) saw the release of ‘Master Sessions’ (Red Beet Records, 2010), which featured special guests Lloyd Green and Mike Auldridge (Friday 30 December 1938 – Saturday 29 December 2012); one of the included tracks was ‘I Flew Over Our House Last Night’ (written by Tom T. Hall).
It was also on Tuesday 7 September 2010 when Peter Cooper (1970 – Tuesday 6 December 2022) saw the release of ‘The Lloyd Green Album’ (Red Beet Records, 2010); one of the included tracks was ‘Mama, Bake A Pie’ (written by Tom T. Hall).
Charlie Sizemore recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Pay No Attention To Alice’ and included the track on ‘Heartache Looking For A Home’ (Rounder Records, 2011).
The V-Roys recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘Sooner Or Later’ (F.A.Y. Recordings, 2011).
Nick Lowe recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Shame On The Rain’ and included the track on ‘The Old Magic’ (United Kingdom: Proper Records, 2011 / United States: Yep Roc Records, 2011).
Joey + Rory – Joey Marie Martin Feek (Wednesday 10 September 1975 – Friday 4 March 2016) and Rory Feek – recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Someone Loves You Honey’ and included the track on ‘His & Hers’ (Vanguard Records / Sugar Hill Records, 2012).
Karen Lynne recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Walk Slow’ and included the track on ‘Shine Your Light’ (Karen Lynne Music, 2013); the album, which was recorded at Tom T. Hall’s studio, was produced by Jerry Salley.
Karen Lynne recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘He Loves To Hear You Shout’ and included the track on ‘Shine Your Light’ (Karen Lynne Music, 2013); the album, which was recorded at Tom T. Hall’s studio, was produced by Jerry Salley.
Don Rigsby recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘The Water Lilly’ (co-written with Henry Lawson) and included the track on ‘Doctor’s Orders: A Tribute To Ralph Stanley’ (Rebel Records, 2013).
Chris Jones & The Night Drivers recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Where I Am’, which was co-written with Chris Jones and Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘Lonely Comes Easy’ (Rebel Records, 2013).
Peter Cooper (1970 – Tuesday 6 December 2022) recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘A Million Miles To The City’ and included the track on ‘Opening Day’ (Red Beet Records, 2013).
Miranda Lambert recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘All That’s Left’, which was co-written with Dixie Hall (Saturday 26 May 1934 – Friday 16 January 2015), and included the track on ‘Platinum’ (RCA Nashville Records, 2014); the track featured The Time Jumpers.
Melinda Schneider & Beccy Cole recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Harper Valley PTA’ and included the track on ‘Great Women of Country & The Songs That Made Them’ (Universal Music Australia, 2014).
Josh Williams recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘Another Town’ and included the track on ‘Modern Day Man’ (Rounder Records, 2016).
Charley Crockett recorded Tom T. Hall’s ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ and included the track on ‘Lil’ G.L.’s Blue Bonanza’ (Son of Davey / Thirty Tigers, 2018).
In 1975, Hillman Hall (1938 – 1989), the younger brother of Tom T. Hall, saw the release of ‘One Pitcher Is Worth A Thousand Words’ (Warner Bros. Records, 1975), which included the following tracks, all of which were written by Hillman Hall:
‘Good News She Loves Me’
‘Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow’
‘Lord & His Co-Workers’
‘Baby Knows The Way To Get Me Up’
‘Celluloid Cowboy’
‘Fair To Middlin’ Lower Middle Class Plain Hard Working Man’
‘You Can’t Fool A Country Music Fan’
‘Pass Me By (If You’re Only Passing Through)’
‘What Am I Gonna Tell My Heart’
‘Someplace In Out of The Cold’
‘I’ve Always Been A Man’
‘One Pitcher Is Worth A Thousand Words’
(Wednesday 3 August 1938 – Sunday 31 January 2016)
In 1998, Tom T. Hall’s 1973 track, ‘Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine’, came in second in a BBC Radio 2 poll to find the United Kingdom’s favourite easy listening record, despite never having been a hit in the UK and being familiar to BBC Radio 2 listeners mostly through occasional plays by radio presenter, Terry Wogan (Wednesday 3 August 1938 – Sunday 31 January 2016).
In 2002, Charlie Sizemore saw the release of ‘The Story is…The Songs of Tom T. Hall’ (Rebel Records, 2002), a fourteen-track album extolling the virtues of Tom T. Hall, a man revered within country music circles and widely regarded as ‘The Storyteller’.
Charlie Sizemore‘s ‘The Story is…The Songs of Tom T. Hall’ (Rebel Records, 2002) included fourteen of Tom T. Hall’s finest songs, including ‘Mama’s Got The Catfish Blues’, ‘I’ll Never Do Better Than You’, ‘I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew’, ‘Pamela Brown’, ‘I Flew Over Our House Last Night’, ‘Waiting On The Other Shoe To Fall’, ‘Kentucky In The Morning’, ‘Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine’, ‘Ballad of Forty Dollars’, ‘(Margie’s At) The Lincoln Park Inn’, ‘Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On’, ‘Another Town’, ‘The Year That Clayton Delaney Died’ and ‘Me & Jesus’.
On Tuesday 3 July 2007, Tom T. Hall saw the release of ‘Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T’ (Blue Circle Records, 2007), which was released on his independent bluegrass record label, Blue Circle Records, and included the following tracks:
‘I’m A Coal Mining Man’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘A Hero In Harlan’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘One More Last Chance’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Somewhere In Kentucky Tonight’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘A Headstone For Harry’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Leaving Baker Country’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘One of Those Days (When I Miss Lester Flatt)’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘I’m Gonna Make Up A Song About You’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Pretty Green Hills’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Once Upon A Road’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Our Little World’ (written by Tom T. Hall)
‘Jimmy Martin’s Life Story’, which was written by Tom T. Hall and Jimmy Martin (Wednesday 10 August 1927 – Saturday 14 May 2005)
On Monday 25 July 2011, Tom T. Hall’s ‘Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T’ (Blue Circle Records, 2007), through a licensing agreement with Drumfire Records / Wrasse Records, received a release in the United Kingdom, under the title ‘A Gift From Tom T. Hall: Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T’ (Drumfire Records / Wrasse Records, 2011).
In recognition of his many achievements, and the large body of outstanding work which he has contributed to the country music genre, Tom T. Hall received the richly deserved honour of election to The Country Music Hall of Fame, a ceremony which took place in Nashville on Tuesday 12 February 2008.
On Tuesday 30 October 2012, Tom T. Hall accepted his BMI ‘Icon’ Award, during the organisation’s 60th annual presentations.
Tom T. Hall passed away, on Friday 20 August 2021, at the age of 85, at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head; the cause of death went unreleased and had been presumed to be natural until the Williamson County medical examiner released his findings in November 2021.
Tom T. Hall left no suicide note.
Tom T. Hall
Monday 25 May 1936 – Friday 20 August 2021