Ernest Tubb

Songs Performed or Written by Ernest TubbTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music. In 1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson's "Blue Christmas", a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his late-1950s... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Try Me One More Time - #2: Soldier's Last Letter - #3: Slipping Around - #4: Blue Christmas - #5: Yesterday's Tears
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  Ernest Tubb
1.
1941

Walking the Floor Over You
Ernest Tubb greentick

79 pts
23
US




[Decca 5958]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
2.
01/1944

#1  Try Me One More Time
Ernest Tubb greentick

139 pts
15
US
2
ctry


[Decca 6093]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
3.
05/1944

#2  Soldier's Last Letter
Ernest Tubb greentick

138 pts
16
US
1
ctry


[Decca 6098]
written by Redd Stewart & Ernest Tubb greentick
4.
06/1944

#5  Yesterday's Tears
Ernest Tubb greentick

97 pts
23
US
4
ctry


[Decca 6098]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
5.
03/1945

Keep My Mem'ry in Your Heart
Ernest Tubb greentick

21 pts


6
ctry


[Decca 6106]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
6.
03/1945

Tomorrow Never Comes
Ernest Tubb greentick

28 pts


3
ctry


[Decca 6106]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Johnny Bond
7.
08/1945

Careless Darlin'
Ernest Tubb greentick

28 pts


3
ctry


[Decca 6110]
written by Bob Shelton, Ernest Tubb greentick & Lou Wayne
8.
11/1945

It's Been So Long Darling
Ernest Tubb greentick

38 pts


1
ctry


[Decca 6112]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
Filipino Baby
9.
11/1946

Filipino Baby
Ernest Tubb greentick

33 pts


2
ctry


[Decca 46019]
written by Billy Cox & Clarke Van Ness
10.
11/1946

Rainbow at Midnight
Ernest Tubb greentick

38 pts


1
ctry


[Decca 46018]
written by Lost John Miller
Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
11.
12/1946

Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
Ernest Tubb greentick

23 pts


5
ctry


[Decca 46019]
written by Jerry Irby
12.
05/1947

Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)
Ernest Tubb greentick

25 pts


4
ctry


[Decca 46040]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
13.
06/1947

So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
Ernest Tubb greentick

23 pts


5
ctry


[Decca 46040]
written by Merle Travis, Eddie Kirk & Cliffie Stone
14.
07/1947

I'll Step Aside
Ernest Tubb greentick

25 pts


4
ctry


[Decca 46041]
written by Johnny Bond
Seaman's Blues
15.
05/1948

Seaman's Blues
Ernest Tubb greentick

24 pts


5
ctry


written by Ernest Tubb greentick
16.
07/1948

You Nearly Lose Your Mind
Ernest Tubb greentick

12 pts


15
ctry


[Decca 46125]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
17.
08/1948

Forever Is Ending Today
Ernest Tubb greentick

76 pts
30
US
5
ctry


[Decca 46134]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick, Ike Cargill & Johnny Bond
18.
09/1948

That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eye
Ernest Tubb greentick

16 pts


9
ctry


[Decca 46134]
written by Sam Nichols
19.
1949

Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)
Ernest Tubb greentick

33 pts


2
ctry


written by Peter DeRose & Billy Hill
20.
1949

Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
Ernest Tubb greentick

24 pts


5
ctry


written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Jimmie Skinner
21.
1949

My Filipino Rose
Ernest Tubb greentick

22 pts


6
ctry


[Decca 46175]
written by Hank Snow
22.
1949

Till the End of the World
Ernest Tubb greentick

26 pts


4
ctry


written by Vaughn Horton
23.
1949

Warm Red Wine
Ernest Tubb greentick

18 pts


8
ctry


[Decca 46175]
written by Cindy Walker
  The Andrews Sisters and Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors
24.
04/1949

I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You
The Andrews Sisters and Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors

85 pts
30
US
2
ctry


written by Ernest Tubb greentick, Ernest Benedict, Roy West & Lenny Sanders
  Ernest Tubb
25.
05/1949

Daddy, When Is Mommy Coming Home
Ernest Tubb greentick

12 pts


15
ctry


[Decca 46150]
written by Troy L. Martin & Ernest Martin
26.
05/1949

Mean Mama Blues
Ernest Tubb greentick

21 pts


6
ctry


[Decca 46162]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
27.
09/1949

My Tennessee Baby
Ernest Tubb greentick

15 pts


10
ctry


[Decca 46173]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
28.
11/1949

#3  Slipping Around
Ernest Tubb greentick

136 pts
17
US
1
ctry


[Decca 46173]
written by Floyd Tillman
Blue Christmas
29.
12/1949

#4  Blue Christmas
Ernest Tubb greentick

113 pts
23
US
1
ctry


Christmas
[Decca 46186]
written by Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson
White Christmas
30.
12/1949

White Christmas
Ernest Tubb greentick

19 pts


7
ctry


Christmas
[Decca 46186]
written by Irving Berlin
31.
1950

I Love You Because
Ernest Tubb greentick

33 pts


2
ctry


[Decca 46213]
written by Leon Payne
32.
1950

Letters Have No Arms
Ernest Tubb greentick

33 pts


2
ctry


[Decca 46207]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Arbie Gibson
33.
02/1950

I'll Take a Backseat for You
Ernest Tubb greentick

17 pts


8
ctry


[Decca 46207]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
34.
03/1950

Unfaithful One
Ernest Tubb greentick

17 pts


8
ctry


[Decca 46213]
written by J.M. Lyne
35.
06/1950

Throw Your Love My Way
Ernest Tubb greentick

27 pts


3
ctry


[Decca 46243]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Loys Southerland
36.
08/1950

Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love
Ernest Tubb greentick

16 pts


9
ctry


[Decca 9-46243]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
37.
10/1950

You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
Ernest Tubb greentick

15 pts


10
ctry


[Decca 46257]
written by Bob Merrill & Terry Shand
38.
11/1950

(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You
Ernest Tubb greentick

23 pts


5
ctry


written by Stuart Hamblen
Blue Christmas
39.
12/1950

Blue Christmas
Ernest Tubb greentick

16 pts


9
ctry


R Christmas
[Decca 46186]
written by Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson
40.
1951

Don't Stay Too Long
Ernest Tubb greentick

17 pts


9
ctry


[Decca 46296]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Don Whitney
41.
1951

Driftwood on the River
Ernest Tubb greentick

20 pts


7
ctry


[Decca 46377]
written by Bob Miller & John Klenner
42.
1951

Hey La La
Ernest Tubb greentick

22 pts


6
ctry


[Decca 46338]
written by Ray Price & Leonard McRight
43.
03/1951

If You Want Some Lovin'
Ernest Tubb greentick

13 pts


13
ctry


[Decca 46296]
written by Ted Johnson, Dude Martin & Joe Bruhl
Blue Christmas
44.
01/1952

Blue Christmas
Ernest Tubb greentick

16 pts


5
ctry


R Christmas
[Decca 46186]
written by Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson
45.
02/1952

Missing in Action
Ernest Tubb greentick

19 pts


3
ctry


written by Helen Kays & Arthur Q. Smith
  Carl Smith
46.
03/1952

(When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There
Carl Smith

26 pts


1
ctry


written by Jack Henley & Ernest Tubb greentick
  Ernest Tubb
47.
03/1952

A Heartsick Soldier on Heartbreak Ridge
Ernest Tubb greentick

9 pts


13
ctry


[Decca 46389]
written by Max Fidler, Ernest Tubb greentick & Nellie Kane
48.
05/1952

Somebody's Stolen My Honey
Ernest Tubb greentick

11 pts


9
ctry


[Decca 28067]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
49.
09/1952

Fortunes in Memories
Ernest Tubb greentick

16 pts


5
ctry


[Decca 28310]
written by Charlie Walker & Lou Wayne
50.
12/1953

Divorce Granted
Ernest Tubb greentick

11 pts


9
ctry


[Decca 28869]
written by Charles Tebbetts & David Washington
51.
10/1954

Two Glasses, Joe
Ernest Tubb greentick

9 pts


11
ctry


[Decca 29220]
written by Cindy Walker
52.
09/1955

Yellow Rose of Texas
Ernest Tubb greentick

13 pts


7
ctry


[Decca 29633]
written by traditional
53.
12/1955

Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
Ernest Tubb greentick

13 pts


7
ctry


[Decca 29731]
written by Chuck Berry
  Georgia Gibbs
54.
06/1957

Walkin' the Floor Over You
Georgia Gibbs

6 pts
92
US




written by Ernest Tubb greentick
  Ernest Tubb
55.
1958

Deep Purple Blues
Ernest Tubb greentick

5 pts


21
ctry


[Decca 30685]
written by Cindy Walker
56.
04/1958

House of Glass
Ernest Tubb greentick

7 pts


13
ctry


[Decca 30549]
written by Jimmy Duncan
57.
10/1958

Half a Mind
Ernest Tubb greentick

10 pts


8
ctry


[Decca 9-30685]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
58.
10/1958

The Blues
Ernest Tubb greentick

5 pts


21
ctry


[Decca 9-30685]
written by Cindy Walker
59.
01/1959

What Am I Living For
Ernest Tubb greentick

6 pts


19
ctry


[Decca 9-30759]
written by Fred Jay & Art Harris
60.
05/1959

I Cried a Tear
Ernest Tubb greentick

9 pts


12
ctry


[Decca 9-30872]
written by Al Julia
61.
09/1959

Next Time
Ernest Tubb greentick

8 pts


14
ctry


[Decca 9-30952]
written by Glenn Douglas
  Pat Boone
62.
05/1960

Walking the Floor Over You
Pat Boone

40 pts
44
US


39
UK
[Dot 45-16073]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
  Ernest Tubb
63.
09/1960

Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool
Ernest Tubb greentick

7 pts


16
ctry


[Decca 9-31119]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield
64.
06/1961

Thoughts of a Fool
Ernest Tubb greentick

7 pts


16
ctry


[Decca 9-31241]
written by Mel Tillis & Wayne Walker
65.
11/1961

Through That Door
Ernest Tubb greentick

7 pts


14
ctry


[Decca 9-31300]
written by Hank Cochran
66.
08/1962

I'm Looking High and Low for My Baby
Ernest Tubb greentick

7 pts


16
ctry


[Decca 9-31399]
written by Art Gibson
67.
09/1962

Show Her Lots of Gold
Ernest Tubb greentick

3 pts


30
ctry


[Decca 9-31399]
written by Ray King & Tommy Hill [songwriter]
68.
06/1963

Mr. Juke Box
Ernest Tubb greentick

4 pts


28
ctry


[Decca 9-31476]
written by Eddie W. Davis & Ralph Davis
69.
09/1963

Thanks a Lot
Ernest Tubb greentick

from Thanks a Lot   
20 pts


3
ctry


[Decca 9-31526]
written by Eddie Miller & Don Sessions
70.
05/1964

Be Better to Your Baby
Ernest Tubb greentick

4 pts


26
ctry


[Decca 9-31614]
written by Justin Tubb
71.
12/1964

Pass the Booze
Ernest Tubb greentick

7 pts


15
ctry


[Decca 9-31706]
written by Gene Northington & Ray Butts
72.
03/1965

Do What You Do Do Well
Ernest Tubb greentick

4 pts


29
ctry


[Decca 9-31742]
written by Ned Miller
  Glen Campbell
73.
04/1965

Tomorrow Never Comes
Glen Campbell

from Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry   
3 pts
118
US




[Capitol 5360]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Johnny Bond
  George Hamilton IV
74.
07/1965

Walking the Floor Over You
George Hamilton IV

from Mister Sincerity...A Tribute to Ernest Tubb   
6 pts


18
ctry


[RCA Victor 47-8608]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
  Ernest Tubb
75.
10/1965

Waltz Across Texas
Ernest Tubb greentick

3 pts


34
ctry


as Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
[Decca 9-31824]
written by Billy Talmadge Tubb
76.
01/1966

It's for God, and Country, and You Mom (That's Why I'm Fighting in Viet Nam)
Ernest Tubb greentick

2 pts


48
ctry


as Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
[Decca 9-31861]
written by Dave McEnery
77.
04/1966

Till My Getup Has Gotup and Gone
Ernest Tubb greentick

3 pts


32
ctry


as Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
[Decca 9-31908]
written by Bud Logan & Charles Snoddy
  B.J. Thomas
78.
09/1966

Tomorrow Never Comes
B.J. Thomas

from Tomorrow Never Comes   
8 pts
80
US




[Scepter 12165]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Johnny Bond
  Ernest Tubb
79.
10/1966

Another Story
Ernest Tubb greentick

7 pts


16
ctry


[Decca 32022]
written by Arlie Duff
80.
02/1968

Too Much of Not Enough
Ernest Tubb greentick

2 pts


55
ctry


[Decca 32237]
written by Jack Ripley
81.
07/1968

I'm Gonna Make Like a Snake
Ernest Tubb greentick

1 pts


69
ctry


[Decca 32315]
written by Loretta Lynn
82.
03/1969

Saturday Satan Sunday Saint
Ernest Tubb greentick

from Saturday Satan Sunday Saint   
2 pts


43
ctry


[Decca 32448]
written by Wayne P. Walker
  Slim Whitman
83.
04/1970

Tomorrow Never Comes
Slim Whitman

from Tomorrow Never Comes   
4 pts


27
ctry


[Imperial 66441]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Johnny Bond
  Merle Haggard
84.
02/1971

Soldier's Last Letter
Merle Haggard

from Hag   
25 pts
90
US
3
ctry


as Merle Haggard & the Strangers
[Capitol 3024]
written by Redd Stewart & Ernest Tubb greentick
  Ernest Tubb
85.
07/1973

I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle
Ernest Tubb greentick

from I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle   
1 pts


93
ctry


[MCA 40056]
written by Shel Silverstein
86.
12/1977

Sometimes I Do / Half of My Heart's in Texas
Ernest Tubb greentick

1 pts


79
ctry


[1st Generation 001]
written by Jeannie Seely & Linda Hargrove
87.
06/1979

Waltz Across Texas
Ernest Tubb greentick

1 pts


56
ctry


as Ernest Tubb & Friends
R
[Cachet 4501]
written by Billy Talmadge Tubb
88.
10/1979

Walkin' the Floor Over You
Ernest Tubb greentick

3 pts


31
ctry


as Ernest Tubb & Friends
[Cachet 4507]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick


See also...

Ernest Tubb & Red FoleyErnest Tubb & the Wilburn BrothersLoretta Lynn & Ernest TubbThe Andrews Sisters and Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors


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