The Texas Troubadour

~ Release by Ernest Tubb (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1: Walking the Floor Over You
#TitleRatingLength
1Walking the Floor Over You
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1941-04-26)
producer:
Dave Kapp
double bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1941-04-26)
electric guitar [electric lead guitar]:
Fay "Smitty" Smith (on 1941-04-26)
guitar:
Ernest Tubb (on 1941-04-26)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1941-04-26)
recording of:
Walkin’ the Floor Over You (on 1941-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
32:38
2Try Me One More Time
recording of:
Try Me One More Time
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
2:21
3Soldier's Last Letter
recording of:
A Soldier’s Last Letter
writer:
Redd Stewart and Ernest Tubb
3:14
4Yesterday's Tears
2:59
5Keep My Mem'Ry in Your Heart
3:03
6Tomorrow Never Comes
producer:
Joe Perry (producer with Decca)
bass:
Herbert M. "Butterball" Tommy Paige (on 1944-01-13)
fiddle:
Johnny Sapp (on 1944-01-13)
guitar:
Ernest Tubb (on 1944-01-13)
guitar [lead guitar]:
James Erwin "Jimmie" Short (on 1944-01-13)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Melvin Leon Short
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1944-01-13)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (Hollywood; fka Recordings, Inc. 1934–40, before Decca took it over) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-01-13)
recording of:
Tomorrow Never Comes (on 1944-01-13)
writer:
Johnny Bond and Ernest Tubb
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:01
7Careless Darlin'
2:47
8It's Been So Long Darling
3:26
9Rainbow at Midnight
3:09
10Filipino Baby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-09-17)
producer:
Dave Kapp
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1946-09-17)
electric guitar [electric lead guitar]:
James Erwin "Jimmie" Short (on 1946-09-17)
fiddle:
Fred "Red" Herron (on 1946-09-17)
guitar:
Ernest Tubb (on 1946-09-17)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Melvin Leon Short (on 1946-09-17)
steel guitar:
Wayne Fleming (on 1946-09-17)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1946-09-17)
recording of:
Filipino Baby (on 1946-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
3:01
11Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-09-17)
producer:
Dave Kapp
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1946-09-17)
electric guitar [electric lead guitar]:
James Erwin "Jimmie" Short (on 1946-09-17)
fiddle:
Fred "Red" Herron (on 1946-09-17)
guitar:
Ernest Tubb (on 1946-09-17)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Melvin Leon Short (on 1946-09-17)
steel guitar:
Wayne Fleming (on 1946-09-17)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1946-09-17)
recording of:
Drivin' Nails in My Coffin (on 1946-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Irby
2:56
12Don't Look Now
3:07
13So Round So Firm So Fully Packed
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-02-10)
producer:
Dave Kapp
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1947-02-10)
electric guitar [electric lead guitar]:
James Erwin "Jimmie" Short (on 1947-02-10)
fiddle:
Fred "Red" Herron (on 1947-02-10)
guitar:
Ernest Tubb (on 1947-02-10)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Melvin Leon Short (on 1947-02-10)
steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team) (on 1947-02-10)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1947-02-10)
cover recording of:
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (on 1947-02-10)
writer:
Eddie Kirk (US country singer/songwriter), Cliffie Stone and Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music (publisher) (on 1947-01-08)
2:54
14I'll Step Aside
2:41
15Seaman's Blues
recording of:
Seaman's Blues
lyricist and composer:
Billy Talmadge Tubb
3:13
16You Nearly Lose Your Mind
2:46
17Forever Is Ending Today
3:14
18That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eye
2:41
19Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
recording of:
Have You Ever Been Lonely?
lyricist:
George Brown (aka Billy Hill) (US songwriter)
composer:
Peter de Rose
22:51
20Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
2:30
21Till the End of the World
2:27
22I'm Biting My Fingernails and Thinking of You
2:18
23Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
2:47
24Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home
2:57
25Mean Mama Blues
2:54
▼CD 2: Slippin' Around (The Hits, Vol. 2)
#TitleRatingLength
1Slippin' Around
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1958-10-09)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1958-10-09)
guitar:
Howard G. Johnson (on 1958-10-09) and Thomas Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1958-10-09)
membranophone:
Buddy Harman (on 1958-10-09)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1958-10-09)
steel guitar:
Buddy Emmons (on 1958-10-09)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1958-10-09)
recording of:
Slippin’ Around (on 1949-06-12)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman (in 1949)
cover recording of:
Slippin’ Around
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman (in 1949)
2:53
2My Tennessee Baby
producer:
Paul Cohen (Nashville country producer)
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1949-06-12)
electric guitar [electric lead guitar]:
Herbert M. "Butterball" Tommy Paige (on 1949-06-12)
guitar:
Ernest Tubb (on 1949-06-12)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Loren Otis "Jack" Shook (on 1949-06-12)
mandolin:
Mack McGarr (on 1949-06-12)
piano:
Owen Bradley (on 1949-06-12)
steel guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1949-06-12)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1949-06-12)
recorded at:
Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1949-06-12)
2:29
3My Filipino Rose
2:45
4Warm Red Wine
3:09
5Blue Christmas
2:51
6White Christmas
2:49
7Tennessee Border No. 2
producer:
Paul Cohen (Nashville country producer)
double bass:
Ernest "Ernie" Newton (contrabassist) (on 1949-11-08)
guitar:
Red Foley (on 1949-11-08) and Thomas Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1949-11-08)
organ:
Owen Bradley (on 1949-11-08)
steel guitar:
Billy Robinson (country guitarist) (on 1949-11-08)
vocals:
Red Foley (on 1949-11-08), Judy Martin (on 1949-11-08) and Ernest Tubb (on 1949-11-08)
recorded at:
Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1949-11-08)
recording of:
Tennessee Border No. 2 (on 1949-11-08)
writer:
Henry D. Haynes, Kenneth C. Burns and Jimmy Work (Country music singer and songwriter)
parody version of:
Tennessee Border
2:39
8Letters Have No Arms
3:06
9Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
2:11
10I'll Take a Back Seat for You
2:44
11I Love You Because
2:42
12Unfaithful One
3:09
13Throw Your Love My Way
2:35
14Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love
3:07
15Hillbilly Fever No. 2
2:53
16(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
lead vocals:
Ernest Tubb
cover recording of:
(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
2:59
17Goodnight Irene
performer:
Red Foley and Ernest Tubb
recording of:
Goodnight Irene (on 1950-06-30)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Lead Belly and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Ludlow Music, Inc., Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
3:03
18Don't Stay Too Long
3:03
19Hey La La
3:12
20Driftwood on the River
2:58
21The Strange Little Girl
3:14
22Missing in Action
3:10
23Somebody's Stolen My Honey
2:31
24Fortunes in Memories
2:37
25Too Old to Cut the Mustard
2:49
▼CD 3: Three Blue Eyed Elaine
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1Blue Eyed Elaine
2:53
2I'll Get Along Somehow
3:15
3Swell San Angelo
2:54
4I'll Never Cry Over You
3:05
5My Baby and My Wife
3:17
6Please Remember Me
2:49
7Our Baby's Book
3:07
8First Year Blues
2:45
9Wasting My Life Away
2:36
10When the World Has Turned You Down
2:47
11I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1958-10-08)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1958-10-08)
guitar:
Thomas Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1958-10-08) and H.K. Wilson (on 1958-10-08)
membranophone:
Buddy Harman (on 1958-10-08)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1958-10-08)
steel guitar:
Buddy Emmons (on 1958-10-08)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1958-10-08)
recording of:
I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
2:34
12I Ain't Goin' Honky Tonkin' Anymore
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-11-17)
double bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1941-11-17)
electric guitar [electric lead guitar]:
Fay "Smitty" Smith (on 1941-11-17)
guitar:
Ernest Tubb (on 1941-11-17)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1941-11-17)
recording of:
I Ain't Goin' Honky Tonkin' Anymore (on 1941-11-17)
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
2:33
13I've Really Learned a Lot
3:04
14I'm Wondering How
2:42
15I Know What It Means to Be Lonely
3:13
16Are You Waiting Just for Me
2:53
17Answer to Walking the Floor Over You
3:00
18There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas
3:03
19Should I Come Back Home to You
3:02
20You'll Want Me Back (But I Won't Care)
2:51
21There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made Around Here
2:34
22I'm Free at Last
3:08
23Wondering If You're Wondering Too
2:42
24There's Nothing on My Mind
2:21
25Don't Brush Them on Me
2:48
▼CD 4: Time After Time
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1The Last Thoughts of Jimmie Rodgers
2:59
2I'm Missing You
recording of:
I'm Missing You (on 1940-10-30)
lyricist and composer:
Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers
2:54
3Time After Time
3:05
4Fort Worth Jail
1:42
5You Were Only Teasing Me
3:02
6A Lonely Heart Knows
3:05
7You Hit the Nail Right on the Head
2:48
8Headin' Down the Wrong Highway
2:58
9Waiting for a Train
2:49
10When I Take My Vacation in the Sky
3:03
11Stand by Me
2:53
12The Old Rugged Cross
2:38
13What a Friend We Have in Jesus
2:39
14The Wonderful City
3:03
15Farther Along
2:51
16Texas vs. Kentucky
2:48
17G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
2:37
18I'm Free From the Chain Gang Now
3:10
19The Lovebug Itch
2:53
20Kentucky Waltz
3:16
21I'm With the Crowd but So Alone
3:09
22My Mother Must Have Been a Girl Like You
2:56
23Somebody Loves You
2:30
24Don't Trifle on Your Sweetheart
2:59
25Merry Texas Christmas, You All!
2:09