HALL, TOM T.
(*1936)
HALL, TOM T. (b. Thomas H., Olive Hill, Ky., May 25, 1936) A SINGER/SONGWRITER best known for his narrative songs, Hall wrote the megahit Harper Valley P.T.A., recorded by JEANNIE C. RILEY in 1968. Not surprisingly for a songwriter who loves to tell a story, Hall is a preacher's son who began playing music when he was eight years old, on an old Martin guitar that his dad gave him. He hooked up with an older local musician named Clayton Delaney (immortalized in his 1971 hit The Year Clayton…