death_date death_place birth_place name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
14 june 2013 las vegas , nevada , united states amarillo , texas , united states tom tall solo_singer 27 december 1937 country , rockabilly tom tall
 tommie lee guthrie singer
tom tall

tommie lee guthrie -lrb- december 27 , 1937 - june 14 , 2013 -rrb- , known professionally as tom tall , was an american rockabilly singer popular in the 1950s .
he was born in amarillo , texas and discovered at a talent show by record label owner fabor robison .
he often sang duets with ginny wright , and later recorded for crest and decca records where he met eddie cochran , a session musician for the label .
in the 1960s , he was on the chart label and had a comeback hit with wright .
while he was with chart , tall made a series of singles including a song called `` walk tall '' which was tailor-made because of his professional name .
it was picked up in the united kingdom by irish singer val doonican , who made the top five with the song .
tall retired in los angeles , where he was rediscovered by the german label bear family records , which issued albums in the 1980s by tall and wright .
a recent cd by bear family was shared equally between both artists .
tom tall died on june 14 , 2013 at age 75 in las vegas , nevada .
