| Celebrated Name: | Tom T. Hall |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Thomas T. Hall |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 85 years old |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Olive Hill, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 5 feet 9 inches |
| Weight: | 83kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Widower |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Dixie Hall |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | YES (Dean Hall) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
| Is Tom T Hall Gay? | NO |
| Profession: | Singer, Songwriter |
| Salary: | N/A |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $5 million |
| Last Updated: | January 2024 |
Thomas T. Hall, popularly known as Tom T. Hall, is a singer, country music writer, instrumentalist, and a short-story writer from the United States of America. Tom is famous for writing twelve number 1 hit songs with 26 having reached the Top ten. He is among the list of Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Songwriters.
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Early Life & Biography
Tom T. Hall was born on 25 May 1936 in Olive Hill, located in Kentucky, United States. During his teenage days, Tom T Hall invented a band named the Kentucky Travellers that entertained people before movies for a mobile theatre.
Tom T. Hall grew up in remote Kentucky and was one of the eight children belonging to a poor brick-plant. Tom began playing guitar at an early age. Tom had written his first song by the time Tom was nine years old.
Personal Life
Tom is a family man and was previously married to Dixie Hall since 1969 until she passed away on 16 January 2015. Dixie Hall was a producer and a songwriter working for Bluegrass and emigrated to the United States of America from England in 1961. Tom first met his sweetheart in 1965 during a music industry award banquet, where she had received the invitation for having written the song “Truck Drivin.”
Tom has one son named Dean Hall. Dean Hall worked for his father in the early eighties and later joined Bobby Bare’s band.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 25 May 1936, Tom T. Hall is 85 years old as of today’s date 3rd January 2024. His height is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and his weight is 83 kg.
Career
Tom performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network, during a time in the army and composed comic songs about his experiences in the military. After his service in the military, Tom T Hall used the program of G.I. Bill to join in Roanoke College, where he operated as a D.J. Tom’s early career comprised of being a radio presenter at WRON, which is a local radio station at Ronceverte, West Virginia. Tom also worked as a presenter at WSPZ that later converted to WVRC Radio in Spencer, West Virginia in 1960.
Tom made his big songwriting breakthrough in the year 1963, after Jimmy C. Newman, a country singer, recorded his song, dubbed “D.J. for a Day.” Back in the year 1964, Tom relocated to Nashville and began working as a ‘New keys Music’ songwriter. New keys were a publishing syndicate belonging to Newman and Jimmy Key, his business associate, and he used to write up to six-country songs in a single day. Tom was nicknamed “The Storyteller” and has since written songs for most country music artists comprising Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Alan Jackson, and Bobby Bare.
One of Tom’s earliest successful songwriting investments, “Harper Valley PTA” was recorded back in 1968 musician named Jeannie C. Riley. They sold over six million copies and was number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Tom made his recording career debut following Riley’s rendition of Harper Valley PTA, producing several hit songs from late 1960 throughout to early 1980. Some of Tom’s most prominent hits comprise “A Week in a Country Jail,” “I Love,” among others. Tom is also famous for doing children-oriented songs such as “Sneaky Snake” and “I Care.” Back in 1979, Tom featured on the PBS music show dubbed, Austin City Limits on its Season 4.
Tom has ever since retired from songwriting and also from performing since 1994. He lastly spotted in 2011 during a public performance that was also his first after many years.
Awards & Achievements
Back in the year 1973, Tom T. Hall received a Grammy Award for the Best Album Notes and later, after three decades, won the Academy of Country Music Awards Poets in 2011.
Net Worth & Salary of Tom T. Hall in 2024
As of January 2024, Tom T. Hall has an estimated net worth of more than $5 million. He gets most of his income from his well paying songwriting career and also as a recording artist. He also makes the right amount of money by making public appearances and through his music endorsements and selling his music copies. His annual salary is under review, and we do not have information about his assets, such as cars and houses.
Tom T. Hall is a triumphant songwriter who has written songs for various successful country music musicians. It is due to hard work and dedication that has enabled him to come this far and has been able to achieve most of his dream through his career.