Ernest Tubb

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Ernest Tubb and band performing at Carnegie Hall , New York , September 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Ernest Dale Tubb (born February 9, 1914 in Crisp , Texas , † September 6, 1984 in Nashville ) was an American country singer and pioneer of honky tonk music . Together with his Texas Troubadors , of which Jerry Byrd was a member, he recorded over 300 records.

Career

Childhood and youth

The youngest son of a large family, Ernest grew up in rural Texas. Influenced by the music of Jimmie Rodgers , he began playing the guitar at a young age. At the San Antonio- based station KONO in 1934 he succeeded in joining an almost daily radio show. He married, and a year later his son Justin was born.

First steps

Ernest Tubb was still fascinated by Jimmie Rodgers, who died of tuberculosis in 1933. One day, according to legend, he found the number of his idol's widow in the phone book. On the spur of the moment he called her. A friendship developed that would last for decades. Carrie Rodgers encouraged the young musician as much as possible. She made her husband's guitar available to him for a photo session. She also got him a record deal with RCA. The first two singles Tubb attempted to impersonate Jimmie Rodgers were a failure and Tubb lost his contract. He stayed afloat with smaller appearances and radio sessions. As a "Gold Chain Troubadour" Tubb completed advertising appearances for a trading company.

Career

Ernest Tubb Record Shop

In 1940 he was signed by Decca Records . In the same year he made his first smaller hit with Blue Eyed Elaine . His breakthrough came in 1941 with his own composition Walking The Floor Over You . More than a million copies of this single were sold - a remarkable success in economically difficult times. Walking The Floor Over You is also the first significant honky tonk song . A new style of country music began.

In 1943 Tubb moved to Nashville . He became a member of the Grand Ole Opry and also made history here: He was the first country musician to use an electric guitar. In 1944 Ernest Tubb had his first number 1 hit in the Folk (C&W) charts with Soldier's Last Letter . This was followed by an almost uninterrupted series of hit parades that lasted until the 1960s. As one of the few old stars, he survived rockabilly , rock 'n' roll and the Nashville Sound . With his warm, deep and at the same time casual voice, he stayed true to the honky tonk.

In 1947 Tubb opened the first and still existing Ernest Tubb Record Shop on Broadway in Nashville , which soon became famous; this resulted in a successful chain. A little later he initiated the Midnight Jamboree , a weekly radio program broadcast after the Grand Ole Opry. His son Justin Tubb also started as a musician at Decca in 1953 and was also able to assert himself as a successful country musician. Another highlight of Tubb's career was a concert in New York's Carnegie Hall , the first appearance of an important country musician in the "Big Apple". There were also numerous television appearances and minor roles in feature films. Musically, Ernest Tubb also worked with the Andrews Sisters and Loretta Lynn . At the beginning of the sixties he had another top 3 hit with Thanks A Lot . In 1965 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame as the sixth person .

Sickness and death

In 1966 Tubb was diagnosed with a serious lung disease, but he continued to go on grueling tours. In the 1970s, sales dropped. In 1975 Decca ended the contract after 35 years. Tubb then signed with a smaller label. His health deteriorated noticeably; In 1982 he had to end his musical career. Two years later, on September 6, 1984, he died of emphysema in Nashville . He was buried in the Nashville Hermitage Memorial Gardens .

Singles

Ernest Tubb and his band performing at Carnegie Hall, New York, September 1947. Photo by William P. Gottlieb
  • 1936 - The Passing Of Jimmie Rodgers / Jimmie Rodgers' Last Thoughts
  • 1936 - The TB Is Whipping Me / Since That Black Cat Crossed My Path
  • 1940 - Blue Eyed Elaine / I'll Get Along Somehow
  • 1940 - I'll Never Cry Over You / You Broke My Heart
  • 1942 - ET Blues / Walking The Floor Over You
  • 1943 - Try Me One More Time
  • 1944 - Soldier's Last Letter / Yesterday's Tears
  • 1945 - Keep My Mem'ry In Your Heart / Tomorrow Never Comes
  • 1945 - Careless Darlin '
  • 1945 - It's Been So Long Darling
  • 1946 - Rainbow At Midnight
  • 1946 - Filipino Baby / Drivin 'Nails In My Coffin
  • 1947 - Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing) / So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
  • 1947 - I'll Step Aside
  • 1948 - Seaman's Blues
  • 1948 - You Nearly Lose Your Mind
  • 1948 - Forever Is Ending Today / That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye
  • 1948 - Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue) / Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
  • 1949 - Till The End Of The World / Daddy, When Is Mommy Coming Home?
  • 1949 - That's All She Wrote / Why Should I Cry Over You
  • 1949 - I'm Bitin 'My Fingernails And Thinking Of You / Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
  • 1949 - Mean Mama Blues
  • 1949 - Slipping Around / My Tennessee Baby
  • 1949 - My Filipino Rose / Warm Red Wine
  • 1949 - Blue Christmas / White Christmas
  • 1949 - Tennessee Border No. 2 / Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
  • 1950 - Letters Have No Arms / I'll Take A Back Seat For You
  • 1950 - I Love You Because / Unfaithful One
  • 1950 - Throw Your Love My Way / Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love
  • 1950 - Goodnight Irene / Hillbilly Fever No. 2
  • 1950 - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
  • 1950 - (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You
  • 1950 - Blue Christmas
  • 1951 - Don't Stay Too Long
  • 1951 - The Strange Little Girl
  • 1951 - Hey La La
  • 1951 - Driftwood On The River
  • 1952 - Too Old To Cut The Mustard
  • 1952 - Missing In Action
  • 1952 - Somebody's Stolen My Honey
  • 1952 - Fortunes In Memories
  • 1953 - No Help Wanted
  • 1953 - Divorce Granted
  • 1954 - Two Glasses, Joe
  • 1955 - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
  • 1955 - Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
  • 1957 - Mr. Love / Leave Me
  • 1957 - My Treasure / Go Home
  • 1957 - Geisha Girl / I Found My Girl In The USA
  • 1958 - House Of Glass / Heaven help Me
  • 1958 - Hey Mr. Bluebird / How Do We Know
  • 1958 - Hey, Mr. Bluebird
  • 1958 - Keep Purple Blues / Half A Mind
  • 1958 - What Am I Living For / Goodbye Sunshine Hello Blues
  • 1959 - I Cried A Tear / I'd Rather Be
  • 1959 - Next Time / What I Know About Her
  • 1960 - Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Let The Little Girl Dance
  • 1960 - Live It Up / Accidentally On Purpose
  • 1960 - A Guy Named Joe / White Silver Sands
  • 1961 - Girl From Abilene / Little Old Band Of Gold
  • 1961 - Don't Just Stand There / Thoughts Of A Fool
  • 1961 - Through That Door
  • 1961 - Christmas Is Just Another Day For Me / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
  • 1962 - I'm Looking High And Low For My Baby / Show Her Lots Of Gold
  • 1963 Mr. Juke Box / Walking The Floor Over You
  • 1963 - Thanks A Lot / The Way You're Living
  • 1964 - Be Better To Your Baby / Think Of Me, Thinking Of You
  • 1964 - Love Was Right Here All The Time / Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be
  • 1964 - Pass The Booze / That's All You'll Ever Be
  • 1965 - Do What You Do Do Well / Turn Around, Walk Away
  • 1965 - Our Hearts Are Holding Hands / We're Not Kids Anymore
  • 1965 - Waltz Across Texas
  • 1965 - After The Boy Gets The Ball / It's For God And Country And You Mom
  • 1966 - Just One More / Till My Getup Has Gotup And Gone
  • 1966 - Another Story, Another Time, Another Place / There's No Room In My Heart (For The Blues)
  • 1967 - Beautiful, Unhappy Home / Sweet Thang
  • 1968 - Nothing Is Better Than You / Too Much Of Not Enough
  • 1968 - I'm Gonna Make More Like A Snake / Mama, Who Was That Man
  • 1969 - Tommy's Doll / Saturday Satan Sunday Saint
  • 1969 - Somewhere Between / Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out
  • 1970 - Dear Judge / Good Year For The Wine
  • 1973 - Texas Troubador / I've Got All The Heartaches I Can Handle
  • 1974 - Anything But This / Don't Water Down The Bad News
  • 1975 - I'd Like To Live It Again / If You Don't Quit Checkin 'On Me (I'm Checkin' Out On You)
  • 1977 - Sometimes I Do / Half My Heart's In Texas
  • 1979 - Waltz Across Texas
  • 1979 - Walkin 'The Floor Over You
  • 1983 - Leave Them Boys Alone

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personal data
SURNAME Tubb, Ernest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tubb, Ernest Dale (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer and pioneer of honky tonk music
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Crisp , Texas , USA
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1984
Place of death Nashville , Tennessee, USA