In the collection
2 records
Played with
Elvis Presley
2 records together
Mae Boren Axton
2 records together
Willie Nelson
1 record together
Otis Blackwell
1 record together
Leiber & Stoller
1 record together
Charles Singleton
1 record together
Rose Marie McCoy
1 record together
Vera Matson
1 record together
The Jordanaires
1 record together
Bill Trader
1 record together
Sid Wayne
1 record together
Roy Turk
1 record together
About
American singer/songwriter and steel guitarist, born December 15, 1919 in Morgan County, Georgia and died October 17, 1999 in Houghton Lake, Michigan. Known as “Singing Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia”. First recordings for the D record label. Tommy gained recognition as a songwriter. He penned Elvis Presley’s first RCA Victor single, “Heartbreak Hotel” with Mae Boren Axton around 1955. Advocated for domestic violence on his “gentlemanly” track “I Beat Her”, The Houghton Lake Resorter – H.L.112476. Settled on a life in Michigan and was inducted into the Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame.