Facts: - instrument: vocals , guitar , banjo , mandolin - website: -lsb- http://www.tomthall.net official website of tom t. hall -rsb- - years active: 1963 - present - caption: tom t. hall in 1967 - birth name: thomas hall - origin: olive hill , kentucky , u.s. - label: mercury -rsb- , rca , columbia -lsb- http://www.bluecirclerecords.com blue circle - genre: bluegrass , country , outlaw country , folk - birth date: 25 may 1936 - name: tom t. hall - image size: 200px - background: solo_singer - image: tom t. hall.png - associated acts: dave roger miller , johnny cash dudley , patti page , johnnie wright , - occupation: singer , songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tom t. hall .
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thomas '' tom t. '' hall -lrb- born may 25 , 1936 in olive hill , kentucky -rrb- is an american country music songwriter , singer , novelist , and short-story writer .he has written 11 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 became known to fans as '' the storyteller , '' thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting .