Justin Tubb
Justin Wayne Tubb (born August 20, 1935 in San Antonio , Texas , † January 24, 1998 in Nashville , Texas) was an American country musician and songwriter . He is the eldest son of legendary country singer Ernest Tubb .
Life
childhood
Justin Tubb spent most of his childhood in Texas with his mother Elaine, who divorced Ernest Tubb in 1948. The young Tubb originally wanted to be a sports reporter, but music has always interested him. As a permanent spectator of the Louisiana Hayride and witnessed the last show Hank Williams ' before his death, he learned to play the guitar at an early age.
Career
Tubb's professional music career began when he moved to Nashville , Tennessee and started performing in pubs and bars. He followed his father's advice and became a DJ in Gallatin , where he also performed his own songs from time to time. In 1953 he received a record deal with his father Ernest's label, Decca Records . His first single, Story Of My Life , was released in October 1953. Initially, his solo recordings had little success. With Goldie Hill he had a chart success for the first time. Her song Looking Back To See reached the top five on the Billboard charts ; followed by Sure Fire Kisses . In 1956 he reached number eight in the charts with the Marvin Rainwater cover I Gotta Go Get My Baby .
A year earlier he had already become a member of the Grand Ole Opry , the most famous and successful radio show in the USA. In the early 1960s, Tubb signed with Starday . He was temporarily excluded from the Opry because he did not meet the required level of appearances on the show due to his tours. In 1963 he moved to RCA Victor , where he had his last chart placement with But Wait There's More . He continued to perform in the Opry, toured and released singles, but his most successful days as a singer were over. As a composer he was much more successful afterwards. Stars like Hawkshaw Hawkins ( Lonesome 7-7203 ) and Del Reeves ( Be Glad ) recorded his songs and were successful. With titles like Thanks, Troubador, Thanks and Just Me and You, Daddy, he paid tribute to his father, who died in 1984.
Discography
| year | title | Chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot Country Songs | Billboard Pop Charts | |||||
| Decca Records | ||||||
| 1953 | Story of My Life / Ooh-La-La | |||||
| 1954 | Somebody Ughed on You / Something Called the Blues | |||||
| 1954 | Looking Back to See / I Miss You (with Goldie Hill) | Top 5 | ||||
| 1954 | I'm Looking for a Date Tonight / Sufferin 'Heart | |||||
| 1954 | Sure Fire Kisses / Fickled Heart (with Goldie Hill) | 11 | ||||
| 1955 | I Gotta Go Get My Baby / Chuga Chuga Chica Mauga | 8th | ||||
| 1955 | My Heart's Not for Little Girls to Play With / I'm Sorry I Stayed Away So Long | |||||
| 1955 | All Alone / Within Your Arms | |||||
| 1955 | Peper Hot Baby / Who Will It Be | |||||
| 1956 | Lucky Lucky Someone Else / You Nearly Lose Your Mind | |||||
| 1957 | It Takes a Lot o 'Heart / I'm Just Fall Enough | |||||
| 1957 | I'm a Big Boy Now / Life I Leave to Live | |||||
| 1957 | If You'll Be My Love / Party Is Over (For Me) | |||||
| 1958 | Sugar Lips / Rock It Down to My House | |||||
| 1958 | Mine Is a Lonely Life / Almost Lonely (with Roger Miller ) | |||||
| 1959 | I Know You Do / Buster's Gang | |||||
| Challenge Records | ||||||
| 1960 | Believing It Yourself / Big Fool of the Year | |||||
| Starday Records | ||||||
| 1960 | One-Eyed Red / I'd Know You Anywhere | |||||
| 1961 | One for You, One for Me / My Heart Keeps Getting in My Way | |||||
| 1961 | How's It Feel / Your Side of the Story | |||||
| 1962 | Walking the Floor over You / They Painted a Picture for Me | |||||
| RCA Victor | ||||||
| 1963 | Take a Letter Miss Gray / Here I Sit A-Waitin | 6th | ||||
| 1963 | Little Miss Lonesome / Sorry About the World out There | |||||
| 1963 | As Long as There's a Sunday / When Love Goes Wrong | |||||
| 1964 | If I Miss You / John Mason Whitney III | |||||
| 1964 | Prematurely Blue / You'll Never Get a Better Chance | |||||
| 1965 | Village Idiot / Where You've Concerned | |||||
| 1965 | Hurry Mr Peters / We've Got a Lot in Common (with Lorene Mann) | |||||
| 1966 | We've Gone Too Far Again / Together But Still Alone (with Lorene Mann) | |||||
| 1967 | But Wait There's More / Second Thing I'm Gonna Do | 6th | ||||
| 1968 | Funny Things Happened / I'm Going Back to Louisiana | |||||
| Dot records | ||||||
| 1969 | Great River Road Mystery / Blackjack Country Chain | |||||
| Cutlass Records | ||||||
| 1972 | Travalin 'Singin' Man / Texas Dance Hall Girl | |||||
| 1972 | Lonesome 7-7103 /? | |||||
| Hilltop Records | ||||||
| 1974 | Don't Judge Me / Sunshine Lady | |||||
| First Generation Records | ||||||
| 1981 | Pull the Covers over Me / Take a Letter Miss Gray | |||||
| Second generation records | ||||||
| 2001 | What's Wrong with the Way That We're Doin 'Now / You'd Never Be Happy | |||||
Albums
- 1957: Country Boy in Love
- 1962: Star of the Grand Ole Opry
- 1962: Modern Country Sounds
- 1965: Justin Tubb
- 1965: Where You're Concerned
- 1966: Together and Alone (with Lorene Mann)
- 1967: That Country Style
- 1969: Things I Still Remember
- 1972: Travellin 'Singin' Man
- 1974: A New Country Heard from Justin Tubb
- 1981: What's Wrong with the Way
- 1985: Justin Tubb
- 1996: Rock It Down to My House ( Bear Family Records work edition)
Web links
- Justin Tubb at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tubb, Justin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tubb, Justin Wayne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country musician and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Antonio , Texas, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1998 |
| Place of death | Nashville , Texas |