Ernest Tubb - Complete Hits 1941-62 (CD)

Ernest Tubb was one of biggest and most influential stars in the history of country music, his hit-making career covering nearly four decades as he racked up around 90 country and pop chart entries, beginning with his landmark "Walking The Floor Over You" in 1941, which effectively pioneered the honky-tonk sound in commercial country music. He was known as "The Texas Troubadour", a name he also gave to his band, which always comprised the cream of Nashville's musicians, notably, in the early days, Jimmy Short, who developed the single-string picking style that characterised Tubbs' recordings. His many hits included the original versions of songs that became iconic country standards, such as "Blue Christmas", popularised by Elvis Presley, and "I Love You Because", later a huge hit for Jim Reeves. This great value 71-track 3-CD collection comprises every Ernest Tubb's record which featured in the US country or pop charts during the two decades and more which it covers, including his hit duets with Red Foley, The Andrews Sisters and The Wilburn Brothers. It's a definitive snapshot of the core hit career of one of the true pioneers of modern Nashville country.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Walking the Floor Over You (Ernest Tubb)
2. Try Me One More Time (Ernest Tubb)
3. Soldiers Last Letter (Ernest Tubb)
4. Yesterday's Tears (Ernest Tubb)
5. Keep My Mem'ry in Your Heart (Ernest Tubb)
6. Tomorrow Never Comes (Ernest Tubb)
7. Careless Darlin' (Ernest Tubb)
8. It's Been So Long Darling (Ernest Tubb)
9. Rainbow at Midnight (Ernest Tubb)
10. Filipino Baby (Ernest Tubb)
11. Drivin' Nails in My Coffin (Ernest Tubb)
12. Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)
13. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (Ernest Tubb)
14. I'll Step Aside (Ernest Tubb)
15. Seaman's Blues (Ernest Tubb)
16. You Nearly Lose Your Mind (Ernest Tubb)
17. Forever Is Ending Today (Ernest Tubb)
18. That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eye (Ernest Tubb)
19. Have You Ever Been Lonely' (Have You Ever Been Blue)
20. Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello (Ernest Tubb)
21. Till the End of the World (Ernest Tubb)
22. Daddy, When Is Mommy Coming Home (Ernest Tubb)
23. Mean Mama Blues (Ernest Tubb)
24. Slippin' Around (Ernest Tubb)

Disc: 2

1. I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You (Ernest Tubb ; the Andrews Sisters)
2. Don't Rob Another Man's Castle (Ernest Tubb ; the Andrews Sisters)
3. My Tennessee Baby (Ernest Tubb)
4. My Filipino Rose (Ernest Tubb)
5. Warm Red Wine (Ernest Tubb)
6. Blue Christmas (Ernest Tubb)
7. White Christmas (Ernest Tubb)
8. Tennessee Border No. 2 (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)
9. Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)
10. Letters Have No Arms (Ernest Tubb)
11. I'll Take a Back Seat for You (Ernest Tubb)
12. I Love You Because (Ernest Tubb)
13. Unfaithful One (Ernest Tubb)
14. Throw Your Love My Way (Ernest Tubb)
15. Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love (Ernest Tubb)
16. Goodnight Irene (Ernest Tubb with Red Foley ; the Sunshine Trio)
17. Hillbilly Fever No. 2 (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)
18. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry (Ernest Tubb)
19. (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
20. Don't Stay Too Long (Ernest Tubb)
21. The Strange Little Girl (Ernest Tubb with Red Foley ; the Anita Kerr Singers)
22. Hey la la (Ernest Tubb)
23. Driftwood on the River (Ernest Tubb)

Disc: 3

1. Too Old to Cut the Mustard (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)
2. Missing in Action (Ernest Tubb)
3. Somebody's Stolen My Honey (Ernest Tubb)
4. Fortunes in Memories (Ernest Tubb)
5. I'll Miss You When You Go (Ernest Tubb)
6. No Help Wanted #2 (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)
7. Divorce Granted (Ernest Tubb)
8. Counterfeit Kisses (Ernest Tubb)
9. Two Glasses, Joe (Ernest Tubb)
10. The Yellow Rose of Texas (Ernest Tubb)
11. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
12. Mister Love (Ernest Tubb ; the Wilburn Brothers)
13. House of Glass (Ernest Tubb)
14. Hey, Mr. Bluebird (Ernest Tubb ; the Wilburn Brothers)
15. Half a Mind (Ernest Tubb)
16. Deep Purple Blues (Ernest Tubb)
17. What Am I Living for (Ernest Tubb)
18. I Cried a Tear (Ernest Tubb)
19. Next Time (Ernest Tubb)
20. Thoughts of a Fool (Ernest Tubb)
21. Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool (Ernest Tubb)
22. Through That Door (Ernest Tubb)
23. I'm Looking High and Low for My Baby (Ernest Tubb)
24. Show Her Lots of Gold (Ernest Tubb)