Tommy Sutton
Musician
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Songwriter
Tommy Sutton was a country and bluegrass songwriter, singer, and disc jockey best remembered as Red Allen’s co-writing partner on “Teardrops in My Eyes,” the heart-song that the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen introduced on their MGM debut in 1956 and that has since become a bluegrass standard.
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- Worked as a country/bluegrass disc jockey and a touring musician.
- Co-wrote “Teardrops in My Eyes” with Red Allen; the song was first recorded by the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen on MGM in 1956 and has since been covered by Tony Rice, Reno & Smiley, and many others.
- Also credited as writer on “It Hurts to Know” and “I Wish I Had a Nickel.”
