# Tom Tall

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{{Short description|American singer (1937–2013)}}
{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Tom Tall
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| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Tommie Lee Guthrie
| alias               = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date |1937|12|27|mf=y}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2013|6|14|1937|12|27}}
| birth_place         = [Amarillo, Texas](/source/Amarillo%2C_Texas), U.S.
| death_place         = [Las Vegas, Nevada](/source/Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada), U.S.
| instrument          = 
| genre               = [Country](/source/Country_music), [rockabilly](/source/rockabilly)
| occupation          = [Singer](/source/Singing)
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'''Tommie Lee Guthrie''' (December 27, 1937 – June 14, 2013),<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hillbilly-music.com/news/story/index.php?id=9013 |title=Biography |accessdate = 2013-06-26}}</ref> known professionally as '''Tom Tall''', was an American [rockabilly](/source/rockabilly) singer popular in the 1950s.

==Biography==
He was born in [Amarillo, Texas](/source/Amarillo%2C_Texas) and discovered at a talent show by record label owner [Fabor Robison](/source/Fabor_Robison). He often sang duets with [Ginny Wright](/source/Ginny_Wright),<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r780772/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review: ''You Are Mine''|last=Adams|first=Greg|publisher=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)|accessdate=30 August 2010}}</ref> and later recorded for Crest and [Decca Records](/source/Decca_Records) where he met [Eddie Cochran](/source/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](/source/Val_Doonican), who made the top five with the song.

Tall retired in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), where he was rediscovered by the German label [Bear Family Records](/source/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](/source/Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hillbilly-music.com/news/story/index.php?id=9013|title=Hillbilly-Music.com - News, Events & Press Releases|website=Hillbilly-music.com|accessdate=February 4, 2020}}</ref>

==Singles==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Single
!colspan="2"|Chart Positions
|-
!width="50"|<small>[US Country](/source/Hot_Country_Songs)</small><ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2|page=414}}</ref>
!width="50"|<small>Label</small>
|- 
|1955
|"[Are You Mine?](/source/Are_You_Mine%3F)"<br><small>([Ginny Wright](/source/Ginny_Wright) & Tom Tall)</small>
|align=center|2
|align=center|Fabor
|- 
|1964
|"Bad, Bad Tuesday"
|align=center|25
|align=center|Petal
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/tom_tall.htm Tom Tall biography]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tall, Tom}}
Category:1937 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Musicians from Amarillo, Texas
Category:Abbott Records artists
Category:Crest Records artists
Category:Decca Records artists
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:American rockabilly musicians
Category:American male singer-songwriters
Category:Singer-songwriters from Texas
Category:Country musicians from Texas

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