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Dec 16, 1971

Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty and Tom T. Hall play a benefit for the Kidney Transplant Fund of Memphis at the Mid-South Coliseum. Also on the bill are Connie Smith, Charlie Rich, Tommy Overstreet, John Wesley Ryles and The Stonemans

Dec 21, 1971

Tom T. Hall records "The Monkey That Became President" and "Me And Jesus" in a midday session at Nashville's Mercury Recording Studio

Mar 4, 1972

Tom T. Hall performs "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" on "Hee Haw." The episode also features Susan Raye, George "Goober" Lindsey, Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who covers "Alabam"

Mar 17, 1972

An outdoors festival in Dripping Springs, Texas, is one of the first to draw hippies and traditional country fans, inspiring Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnics. In the lineup with Nelson are Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Roy Acuff, Buck Owens, Kris Kristofferson, Tex Ritter and Tom T. Hall

Apr 12, 1972

The first Fan Fair begins in Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. Day one participants include Lynn Anderson, Tom T. Hall, Dottie West, Bobby Bare, Del Reeves and Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

Jul 4, 1972

Olive Hill, Kentucky, erects a marker heralding the town as the home of Tom T. Hall: "He never forgot that he came from the soil and always treated his fellowman as friend and neighbor." The plaque is featured on the cover of Hall's "Greatest Hits"

Jul 11, 1972

George Jones & Tammy Wynette and Tom T. Hall perform at Flamingo Park in Miami in the midst of the Democratic National Convention. When Hall returns to the hotel, a conversation with the barkeeper in the lounge inspires a song that he writes and records the following day, "(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine"

Jul 12, 1972

Tom T. Hall records "(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine" around noon at Mercury Custom Recording Studio in Nashville

Jul 18, 1972

Strings for Tom T. Hall's "(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine" are recorded during midday overdubs at Nashville's Mercury Custom Studio

Oct 24, 1972

Patti Page & Tom T. Hall record "Hello We're Lonely" in Nashville at the Mercury Custom Recording Studio

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