One of the most famous country songs from the 1960s is Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley PTA.” Even though it was a hit, Riley eventually distanced herself from it. She discussed the way audiences ...

Tom T. Hall, the country singer-songwriter who wrote hundreds of songs but was best known for composing the 1968 hit “Harper Valley PTA,” died Friday in his Franklin, Tennessee, home. He was 85. His ...

Phil Borack produced two movies and the "Harper Valley P.T.A." television series. Phil Borack, who brought Hollywood to Lebanon for Harper Valley P.T.A. in 1977, died Tuesday, April 14, at home of ...

As they move to enforce new standards of conduct in the post-Weinstein era, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been promising not to become, as their president John ...

This song sold over six million singles for Jeannie C. Riley and was later turned into a movie. Few other songs on the Top 100 Country Songs list was turned into a movie. That's only the tip of the ...

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As they move to enforce new standards of conduct in the post-Weinstein era, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been promising not to become, as their president John ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music legend Tom T. Hall, a singer and songwriter who penned “Harper Valley PTA,” died Friday. He was 85. The Country Music Hall of Famer died at his home in Franklin, ...

His breakthrough was writing “Harper Valley P.T.A.,” a 1968 international hit about small-town hypocrisy recorded by Jeannie C. Riley. The song about a mother telling a group of busybodies to mind ...

Tom T. Hall, the country singer-songwriter who wrote hundreds of songs but was best known for composing the 1968 hit “Harper Valley PTA,” died Friday in his Franklin, Tennessee, home. He was 85. His ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died. He was 85.