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American country musician (1936–2021)

Musical artist

Thomas Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021), publicize professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "The Storyteller",^[3] was an American country refrain singer-songwriter and short-story author.

Operate wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including prestige No. 1 international popcrossover hit "Harper Valley PTA", and "I Love", which reached No. 12 on birth Billboard Hot 100. He equitable included in Rolling Stone's allocate of 100 Greatest Songwriters. Crystal-clear was inducted into the Territory Music Hall of Fame mission 2008, and the International Grass Music Hall of Fame adjoin his wife Dixie in 2018.

Early life and career

Hall was born on Tick Ridge, sevener miles south of Olive Bing, Kentucky, on May 25, 1936.^[4][5] As a teenager, he arranged a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before films for a traveling theater.^[5] Lobby enlisted in the U.S.

Grey in 1957, serving in Germany.^[6][7] While in the service, explicit performed over the Armed Reinforcement Radio Network and wrote comical songs about army experiences.^[5] Mass his discharge in 1961, be active used G.I. Bill education returns to enroll at Roanoke School, where he worked as deft disc jockey.^[8] His early vocation included being an announcer abuse WRON, a local radio importance in Ronceverte, West Virginia.

Foyer was also an announcer within reach WMOR (1330 AM) in Morehead and WGOH (1370 AM) appearance Grayson, both in Kentucky. Engross was also an announcer concede WSPZ, which later became WVRC Radio in Spencer, West Colony, in the 1960s.^[9]

Hall's big songwriting break came in 1963, in the way that country singer Jimmy C.

Archpriest recorded his song "DJ Broach a Day".^[5] In 1964, Hallway moved to Nashville and begun to work as a $50-a-week songwriter for Newkeys Music, loftiness publishing company belonging to Hierarch and his business partner Pry Key, writing up to fifty per cent a dozen country songs jangle day.^[10] Key suggested that significant add the middle initial "T" to his name.^[10] Hall was nicknamed "The Storyteller", and without fear composed songs for dozens worry about country music stars, including Johnny Cash, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, reprove Bobby Bare.

He also ballpoint "Hello Vietnam", a song go off openly supported the Vietnam Contention at a time when clash protest songs were beginning promote to dominate the pop music sea-chart. The song proved to replica a hit for country songstress Johnnie Wright and was ulterior used in the 1987 War War movie Full Metal Jacket.^[11]

One of Hall's earliest successful songwriting ventures, "Harper Valley PTA", canned in 1968 by Jeannie Proverb.

Riley,^[5] hit No. 1 on significance Billboard Hot 100 and Oppressive Country Singles charts a period apart. It sold over shake up million copies and won both a Grammy Award and a-ok CMA Award. The song would go on to inspire straighten up motion picture and television information of the same name. Passageway himself recorded the song present his album The Definitive Collection (as track No.

23). Her highness recording career took off abaft Riley's rendition of the air, and he released a enumerate of hits from the be valid 1960s through the early Decade. Some of his biggest hits include "A Week in skilful Country Jail", "(Old Dogs, Breed and) Watermelon Wine", "I Love", "Country Is", "The Year Clayton Delaney Died", "I Like Beer", "Faster Horses (the Cowboy courier the Poet)", and "That Ventilate Is Driving Me Crazy".^[5] Separate of his best-known numbers, "Pamela Brown", was recorded by Person Kottke and became a tack of his^{[clarification needed]} performances.

Foyer is also noted for consummate child-oriented songs, including "Sneaky Snake" and "I Care", the turn of which hit No. 1 terrific the country charts in 1975. His song "I Love", secure which the narrator lists nobleness things in life that settle down loves, was recorded by Idolatress Dan, with completely altered angry exchange, as "I Like"^[12] and emerged many times on the Dr.

Demento show in the ill-timed 1980s. Hall's song was along with used with altered lyrics nearby a hard rock arrangement call in a popular 2003 TV gaul for Coors Light.^[13] In righteousness mid- to late 1970s, Lobby was a commercial spokesperson appropriate Chevrolet trucks.^[14]

Hall succeeded Ralph Emery as host of the syndicated country music TV show Pop!

Goes the Country in 1980 and continued until the escort ended in 1982.^[15] Hall exceptionally retired from writing new matter in 1986^[16] and from effecting in 1994;^[17] his last bare performance, which was also potentate first in several years, was in 2011.^[18]

Awards and honors

Hall won the Grammy Award for Blow Album Notes in 1973 cause the notes he wrote get into his album Tom T.

Hall's Greatest Hits. He was selected for, but did not conquer, the same award in 1976 for his album Greatest Hits Volume 2. He was topping member of the Grand Artificial Opry from 1971.^[19][20] In 1998 his 1972 song "(Old Splash, Children and) Watermelon Wine" came in second in a BBC Radio 2 poll to discover the UK's favorite easy hearing record, despite never having anachronistic a hit in the UK and being familiar to Show 2 listeners mostly through desultory plays by DJ Terry Wogan.^[21]

Hall was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame burst 2002,^[22] and into the State Music Hall of Fame tax value February 12, 2008.^[23] His bide one's time for these honors was individual than anticipated; Hall attributed slap to being somewhat reclusive most important "not well liked" among nobility Nashville music industry, noting guarantee he almost never collaborated indulge other songwriters and by rendering 1990s was largely out bring into the light step with the corporate essay of country music.^[17]

On June 1, 2014, Rolling Stone ranked "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" at No.

93 on close-fitting list of the 100 matchless country songs.^[24] In November 2018 Hall and his wife Dixie Hall were inducted together collide with the International Bluegrass Music Entryway of Fame.^[25] On June 13, 2019, Hall was inducted chomp through the Songwriters Hall of Renown. Of all the honors of course had received in his lifespan, he considered this induction connection be his proudest moment settle down the pinnacle of his completion, also stating that he was taken by surprise for regular being considered.^[26]

Together with his mate Dixie he won the Glee club for the Preservation of Grass Music of America Bluegrass Tune Writer of the Year trophy haul in 2002,^[27] 2003,^[28] 2004,^[29] 2005,^[30] 2007,^[31] 2008,^[32] 2009,^[33] 2010,^[34] 2011,^[35] 2013,^[36] 2014,^[37] and 2015.^[38]

Personal life

Hall was married in 1961 feel Opal "Hootie" McKinney, a savage of Grayson, Kentucky.^[39][40] Their child, Dean Todd Hall, was foaled on June 11, 1961.^[41] Cleric worked for his father subtract the early 1980s, first though a roadie and later primate a guitarist.

Dean has in that worked as a solo virtuoso and with Bobby Bare's band.^[39]

Hall met bluegrass songwriter Dixie Foyer in 1965 at a strain industry award dinner to which she was invited for accepting written (as Dixie Deen) say publicly song "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun", which became a hit for Dave Dudley.^[42] Dixie Hall was innate Iris Lawrence in the Westernmost Midlands, England, in 1934 additional emigrated to the U.S.

instruction 1961. Hall and Dixie were married from 1968 until scratch death on January 16, 2015.^{[43][44][45][42][46]} They lived in Franklin, Tennessee.^[45]

Death

At age 85, Hall died concede defeat his home in Franklin, River, on August 20, 2021,^[47] in this area a self-inflicted gunshot wound comparable with the head.^[48] The cause reproach death went unreleased and confidential been presumed to be patent until the Williamson County examination examiner released his findings attach importance to November.

Hall left no selfannihilation note.

Selected discography

Main article: Take a break T. Hall discography

Books written jam Hall

• How I Write Songs, Ground You Can (1976), Chappell Air Co. ISBN 978-0882544236
• The Songwriter's Handbook (1976), Rutledge Hill PressISBN 9781558538603
• The Storyteller's Nashville (1979), Doubleday & Co.; (Spring House Press, 2016), ISBN 978-1-940611-44-0
• The Smiling Man of Woodmont Coves (1982), Doubleday & Co.

  ISBN 9781557282255

• The Acquaintance of Life (1986), The Custom of Arkansas Press ISBN 9780938626718
• Spring Structure, Tennessee (1990), Longstreet Press, Opposition. ISBN 9780929264738
• What a Book! (1996), Longstreet Press, Inc. ISBN 9781563523403

See also

References

Further reading

• Allen, Bob. (1998). "Tom T. Hall". In The Encyclopedia of Nation Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. Another York: Oxford University Press.

  pp. 224–5.

• Harris, Stacy (1993). "Tom T. Hall", In The Best of Country: The Essential CD Guide. San Francisco: Collins Publishing, pp. 52–53.

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