Gene Watson Peer's Quote from Tom T Hall: November 2010

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' (a special word of thanks to Dixie Hall, too!).

Gene Watson and Tom T. Hall at the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) Bluegrass Awards in Nashville on Sunday 7 February 2010

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 Hall on Monday 25 May 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky and is 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 age of nine, he 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 travelling theatre.  During a stint in the Army, Tom T. 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; he was also an announcer at WVRC Radio in Spencer, West Virginia in the 1960s.

Tom T. Hall's big song-writing break came in 1963, when Jimmy C. Newman recorded his song 'DJ For A Day'; the track reached No.9 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1963 and 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, sold over six million copies and won both a Grammy Award and a CMA Award.  'Harper Valley PTA' later inspired a motion picture and television program of the same name.

Other notable Tom T. Hall hits included 'Pool Shark' from Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 - Monday 22 December 2003), 'DJ for a day' from Jimmy C. Newman, 'That's How I Got To Memphis' from Bobby Bare and 'I'm Not Ready Yet' from George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 - Friday 26 April 2013).

As a result of Jeannie C. Riley's success with 'Harper Valley PTA', producer Jerry Kennedy persuaded Tom 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.

Tom T. Hall's debut album for Mercury Records was 'Ballad of Forty Dollars' (Mercury Records, 1968) and included his first hit single; 'Ballad Of Forty Dollars' reached No.4 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1968, while other hits from the album included 'Ain't Got The Time' (No.68, 1968), 'I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew' (No.30, 1968) and 'World The Way I Want It' (No.66, 1968).

Tom T. Hall's second album for Mercury Records was 'Homecoming' (Mercury Records, 1969) and included his first No.1 Billboard hit single; 'A Week In A Country Jail' was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for two weeks in January/February 1970, while other hits from the album included 'Strawberry Farms' (No.4, 1970), 'Shoeshine Man' (No.8, 1970) and 'Homecoming' (No.5, 1970).

Tom T. Hall's third album for Mercury Records was 'I Witness Life' (Mercury Records, 1970) and included 'Salute To A Switchblade' which reached No.8 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1970.

Tom T. Hall's fourth album for Mercury Records was 'One Hundred Children' (Mercury Records, 1970) and included 'One Hundred Children' (No.14, 1970) and 'Ode To A Half A Pound Of Ground Round (No.21, 1970).

Tom T. Hall's fifth album for Mercury Records was 'In Search of a Song' (Mercury Records, 1971) and included 'The Year That Clayton Delaney Died' which was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for two weeks in September/October 1971.

Tom T. Hall's 'In Search Of A Song' was released, along with 'The Rhymer and Other Five & Dimers' (Mercury Records, 1973), as a special 2-for-1 CD (HUX 071) by Hux Records on Monday 26 September 2005.

Tom T. Hall's sixth album for Mercury Records was 'We All Got Together And...' (Mercury Records, 1972) and included two hit singles; 'Monkey That Became President' (No.11, 1972) and 'Me And Jesus' (No.8, 1972).

Tom T. Hall's 'We All Got Together And...' was released, along with 'The Storyteller' (Mercury Records, 1972), as a special 2-for-1 CD (HUX 091) by Hux Records on Monday 28 May 2007.

Tom T. Hall's 'Greatest Hits' (Mercury Records, 1972) was released in the latter part of 1972; in 1973, Tom earned a Grammy Award for writing the liner notes on the album sleeve.

Tom T. Hall's seventh album for Mercury Records was 'Tom T. Hall...The Storyteller' (Mercury Records, 1972) and included two hit singles; 'More About John Henry' (No.26, 1972) and '(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine' (No.1 for one week in January/February 1973).

Tom T. Hall's 'The Storyteller' was released, along with 'We All Got Together And...' (Mercury Records, 1972), as a special 2-for-1 CD (HUX 091) by Hux Records on Monday 28 May 2007.

Johnny Rodriguez's debut album, 'Introducing Johnny Rodriguez' (Mercury Records, 1973), included 'You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)'; the track co-written by Johnny Rodriguez and Tom T. Hall and was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for one week in June 1973.

'Introducing Johnny Rodriguez' (Mercury Records, 1973) also included 'All I Ever Meant To Do Was Love You'; the track co-written by Johnny Rodriguez and Tom T. Hall.

Johnny Rodriguez's 'Introducing Johnny Rodriguez' was released, along with 'All I Ever Meant To Do Was Sing' (Mercury Records, 1973), as a special 2-for-1 CD (HUX118) by Hux Records on Monday 25 October 2010.

It was in 1972 that Tom T. Hall introduced Johnny Rodriguez to Roy Dea at Mercury Records, who subsequently signed him to the label.  Johnny was also Tom T. Hall's guitar player on the road and also acted as Tom's secretary.

Tom T. Hall's eighth album for Mercury Records was 'Rhymer And Other Five And Dimers' (Mercury Records, 1973) and included two Billboard country music hit singles; 'Ravishing Ruby' (No.3, 1973) and 'Spokane Motel Blues' (No.16, 1973).

Tom T. Hall's 'The Rhymer And Other Five And Dimers' was released along with 'In Search of a Song' (Mercury Records, 1971) as a special 2-for-1 CD (HUX 071) by Hux Records on Monday 26 September 2005.

Tom T. Hall's ninth album for Mercury Records was 'For The People in the Last Hard Town' (Mercury Records, 1973) and included 'I Love'; the track was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for two weeks in January/February 1974 and also reached No.12 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

Tom T. Hall's tenth album for Mercury Records was 'Country Is' (Mercury Records, 1974) and included 'That Song Is Driving Me Crazy' which reached No.2 and 'Country is' which was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for one week in November 1974.

Tom T. Hall's eleventh album for Mercury Records was 'Songs of Fox Hollow' (Mercury Records, 1974), a collection of songs aimed primarily at children and included 'Sneaky Snake' which reached No.66, and 'I care' which was No.1 on the Billboard country music singles chart for one week in February/March 1975.

Tom T. Hall's twelfth album for Mercury Records was 'I Wrote A Song About It' (Mercury Records, 1975) and included two Billboard hit singles; 'Deal' (No.8, 1975 and 'I Like Beer' (No.4, 1975).

Tom T. Hall's thirteenth album for Mercury Records was 'Faster Horses' (Mercury Records, 1976) and included two Billboard country music hit singles; 'Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)' (No.1 for one week in March 1976) and 'Negatory romance' (No.24, 1976).

Tom T. Hall's fourteenth album for Mercury Records was 'Magnificent Music Machine' (Mercury Records, 1976) and included one Billboard hit single; 'Fox On The Run' reached No.9.

Tom T. Hall's fifteenth (and final) album for Mercury Records was 'About Love' (Mercury Records, 1976) and included two Billboard hit singles; 'Your Man Loves You Honey' (No.4, 1976) and 'It's All In The Game' (No.12, 1976).

Tom T. Hall left Mercury Records in 1977 and joined the roster at RCA Records.

Although he recorded five albums for RCA Records, 'New Train Same Rider' (RCA Records, 1978), 'Places I've Done Time' (RCA Records, 1978), 'Saturday Morning Songs' (RCA Records, 1979), 'Ol' T's in Town' (RCA Records, 1979) and 'Soldier of Fortune' (RCA Records, 1980), Tom T Hall only reached the Billboard country music Top 10 on three occasions; 'What Have You Got To Lose' (No.9, 1978), 'Jesus On The Radio And Daddy On The Phone' (No.9, 1979) and 'Old Side Of Town' (No.9, 1979).

Tom T. Hall departed RCA Records in 1983 and returned to the roster at Mercury Records, where he saw the release of six albums, along with a compilation album.

Tom T. Hall's 'Everything From Jesus to Jack Daniels' (Mercury Records, 1983) included one hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart; 'Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels' (No.42, 1983).

Tom T. Hall's 'Natural Dreams' (Mercury Records, 1984) included one hit single on the Billboard country music singles chart; 'P.S. I Love You' reached No.8 in 1984.

 

Tom T. Hall saw the release of the albums 'Song In A Seashell' (Mercury Records, 1985), 'Country Songs For Kids' (Mercury Records, 1989), 'Songs From Sopchoppy' (Mercury Records, 1996) and 'Home Grown' (Mercury Records, 1997); no singles were released from any of these albums.

One of the tracks included on Tom T. Hall's 'Songs From Sopchoppy' (Mercury Records, 1996) was 'Little Bitty', which Alan Jackson recorded and included on 'Everything I Love' (Arista Records, 1996); the track was No.1 (for Alan Jackson) on the Billboard country music singles chart for three weeks in December 1996.

Tom T. Hall also saw the release of 'Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher' (Mercury Records, 1995), a 50-track compilation of his greatest songs, which also included the previously unreleased tracks 'Watergate Blues' (No.16, 1995), 'Last Of The Drifters', 'Hello We're Lonely' (a duet with Patti Page), 'Down At The Mall' (No.65, 1995), 'Give Her My Best', 'Day Drinkin' Again', which was a duet with Dave Dudley (Thursday 3 May 1928 - Monday 22 December 2003) (No.23, 1995) and 'Levi Jones'.

In 1998, Tom T. Hall's 1973 song '(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine' came in second in a BBC Radio 2 poll to find the UK'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.

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) includes 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 And 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 And Jesus'.

On Tuesday 3 July 2007, Tom T. Hall saw the release of 'Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T' on his independent bluegrass label Blue Circle Records.

In recognition of his many achievements and the large body of outstanding work that 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.

In the photo (above), which was released by the Country Music Association (CMA), Emmylou Harris (second left) and Tom T. Hall (third right), pose with the Statler Brothers (standing from left, Harold Reid, Don Reid, Phil Balsley and Jimmy Fortune) after the Country Music Association (CMA) announced their membership into the Country Music Hall of Fame, on Tuesday 12 February 2008, in Nashville (the late Ernest 'Pop' Stoneman was also inducted).

Tom T. Hall, who is affectionately known as 'The Storyteller', is an extraordinary song-writer within the genre of country music and has had his compositions recorded by an amazing list of fellow country music artists, as evidenced by this list:

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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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).

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 and 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).

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).

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 & also reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts 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).

Loretta Lynn recorded Tom T. Hall's 'Harper Valley PTA' and included the track on 'Your Squaw's On The Warpath' (Decca Records, 1969).

Dolly Parton 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 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 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 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 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 (and 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 ()' (Mercury Records, 1969).

Mel Tillis 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).

Lynn Anderson recorded Tom T. Hall's 'Harper Valley PTA' and included the track on 'Songs That Made Country Girls Famous' (Chart Records, 1969).

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 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).

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 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).

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 and Jesus' and included the track on 'We Love To Sing About Jesus' (Epic Records, 1972).

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 recorded Tom T. Hall's 'Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine' and included the track on 'Sweet Honky Tonk' (ABC 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).

Loretta Lynn recorded Tom T. Hall's 'I love' and included the track on 'They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy' (MCA Records, 1974).

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).

Bobby Bare recorded Tom T. Hall's 'Cowboy and the poet (faster horses)' and included the track on 'Cowboys & Daddies' (RCA Records, 1975).

Loretta Lynn recorded Tom T. Hall's 'You love everybody but you' and included the track on 'Back to the Country' (Decca 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, 1979).

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).

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).

Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 - Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall's 'Ceiling, four walls and 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).

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).

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).



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 was a duet with 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.

Johnny Cash (Friday 26 February 1932 - Friday 12 September 2003) recorded Tom T. Hall's 'I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again' and included the track on 'The Mystery of Life' (Mercury Records, 1991).

Billy Ray Cyrus recorded Tom T. Hall's 'Harper Valley PTA' and included the track on 'Trail of Tears' (Mercury Records, 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 country music 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).

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).



Alecia Nugent recorded Tom T. Hall's 'I Cried All The Way To Kentucky' (co-written with Dixie Hall) and included the track on 'A Little Girl...A Big Four-Lane' (Sugar Hill Records, 2006).

John Prine and Mac Wiseman recorded Tom T. Hall's 'Old dogs, children and 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' (co-written with Dixie Hall and Charlie Sizemore) and included the track on 'Good News' (Rounder Records, 2007).

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).

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).



In 2011, Tom T. Hall saw the release of 'A Gift From Tom T. Hall: Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T.' (Drumfire Records/Wrasse Records, 2011), an album which included all tracks written by Tom T. Hall and his wife Dixie.

Gene Watson and Tom T. Hall at the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) Bluegrass Awards in Nashville on Sunday 7 February 2010

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