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Although he has developed a following for his own releases over the course of a 20-year career, Tom Kimmel has had more success landing tracks on albums by better-known artists. Born in Memphis, TN, and raised in rural Alabama, Kimmel graduated from the University of Alabama and relocated to Nashville in the early '80s. Early credits as a songwriter came his way when his songs were cut by ex-<a href="spotify:artist:1PCZpxHJz7WAMF8EEq8bfc">Byrds</a> <a href="spotify:artist:3ExrAwcOqgGjt9kFRwdM76">Roger McGuinn</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:70FybmH2MMz9fHewhnLvjs">Chris Hillman</a>, as well as <a href="spotify:artist:4vpDg7Y7fU982Ds30zawDA">the Band</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:1PWHsS9haruM3AEebZuGs9">Levon Helm</a>. Kimmel recorded two albums as a solo artist for Polygram, 1987's 5 to 1 and 1990's Circle Back Home. "That's Freedom," pulled as a single from 5 to 1, managed to make the Hot 100 singles chart, but was a bigger hit for Australian star <a href="spotify:artist:1QxaPWG1POM8Ul6WwsHq4y">John Farnham</a>, who scored a number one with it at home. In 1993, Kimmel released a compilation, Don't Look Back, through his own label, Point Clear, and followed it a year later with the live-acoustic Bones. As of the 2000s, Kimmel remained an active songwriter and performer, having seen his songs covered by artists like <a href="spotify:artist:3pFCERyEiP5xeN2EsPXhjI">Joe Cocker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6kACVPfCOnqzgfEF5ryl0x">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ibPkysx2PXqWLmxFD7jSg">Stray Cats</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2WkDGNlrAN48YIOi18jpEE">Maura O'Connell</a>, the Spinners, and <a href="spotify:artist:1sXbwvCQLGZnaH0Jp2HTVc">Linda Ronstadt</a>. ~ Tom Demalon, Rovi
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