Tom T. Hall, the songwriter known for timeless country-music compositions like 'Harper Valley P.T.A.,' 'That's How I Got to Memphis,' and '(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine,' has died at 85.
Tom T. Hall, the Nashville songwriter known for such compositions as "Harper Valley PTA" and "That's How I Got to Memphis," has died at 85., the Country Music Hall of Fame member known as “The Storyteller” for his detailed narrative songs like “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” “I Love,” and “That’s How I Got to Memphis,” died Friday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 85. Hall’s son Dean confirmed his father’s death.
Born Thomas T. Hall on May 25th, 1936, in Olive Hill, Kentucky, Hall began playing music at a young age and performed with a bluegrass band, the Kentucky Travelers, while he was a teenager. He joined the Army in 1957 and sometimes performed on the Armed Services Radio Network while stationed in Germany. After returning to civilian life, Hall was working as a radio DJ in Virginia when a publisher heard his song “D.J. for a Day” and brought it to Jimmy C. Newman, who took it to the Top Ten.
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