The incomparable Ernest Tubb ("E.T." to all who knew him) became a legend as much for what he was personally as for the half-century career that stretched from his first radio date in 1932 to his death in 1984. Though other singers with better voices and more raw musical talent have come and gone, none has inspired greater love from fans over six decades. Ernest Tubb was country music personified. He was among the first of the honky tonk singers and the first to achieve national recognition.
The Texas Troubadour - Tubb, Ernest
Disc 1
1. Walking The Floor Over You 2:34
2. Try Me One More Time 2:18
3. Soldier's Last Letter 3:11
4. Yesterday's Tears 2:56
5. Keep My Mem'ry In Your Heart 3:00
6. Tomorrow Never Comes 2:59
7. Careless Darlin' 2:44
8. It's Been So Long Darling 3:23
9. Rainbow At Midnight 3:06
10. Filipino Baby 2:58
11. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 2:53
12. Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing) 3:04
13. So Round So Firm So Fully Packed 2:51
14. I'll Step Aside 2:39
15. Seaman's Blues 3:11
16. You Nearly Lose Your Mind 2:44
17. Forever Is Ending Today 3:12
18. That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye 2:38
19. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue) 2:48
20. Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello 2:27
21. Till The End Of The World 2:24
22. I'm Biting My Fingernails And Thinking Of You 2:15
23. Don't Rob Another Man's Castle 2:44
24. Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home 2:54
25. Mean Mama Blues 2:52
Disc 2
1. Slippin' Around 2:49
2. My Tennessee Baby 2:26
3. My Filipino Rose 2:42
4. Warm Red Wine 3:06
5. Blue Christmas 2:47
6. White Christmas 2:46
7. Tennessee Border #2 2:36
8. Letters Have No Arms 3:03
9. Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age 2:08
10. I'll Take A Back Seat For You 2:41
11. I Love You Because 2:39
12. Unfaithful One 3:05
13. Throw Your Love My Way 2:31
14. Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love 2:34
15. Hillbilly Fever #2 3:04
16. (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You 2:55
17. Goodnight Irene 3:00
18. Don't Stay Too Long 3:00
19. Hey La La 3:09
20. Driftwood On The River 2:55
21. The Strange Little Girl 3:11
22. Missing In Action 3:06
23. Somebody's Stolen My Honey 2:27
24. Fortunes In Memories 2:34
25. Too Old To Cut The Mustard 2:46
Disc 3
1. Blue Eyed Elaine 2:50
2. I'll Get Along Somehow 3:13
3. Swell San Angelo 2:51
4. I'll Never Cry Over You 3:03
5. My Baby And My Wife 3:14
6. Please Remember Me 2:47
7. Our Baby's Book 3:04
8. First Year Blues 2:42
9. Wasting My Life Away 2:33
10. When The World Has Turned You Down 2:45
11. I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back 2:31
12. I Ain't Goin' Honky Tonkin' Anymore 2:30
13. I've Really Learned A Lot 3:01
14. I'm Wondering How 2:39
15. I Know What It Means To Be Lonely 3:10
16. Are You Waiting Just For Me 2:51
17. Answer To Walking The Floor Over You 2:57
18. There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas 3:00
19. Should I Come Back Home To You 2:59
20. You'll Want Me Back (But I Won't Care) 2:48
21. There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made Around Here 2:31
22. I'm Free At Last 3:05
23. Wondering If You're Wondering Too 2:39
24. There's Nothing On My Mind 2:18
25. Don't Brush Them On Me 2:46
Disc 4
1. The Last Thoughts Of Jimmie Rodgers 2:56
2. I'm Missing You 2:51
3. Time After Time 3:02
4. Fort Worth Jail 1:39
5. You Were Only Teasing Me 2:59
6. A Lonely Heart Knows 3:03
7. You Hit The Nail Right On The Head 2:45
8. Headin' Down The Wrong Highway 2:55
9. Waiting For A Train 2:46
10. When I Take My Vacation In The Sky 3:01
11. Stand By Me 2:50
12. The Old Rugged Cross 2:36
13. What A Friend We Have In Jesus 2:36
14. The Wonderful City 3:00
15. Farther Along 2:48
16. Texas Vs Kentucky 2:45
17. G-I-R-L Spells Trouble 2:34
18. I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now 3:07
19. The Lovebug Itch 2:50
20. Kentucky Waltz 3:14
21. I'm With The Crowd But So Alone 3:06
22. My Mother Must Have Been A Girl Like You 2:53
23. Somebody Loves You 2:27
24. Don't Trifle On Your Sweetheart 2:56
25. Merry Texas Christmas, You All! 2:08
DISCOGRAPHY
ERNEST TUBB Texas Hotel, San Antonio, Tx. 27.10.36
(Vcl/gtr)
BS 02953 THE LAST THOUGHTS OF
JIMMIE RODGERS Bluebird 6693
ERNEST TUBB Rice Hotel, Houston, Tx. 4.4.40
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr)
92006 BLUE-EYED ELAINE Decca 5825
92007 Iâ??LL NEVER CRY OVER YOU Decca 5846
92008 Iâ??LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW Decca 5825
ERNEST TUBB Los Angeles, Ca. 29.10.40
(Vcl/gtr) with Dick Ketner (gtr)
DLA 2225 Iâ??VE REALLY LEARNED A LOT Decca 6076
DLA 2226 SWELL SAN ANGELO Decca 5938
DLA 2227 I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE LONELY Decca 6054
DLA 2228 PLEASE REMEMBER ME Decca 5910
ERNEST TUBB Los Angeles, Ca. 30.10.40
DLA 2233 Iâ??M MISSING YOU Decca 5958
DLA 2234 MY BABY AND MY WIFE Decca 5900
ERNEST TUBB Biggs Studio, Dallas, Tx. 26.4.41
(Vcl/gtr) with Fay "Smitty" Smith (ld gtr/stl gtr-1); unk (bs)
93673 WALKING THE FLOOR
OVER YOU Decca 5958
93674 WHEN THE WORLD HAS
TURNED YOU DOWN Decca 6023
93675 OUR BABYâ??S BOOK-1 Decca 6040
93676 Iâ??LL ALWAYS BE GLAD TO TAKE
YOU BACK Decca 5993
93677 MEAN MAMA BLUES Decca 5976
ERNEST TUBB Chicago, Illinois. 17.11.41
(Vcl/gtr) with Fay "Smitty" Smith (ld gtr)
93791 I AINâ??T GOINâ?? HONKY TONKINâ??
ANYMORE Decca 6007
93793 TIME AFTER TIME Decca 6023
93794 FIRST YEAR BLUES Decca 6007
93797 WASTING MY LIFE AWAY Decca 6054
ERNEST TUBB Los Angeles, Ca. 17.7.42
(Vcl/gtr) with Eddie Tudor (ld gtr); Eddie Quirk (rhy gtr); Wesley Tuttle (bs)
L 3100 TRY ME ONE MORE TIME Decca 6093
L 3101 YOU NEARLY LOSE YOUR MIND Decca 6067
L 3104 Iâ??M WONDERING HOW Decca 6067
ERNEST TUBB Decca Studio, Melrose Ave.,
Los Angeles, Ca. 13.1.44
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Melvin Leon Short (rhy gtr); Herbert M. "Tommy" Paige (bs); Johnny Sapp (fdl)
L 3279 TOMORROW NEVER COMES Decca 6106
L 3280 SOLDIERâ??S LAST LETTER Decca 6098
L 3281 CARELESS DARLINâ?? Decca 6110
L 3282 YESTERDAYâ??S TEARS Decca 6098
ERNEST TUBB Decca Studio, Melrose Ave.,
Los Angeles, Ca. 15.1.44
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr); Tommy Paige (rhy gtr); Johnny Sapp (fdl)
L 3288 ANSWER TO WALKING THE
FLOOR OVER YOU Decca 46029
L 3290 KEEP MY MEMâ??RY IN YOUR
HEART Decca 6106
L 3294 ARE YOU WAITING JUST
FOR ME Decca 6110
ERNEST TUBB Chicago, Illinois. 21.5.45
(Vcl/gtr) with Leon Short (ld gtr); Jimmie Short
(rhy gtr); Ray "Kemo" Head (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Johnny Sapp (fdl)
C 25257 WONDERING IF YOUâ??RE
WONDERING TOO World 800-9645
C 25261 THEREâ??S NOTHING ON
MY MIND World 800-9840
ERNEST TUBB Chicago, Illinois. 24.5.45
(Vcl/gtr) with Leon Short (ld gtr); Ray "Kemo" Head (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Johnny Sapp (fdl)
C 25323 FORT WORTH JAIL World 800-8962
C 25327 Iâ??LL STEP ASIDE Decca 46041
ERNEST TUBB Chicago, Illinois. 14.8.45
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr);
Ray Head (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Johnny Sapp (fdl)
C 25424 ITâ??S BEEN SO LONG DARLING Decca 6112
C 25425 SHOULD I COME BACK HOME
TO YOU Decca 6112
C 35426 THEREâ??S A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING IN TEXAS Decca 9002
ERNEST TUBB Chicago, Illinois. 15.8.45
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr);
Ray Head (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Johnny Sapp (fdl)
C 25431 YOUâ??LL WANT ME BACK
(BUT I WONâ??T CARE) Decca 46013
ERNEST TUBB Chicago, Illinois. 13.2.46
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr); Ray Head (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Johnny Sapp (fdl)
C 25447 THEREâ??S GONNA BE SOME
CHANGES MADE AROUND HERE Decca 46041
C 25448 YOU WERE ONLY TEASING ME Decca 46013
C 25449 Iâ??M FREE AT LAST Decca 46030
ERNEST TUBB NYC, New York. 17.9.46
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr); Wayne Fleming (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Red Herron (fdl)
73678 FILIPINO BABY Decca 46019
73679 DRIVINâ?? NAILS IN MY COFFIN Decca 46019
73680 RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT Decca 46018
ERNEST TUBB Chicago, Illinois. 10.2.47
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr); Jerry Byrd (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Red Herron (fdl)
C 25509 SO ROUND SO FIRM SO FULLY
PACKED Decca 46040
C 25510 DONâ??T LOOK NOW (BUT YOUR
BROKEN HEART IS SHOWING) Decca 46040
ERNEST TUBB Los Angeles, Ca. 24.3.47
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr); Jerry Byrd (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Red Herron (fdl)
L 4383 YOU HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON
THE HEAD Decca 46061
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 11.8.47
(Vcl/gtr) with Jimmie Short (ld gtr); Leon Short (rhy gtr); Tommy Paige (rhy gtr); Jerry Byrd (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs);
Hal Smith (fdl)
74046 THAT WILD AND WICKED LOOK
IN YOUR EYE Decca 46134
74047 A LONELY HEART KNOWS Decca 46113
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 13.8.47
74060 HEADINâ?? DOWN THE WRONG
HIGHWAY Decca 46078
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 14.12.47
(Vcl/gtr) with Tommy Paige (ld gtr); Bill Drake (rhy gtr); Jerry Byrd (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Hal Smith (fdl)
74265 LETâ??S SAY GOODBYE LIKE WE
SAID HELLO (IN A FRIENDLY SORT
OF WAY) Decca 46144
74267 SEAMANâ??S BLUES Decca 46119
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 16.12.47
74347 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Decca 46119
74349 FOREVER IS ENDING TODAY Decca 46134
74350 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY Decca 46144
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 23/4.1.49
(Vcl/gtr) with Tommy Paige (ld gtr); Bill Drake (rhy gtr); Don Davis/Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); poss Banjo Murphy (bnjo); Hal Smith (fdl)
74716 TIL THE END OF THE WORLD Decca 46150
74715 DADDY WHEN IS MOMMY
COMING HOME Decca 46150
ANDREWS SISISTERS & ERNEST TUBB
Los Angeles, Ca. 15.2.49
(Vcl/gtr) with LaVerne Andrews (vcl); Maxine Andrews (vcl); Patty Andrews (vcl); Tommy Paige (ld gtr); Eddie Kirk (rhy gtr); Speedy West (stl gtr-1); Alfred Caldwell (bs); Melvin W. "Wally" Welscher (pno-2); Irv Cottler (dms-2)
L 4897 DONâ??T ROB ANOTHER MANâ??S
CASTLE Ã1 Decca 24592
L 4898 Iâ??M BITING MY FINGERNAILS
AND THINKING OF YOU Ã2 ---
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 12.6.49
(Vcl) withTommy Page (ld gtr); Zeke Turner (el rhy gtr); Bill Drake/Velma Williams Smith (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Mack McGarr (mand); Jack Drake (bs); Hal Smith (fdl)
74977 MY FILIPINO ROSE Decca 46175
74978 MY TENNESSEE BABY Decca 46173
74979 SLIPPINâ?? AROUND Decca 46173
74980 WARM RED WINE Decca 46175
74981 DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER Decca 46377
ERNEST TUBB with Three Troubadettes
Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 26.8.49
(Vcl) with (chorus); Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Zeke Turner (el rhy gtr); prob Jack Shook (acc rhy gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Don Davis (stl gtr); Owen Bradley (org); Beasley Sisters: Alcyone Bate Beasley, Evelyn Wilson, unk fem (chorus)
75219 WHITE CHRISTMAS Decca 46186
75220 BLUE CHRISTMAS Decca 46186
ERNEST TUBB & RED FOLEY
Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 8.11.49
(Vcl) & (vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr-1); Grady Martin (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Don Helms (stl gtr); Ernie Newton (bs); Owen Bradley (org-1); Farris Coursey (dms)
75497 TENNESSEE BORDER #2 -1 Decca 46200
75496 DONâ??T BE ASHAMED OF
YOUR AGE Decca 46200
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 9.11.49
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Don Helms (stl gtr); Mack McGarr (mand); Jack Drake (bs);
75540 LETTERS HAVE NO ARMS Decca 46207
75541 Iâ??LL TAKE A BACK SEAT FOR YOU Decca 46207
75542 THROW YOUR LOVE MY WAY Decca 46243
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 11.10.49
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Owen Bradley (org)
75532 STAND BY ME Decca 14506
75533 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Decca 14532
75534 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE
IN JESUS Decca 14515
75535 THE WONDERFUL CITY Decca 14515
75536 WHEN I TAKE MY VACATION IN
THE SKY Decca 14506
75537 FARTHER ALONG Decca 14532
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 29.12.49
(Vcl/gtr) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Don Helms (stl gtr); Dale Potter (fdl)
75651 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Decca 46213
75652 GIVE ME A LITTLE
OLD-FASHIONED LOVE Decca 46243
75653 UNFAITHFUL ONE Decca 46213
ERNEST TUBB & RED FOLEY Castle Studio,
Nashville,Tn. 23.6.50
(Vcl) & (vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Grady Martin (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Billy Robinson (stl gtr); Ernie Newton (bs); Owen Bradley (pno); Farris Coursey (dms)
76536 HILLBILLY FEVER #2 Decca 46255
76537 TEXAS vs KENTUCKY Decca 46278
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 29.6.50
(Vcl/gtr) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Farris Coursey (dms)
76562 G-I-R-L SPELLS TROUBLE Decca 46257
ERNEST TUBB & RED FOLEY Castle Studio,
Nashville, Tn. 30.6.50
(Vcl) & (vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Grady Martin (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Billy Robinson (stl gtr); Ernie Newton (bs); Owen Bradley (pno); Farris Coursey (dms); The Sunshine Trio (bgrd vcls)
76569 GOODNIGHT IRENE Decca 46255
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 9.9.50
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Farris Coursey (dms)
76820 (REMEMBER ME) Iâ??M THE ONE
WHO LOVES YOU Decca 46269
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 11.10.50
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs)
80024 Iâ??M FREE FROM THE CHAIN
GANG NOW Decca 46307
ERNEST TUBB & RED FOLEY Castle Studio,
Nashville, Tn. 13.10.50
(Vcl) & (vcl) with Minnie Pearl (vcl); Sunshine Trio (vcl grp); Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Hank Garland/Grady Martin (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Billy Robinson (stl gtr); Ernie Newton (bs); Owen Bradley (pno); Farris Coursey (dms)
80036 THE LOVEBUG ITCH Decca 46278
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 11.1.51
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); unk (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Owen Bradley (pno)
80339 DONâ??T STAY TOO LONG Decca 46296
ERNEST TUBB & RED FOLEY Castle Studio,
Nashville, Tn. 9.3.51
(Vcl) & (vcl) with Grady Martin (ld gtr); Hank Garland (ld gtr); Jack Drake (rhy gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Owen Bradley (org); Farris Coursey (dms); unk (clnt); (vlns); (cello)
80687 THE STRANGE LITTLE GIRL Decca 46311
80688 KENTUCKY WALTZ Decca 46311
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 15.6.51
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Grady Martin (ld gtr); Rusty Gabbard (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Owen Bradley (pno); Farris Coursey (dms); Anita Kerr Singers
(chorus)
81174 HEY LA LA Decca 46338
81177 Iâ??M WITH THE CROWD BUT
SO ALONE Decca 46343
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 13.11.51
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Grady Martin (ld gtr); Rusty Gabbard (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs);
Owen Bradley (pno); Farris Coursey (dms)
81879 MY MOTHER MUST HAVE
BEEN A GIRL LIKE YOU Decca 28067
81880 SOMEBODYâ??S STOLEN
MY HONEY Decca 28067
ERNEST TUBB & RED FOLEY Castle Studio,
Nashville, Tn. 14.11.51
(Vcl) & (vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Grady Martin (ld gtr); Jack Shook (rhy gtr); Billy Robinson (stl gtr); Ernie Newton (bs); Owen Bradley (pno); Tommy Jackson (fdl); Farris Coursey (dms)
81883 TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD Decca 46387
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 30.11.51
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Rusty Gabbard (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Owen Bradley (pno); Farris Coursey (dms)
81922 MISSING IN ACTION Decca 46389
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 16.6.52
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Danny Dill (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Owen Bradley (pno)
82985 FORTUNES IN MEMORIES Decca 28310
82987 DONâ??T BRUSH THEM ON ME Decca 28777
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 28.9.52
(Vcl) with Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Danny Dill (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Owen Bradley (pno)
83463 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU Decca 28448
83464 DONâ??T TRIFLE ON YOUR
SWEETHEART Decca 28448
ERNEST TUBB Castle Studio, Nashville, Tn. 29.9.52
(Vcl) with Beasley Sisters (fem vcl grp); Billy Byrd (ld gtr); Danny Dill (rhy gtr); Dickie Harris (stl gtr); Jack Drake (bs); Owen Bradley (pno); Farris Coursey (dms)
83466 MERRY TEXAS CHRISTMAS,
YOU ALL! Decca 28453