Ernest Tubb

Songs 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]

As a songwriter, Ernest Tubb first charted in 1941 with Walking the Floor Over You.The artist placed 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.The artist scored 1 UK Top‑75 entries.On US Country the artist achieved 22 Top‑10s, 3 of which hit number‑one.

Top songs: #1: Try Me One More Time - #2: Soldier's Last Letter - #3: Yesterday's Tears - #4: I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You - #5: Walking the Floor Over You
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  Ernest Tubb
1.
1941

#5  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

#3  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
9.
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
Seaman's Blues
10.
05/1948

Seaman's Blues
Ernest Tubb greentick

24 pts


5
ctry


written by Ernest Tubb greentick
11.
07/1948

You Nearly Lose Your Mind
Ernest Tubb greentick

12 pts


15
ctry


[Decca 46125]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
12.
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
13.
1949

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

24 pts


5
ctry


written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Jimmie Skinner
  The Andrews Sisters and Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadors
14.
04/1949

#4  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
15.
05/1949

Mean Mama Blues
Ernest Tubb greentick

21 pts


6
ctry


[Decca 46162]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
16.
09/1949

My Tennessee Baby
Ernest Tubb greentick

15 pts


10
ctry


[Decca 46173]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
17.
1950

Letters Have No Arms
Ernest Tubb greentick

33 pts


2
ctry


[Decca 46207]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Arbie Gibson
18.
02/1950

I'll Take a Backseat for You
Ernest Tubb greentick

17 pts


8
ctry


[Decca 46207]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
19.
06/1950

Throw Your Love My Way
Ernest Tubb greentick

27 pts


3
ctry


[Decca 46243]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Loys Southerland
20.
08/1950

Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love
Ernest Tubb greentick

16 pts


9
ctry


[Decca 9-46243]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
21.
1951

Don't Stay Too Long
Ernest Tubb greentick

17 pts


9
ctry


[Decca 46296]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick & Don Whitney
  Carl Smith
22.
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
23.
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
  Georgia Gibbs
24.
06/1957

Walkin' the Floor Over You
Georgia Gibbs

6 pts
92
US




written by Ernest Tubb greentick
  Ernest Tubb
25.
10/1958

Half a Mind
Ernest Tubb greentick

10 pts


8
ctry


[Decca 9-30685]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
  Pat Boone
26.
05/1960

Walking the Floor Over You
Pat Boone

40 pts
44
US


39
UK
[Dot 45-16073]
written by Ernest Tubb greentick
  Glen Campbell
27.
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
28.
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
  B.J. Thomas
29.
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
  Slim Whitman
30.
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
31.
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
32.
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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