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Tommy Durden

real name Thomas Russell Durden

Tommy Durden is credited on 2,483 releases across 563 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,483

Credits

563

Albums

8

Decades active

749

In collections

Biography

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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.

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Credited work

2,483 releases · 563 albums · active 1955–2026

  • Performance · 2,546
  • Other credits · 18
  • Production · 1

Studios: Sound Techniques, London · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Rainbow Theatre London · RCA Studios, New York

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