Tom T. Hall   Birth Name: Tom T. Hall Induction Year: 1978 Date of Birth: May 25, 1936 Place of Birth: Olive Hill, Kentucky   Career Milestones: 1957 – Hall enlists in the U.S. Army and is stationed in Germany. While there, he performs at local NCO clubs on the Armed Forces Radio Network, where he sings mostly original material. 1961 – After being discharged from the army, Hall returns to the United States, where he enrolls in Roanoke College as a journalism student and supports himself with a disc jockey job at a radio station in Salem, Va. One day, a visiting songwriter from Nashville hears some of Hall's songs and sends them to publisher Jimmy Key of New Key Publishing. Key signs Hall as a songwriter and begins pitching his material. 1963 – Jimmy C. Newman records Hall's "D.J. For A Day," which goes on to become a Top 10 Country hit. 1964 – Hall moves to Nashville with $46 and a guitar. 1967 – Hall signs as a recording artist with Mercury Records. His first single, "I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew," is released that summer and becomes a minor hit. 1968 – In the late summer, Jeannie C. Riley scores a major hit with Hall's "Harper Valley P.T.A." Its success focuses attention on Hall's recording career. 1969 – "The Ballad of Forty Dollars" becomes Hall's first hit as an artist, climbing to #4. Later that year, "A Week in a Country Jail" becomes Hall's first #1 single as an artist. 1971 – Hall becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry. 1972 -- Hall earns a Grammy, as well as Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year ("Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine") honors from the Nashville Songwriters Association. 1978 -- Hall is inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 1979 – Hall publishes his semiautobiographical book The Storyteller's Nashville. 1982 – Hall publishes his novel The Laughing Man of Woodmont. Awards: 1972 -- Grammy Award for Best Album Notes ("Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits") 1972 -- NSAI Songwriter of the Year 1972 -- NSAI Song of the Year ("Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine")   Catalog Highlights Mad Artists: Dave Dudley (1964, #6 Country) D.J. For A Day Artists: Jimmy "C" Newman (1964, #9 Country) Hello Vietnam Artists: Johnnie Wright (1965, #1 Country) Artificial Rose Artists: Jimmy Newman (1965, #8 Country) Back In Circulation Artists: Jimmy C. Newman (1965, #13 Country) City Of The Angels Artists: Jimmy C. Newman (1965, #37 Country) What We're Fighting For Artists: Dave Dudley (1966, #4 Country) Back Pocket Money Artists: Jimmy C. Newman (1966, #10 Country) California Uptight Band Artists: Flatt & Scruggs (1967, #20 Country) Louisiana Saturday Night Artists: Jimmy C. Newman (1967, #24 Country) I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew Artists: Tom T. Hall (1967, #30 Country) Dropping Out Of Sight Artists: Jimmy C. Newman (1967, #32 Country), Bobby Bare (1981, #35 Country) Harper Valley PTA Artists: Jeannie C. Riley (1968, #1 Country - #1 Pop - #4 Adult Contemporary - 1968 CMA Single of the Year) There Ain't No Easy Run Artists: Dave Dudley (1968, #10 Country) Anything Leaving Town Today Artists: Dave Dudley (1968, #12 Country) Town That Broke My Heart Artists: Bobby Bare (1968, #16 Country) Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman Artists: Jim & Jesse (1968, #49 Country) The World The Way I Want It Artists: Tom T. Hall (1968, #66 Country) Ain't Got The Time Artists: Tom T. Hall (1968, #68 Country) (Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn Artists: Bobby Bare (1969, #4 Country) Ballad Of 40 Dollars Artists: Tom T. Hall (1969, #4 Country) Homecoming Artists: Tom T. Hall (1969, #5 Country) George (And The Northwoods) Artists: Dave Dudley (1969, #10 Country) One More Mile Artists: Dave Dudley (1969, #12 Country) Boo Dan Artists: Jimmy C. Newman (1969, #31 Country) Strawberry Farms Artists: Tom T. Hall (1969, #40 Country) A Week In A Country Jail Artists: Tom T. Hall (1970, #1 Country) Pool Shark Artists: Dave Dudley (1970, #1 Country) How I Got To Memphis Artists: Bobby Bare (1970, #3 Country), Derryl Dodd (1996, #36 Country) If I Ever Fall In Love (With A Honky Tonk Girl) Artists: Faron Young (1970, #4 Country) Salute To A Switchblade Artists: Tom T. Hall (1970, #8 Country) Shoeshine Man Artists: Tom T. Hall (1970, #8 Country) Day Drinkin' Artists: Dave Dudley - Tom T. Hall (1970, #23 Country) The Year That Clayton Delaney Died Artists: Tom T. Hall (1971, #1 Country - #42 Pop) One Hundred Children Artists: Tom T. Hall (1971, #14 Country) Ode To Half A Pound Of Ground Round Artists: Tom T. Hall (1971, #21 Country) Second Handed Flowers Artists: George Jones (1972, #5 Country) Me And Jesus Artists: Tom T. Hall (1972, #8 Country - #92 Pop) The Monkey That Became President Artists: Tom T. Hall (1972, #11 Country) More About John Henry Artists: Tom T. Hall (1972, #26 Country) (Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine Artists: Tom T. Hall (1973, #1 Country - 1972 NSAI Song of the Year) You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) Artists: Johnny Rodriguez (1973, #1 Country - #86 Pop) Ravishing Ruby Artists: Tom T. Hall (1973, #3 Country) Spokane Motel Blues Artists: Tom T. Hall (1973, #16 Country) Watergate Blues Artists: Tom T. Hall (1973, #16 Country) Country Is Artists: Tom T. Hall (1974, #1 Country) I Love Artists: Tom T. Hall (1974, #1 Country - #12 Pop - #2 Adult Contemporary) That Song Is Driving Me Crazy Artists: Tom T. Hall (1974, #2 Country - #63 Pop) Sneaky Snake Artists: Tom T. Hall (1974, #69 Country - #55 Pop) I Care Artists: Tom T. Hall (1975, #1 Country) I Like Beer Artists: Tom T. Hall (1975, #4 Country) Deal Artists: Tom T. Hall (1975, #8 Country) I Can Still Hear The Music In The Restroom Artists: Jerry Lee Lewis (1975, #13 Country) Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet) Artists: Tom T. Hall (1976, #1 Country) Fox On The Run Artists: Tom T. Hall (1976, #9 Country) Negatory Romance Artists: Tom T. Hall (1976, #24 Country) Your Man Loves You, Honey Artists: Tom T. Hall (1977, #4 Country) It's All In The Game Artists: Tom T. Hall (1977, #12 Country) What Have You Got To Lose Artists: Tom T. Hall (1978, #9 Country) You Show Me Your Heart (And I'll Show You Mine) Artists: Tom T. Hall (1979, #11 Country) Son Of Clayton Delaney Artists: Tom T. Hall (1979, #14 Country) I'm Not Ready Yet Artists: George Jones (1980, #2 Country) The Old Side Of Town Artists: Tom T. Hall (1980, #9 Country) Jesus On The Radio (Daddy On The Phone) Artists: Tom T. Hall (1980, #9 Country) Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon Artists: Tom T. Hall (1980, #36 Country) Solder Of Fortune Artists: Tom T. Hall (1980, #51 Country) Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels Artists: Tom T. Hall (1983, #42 Country) A Bar With No Beer Artists: Tom T. Hall (1985, #40 Country) Little Bitty Artists: Alan Jackson (1996, #1 Country) Comments: "Harper Valley PTA" sold more than six million copies, was awarded a 1968 CMA Award for Single of the Year and earned Jeannie C. Riley a 1968 Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. The song also inspired a motion picture and television program of the same name. Hall hosted the syndicated country music TV show "Pop Goes The Country" from 1980-83.