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Thomas T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No.*1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No.*1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No.*12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.
Hall won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 1973 for the notes he wrote for his album Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits. Together with his wife Dixie Hall he won the Bluegrass Song Writer of the Year award in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015, awarded annually by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA). In 2002 Hall was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, in 2008, Hall was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In November 2018 Hall and his wife Dixie Hall were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and in 2019, Hall was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Hall won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 1973 for the notes he wrote for his album Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits. Together with his wife Dixie Hall he won the Bluegrass Song Writer of the Year award in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015, awarded annually by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA). In 2002 Hall was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, in 2008, Hall was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In November 2018 Hall and his wife Dixie Hall were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and in 2019, Hall was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Old Dogs, Children, And Watermelon Wine
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The Year Clayton Delaney Died
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Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)
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