Ernest Tubb ~ My Pick Of The Hits

Got a request from KZbinr Clayton Bryington for this excellent album by E.T.
Interestingly all 12 tracks were released on this album only! No singles, ep's, or compilations as far as i can tell. It sucks because I'd really like to have Big City and She Called Me Baby on my jukebox.
I just discovered, 06/12/2020, that there WAS a Compact Jukebox 33 rpm of this album with 6 songs including Big City,, Seeburg 859.
Track listing
1."Big City" (Paul Williams, Sam Humphrey) ~ 0:01
2."Wild Side of Life" (William Warren, Arlie A. Carter) ~ 2:13
3."I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (Johnny Bond) ~ 5:07
4."Beggar to a King" (J. P. Richardson) ~ 7:34
5."Before I'm Over You" (Betty Sue Perry) ~ 10:09
6."Each Night at Nine" (Floyd Tillman) ~ 12:55
7."Fraulein" (Lawton Williams) ~ 15:18
8."When Two Worlds Collide" (Roger Miller, Bill Anderson) ~ 18:08
9."I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" (Harlan Howard, Buck Owens) ~ 20:43
10."She Called Me Baby" (Harlan Howard) ~ 22:54
11."Tell Her So" (Glen D. Tubb) ~ 25:36
12."Don't Be Angry" (Wade Jackson) ~ 27:53
Recording sessions :
January 14 1965 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Leon Rhodes, Cal Smith, Jerry Shook, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Jerry Smith. Producer: Owen Bradley)
THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE
January 15 1965 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Leon Rhodes, Cal Smith, Jerry Shook, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)
I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT
February 8 1965 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb &Texas Troubadours (Leon Rhodes, Cal Smith, Jerry Shook, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Hargus Robbins [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)
EACH NIGHT AT NINE
BIG CITY
BEFORE I'M OVER YOU
February 15 1965 ~ RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Ernest Tubb & Texas Troubadours (Leon Rhodes [gt], Cal Smith [gt], Jerry Shook [gt], Buddy Charleton [steel], Jack Drake [bass], Jack Greene [drums], Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: Owen Bradley)
BEGGAR TO A KING
WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
FRAULEIN
February 16 1965 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb & Texas Troubadours (Leon Rhodes, Cal Smith, Jerry Shook, Buddy Charleton, Jack Drake, Jack Greene, Hargus Robbins [piano] . Producer: Owen Bradley)
SHE CALLED ME BABY
TELL HER SO
DON'T BE ANGRY
I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL

[@MrGrxxx123]

this is Ernest Tubb!! this is real & honest music.

[@jafewaefbfaewfewa9377]

I only listen to country when I drink. My father doesn’t get it. This is music!! I will only quit drinking when I quit this music and vice versa. I won’t stop this is emotion and soul. Greatest artist by a windfall. Thank you so much for posting this. It means a lot to me.

[@2packs4sure]

Thanks,, I'm glad you're enjoying it !!

[@jafewaefbfaewfewa9377]

@@2packs4sureI am my friend! Thanks for publishing it. Wonderful!

[@MrPatdeeee]

Come April 5, 2024, I will be 92 yrs old; and 85 yrs ago my dad and I sat up to hear the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. On 650 AM radio. We heard Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and many others. Thus it brought tears of nostalgia now; when I hear these old recordings that I dearly loved. May Jesus rests the Precious souls; of all of the "Country Singers".

[@2packs4sure]

What a great memory !!

[@donaldbowden1984]

Good country music what makes a smart phone worth having......

[@yankeegohome1]

I took my car in to my Polish mechanic's garage for service and his first comment when I picked up the car was I like your music. He had been listening to my CD country selections. This from Koscierzyna, Poland

[@petermcgarry4286]

You start to hear Ernest singing a familiar song, thinking it will be stale in his hands. Then listening to it you realise that the master has taught you what the song really means, a very very rare talent. Timeless.

[@2packs4sure]

Well said !

[@TheM2heavy]

Good old Ernie Tubb Buck Knives model 110 and Pepsi Cola there's nothing more American.

[@billybonesthepirate2025]

thank you bring old country style

[@2packs4sure]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@dalerichards5303]

I have and will cherish this album...as long as I live.

[@2packs4sure]

I totally understand,, I've listened to this album probably a 100 times at this point and I still play it several times a year!!

[@rebeccad5988]

Great Country Great video and songs . Fantastic.

[@starlaryer4165]

My dad passed in 1999 and Ernest was one of his very favorites. I sang Ernest Tubb songs to him while he was passing....he smiled

[@georgewashington6225]

My grandfather just passed away the same way in 2016 except he was listening to merle Travis:(

[@CineSolutions]

Beautiful...

[@rubenresendiz6241]

Espero sea de gran agrado y muy bonitos recuerdos ¡ yo creo que si !

[@matthewguzda4075]

That's beautiful. I was really close with my dad. He played country when I was a kid in the 60s. I've played various music mostly rock over the years but I'm very close to old country. I'm trying to put a band together playing it now but I'm a drummer so I have to learn guitar or banjo. I'm getting old tho so gotta hurry. Cheers heres to our dads !

[@walterlarger4782]

I did the exact thing with my Uncle. He smiled broadly also. He ABSOLUTELY Loved Ernest!!!

[@slashlarue]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Eric-nb7vg]

wow. again here. this time with my little boy!!! we're having so much fun!! will remember this in 20 years! thanks man!

[@bjcoughlin6752]

I grew up [early 1970s] listening to E.T. among many other great old time country artiest, my mom used to have a old 8 track player out in the kitchen and I can close my eyes and still hear that music playing. She's gone now but if she was still alive I know she would LOVE this! Thank you so much for posting this. My aunt is still alive and I'm going to send this link to her, I know she will love it like mom would.

[@sonnydave8551]

Great songs by one of classic country's finest singers and entertainers. Great band! Nothing like classic country music.!

[@henrywhenryw812]

That's real country music the Best!!!

[@loraschultz772]

Ernest was one my husband's best friends and such a sweet man he was, we miss him so much. Love his songs. Have many memories of him. Widow of Ken Allen

[@2packs4sure]

I'll bet those ARE some special memories... You should read the book Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour: by Ronnie Pugh.. You can find them on ebay. It's a good read.

[@laciwalker7365]

I wished I could have met the man I grewd up listing to him

[@walterweddle7644]

@@laciwalker7365 I did as a young man at Mockingbird Hill Park, Anderson, IN. It feels like yesterday. Thank goodness for the memories of our youth. He was a very pleasant man and treated his admirers well. He was just down to earth. Once you met him you felt like you've known him all your life. I also saw Dolly and Porter Wagner there at another time.

[@shaneholmes111]

I love all old country music. I try to have the best on my play list. Earnest made that list. I have probably heard him before but this is a discovery. Thanks for sharing your comment. Thats special That you knew him personally.

[@MaximusWolfe]

The easiness of his singing always puts me in a great mood. A legend worthy of that title.

[@2packs4sure]

Agreed and well said !!

[@williamcrawford4529]

One of the greatest singers of all time! I love this country gentleman.

[@CATMAHAT]

My dads favorite artist. Oh how I miss him. thxs for the upload

[@artsullivan4077]

Ernest Tubb was my dad's favorite country singer.

[@cindyyounker6776]

My dad's too and every time ET came to town my family was there.

[@1truckertim]

A rock in the foundation of country music.

[@larrydering1598]

Best of country music and greatest band. ET had the style and formula for real country music.

[@hessentruck]

What a great album. I was born early 50s, American sector in Germany, my mother often heard AFN, with this music I grew up.

[@oldie1946]

E T sounds so good in stereo

[@fran5732]

i love this classic country,i have youtube on every day to listen to classic country

[@2packs4sure]

Yeah, if you want a good selection of TRUE classic country from the 1955 - 1968 range,,, then KZbin is the ONLY option I'm aware of....

[@fran5732]

i just started listening about 3 mo ago and it is the best i love classic grew up with it and i am 75 , that is all we listened to

[@2packs4sure]

And if you have an excellent sound system on your computer like I do it's almost as good as a good home stereo.......... Almost.

[@fran5732]

i do but my comp went out last week so i am using my lapetop till i get my desktop fixed i will take my comp in monday

[@2packs4sure]

Well that stinks,, good luck getting it fixed.

[@ronclifford3336]

I bought this album back in the 60s and still have it among my record collection.

[@MrBucidart]

Ernest wrote the rules for all of county music... ether it made you happy, melancholy or just sad.. He is the best of the best !!!

[@wesharvey6560]

love the old stuff!

[@lamanley]

To me, the old stuff is the only stuff.

[@michellepayne6552]

That's my great uncle!!! Real country!

[@2packs4sure]

Really? E.T. was your great uncle? How cool. How exactly?

[@tedhobbs2699]

You must be related to Leon ??

[@LIBRARYLADY]

So you are kin to Glenn and Billy (X.LINCOLN)...great people too.

[@michellepayne6552]

Yes so sorry to hear of uncle billies passing, e.t is my great grandfather's brother, Billie and Glenn are my mommas uncles..

[@Winney_heart]

I am 82 and have loved ET since we got a radio when I was 6 in Northern Idaho I saw Ernest when I was in high school in Oakland CA and also saw him in Omaha NE when I was in the Air Force great show both times I also got to see his son Justin in Carrolton TX

[@2packs4sure]

That's awesome !

[@earlvillar2815]

Just so so great! Amazing voice. Wonderful man. Play it loud.

[@2packs4sure]

Lol,, I always play it loud !!

[@jessenelson8906]

Ernest, you were my daddy's favorite country singers and mine too!

[@artsullivan4077]

Ernest was one of the best.He was my Dad's favorite.

[@2packs4sure]

Your Pop had good taste .....

[@davidjoines8852]

We have a lot of Real country music. This is among the best.nthe Real Country Music of this time, is just like the cars if this time. Both of them have style and class that will never die.i am very very thankful great lovers of Real Country Music have put this priceless music on KZbin. Thank you thank you

[@skater664life]

There's nothing more better than an Ernest tubbs early 60's album! Or any of his records for that matter! Just absolutely awesome!

[@drewlbers]

I’m 21 years old but this music just speaks to me. Truly timelsss I guess

[@2packs4sure]

That's great,, I love hearing that !!

[@johnniebwoy]

I've been bumping this album without a rest for at least three years. Such a winner, trawling the bins at the record store for this one. Good stuff.

[@2packs4sure]

I'm an old dude,,,,,,,, what does "bumping this album" mean? I know it's a good thing but what exactly is the definition of "bumping this album" ? Thanks

[@2packs4sure]

I looked it up,,,,, i knew it was a good thing !

[@davelegarra4915]

I love me some Ernest tubb

[@haroldhoffmann7037]

When music had heart😊

[@welchshahan714]

Growing up I heard this album over 100 times! And now I get to hear it again! So cool!

[@peggybagley8031]

This is absolutely the best damn album ET ever had out.... I listen to this very much

[@2packs4sure]

Yea, I listen to it 5 or 6 times a year my own self.

[@sarahsahim3488]

holy crap, i've never heard this before!

[@acesandoval4467]

I have this on vinyl, it sounds amazing!

[@2packs4sure]

Yea, I have a nice copy and it kills.

[@lesliehill355]

DANG!!! Uncles who were REAL cowhands, cousins involved in 4-H. I grew up to this!!!!! Thank you for bringing back the memories......

[@bobg.9585]

+Leslie Hill Amen Leslie ,Farmers we were FFA all the way yes I remember it well!!!!

[@bryanmason3559]

E.T , Me, and Bufflo Trace. I could not ask for a better Friday night!

[@2packs4sure]

+bryan mason E.T. and beer drinking.............. you may not be the first. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bryanmason3559]

And I'm sure I will not be the last!

[@johnoverton5702]

one off the best bands around at that time

[@antoniofernandesdequeiroga6197]

The country music oldies are uncomparable. Thanks 2packs4sure and best regards from Brazil.

[@2packs4sure]

Thanks Antonio and all the best to you from Houston Texas !

[@peggybagley8031]

AWWW, Buddy, andLeon

[@woxnerw]

This was the first album I bought for my new Clairtone Stereo I bought in 1966.. I don't have the Stereo anymore but I still have the Album.. Vinyl never dies..

[@haroldhoffmann7037]

WHEN COUNTRY,MUSIC HAD,HEART

[@peggybagley8031]

I am listening to there tonight I love this music thank you John

[@donaldbowden1984]

I actually met e.t once in south Carolina.

[@BuzzSargent]

That picture of the 8-track sure brings back memories. Does anyone remember trying to fish out the tape when it got stuck inside the 8-track player in the car? Great tunes here...Happy Trails from FL

[@2packs4sure]

She called me baby, another one i'd love to have on my jukebox.

[@doriscovington4205]

My favorite on this album....I love it! Do I know you 2pack? Some things you've said makes me think we\ve met or been at the same ET show.

[@mdb60]

The McCoy...Love old Ernest . . .

[@jimmycline1662]

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[@2packs4sure]

jimmy cline Somebody find out what 00 means........

[@kevingriffin5770]

I met Ernest in person near the end of his life at a nightclub near Carlyle, Illinois in 1982...It was freezing cold outside, he was more than 80 years old-in poor health and very tired; but persevered thru the show he did with his band...I was VERY impressed with his spirit and still am! Ernest Tubb was a REAL STAR...Outstanding!

[@2packs4sure]

I thought about correcting that one but decided against it though E.T. definitely LOOKED 80 in 1982.......

[@kevingriffin5770]

Didn't mean anything against Ernest, I really liked him-he was a force for good anywhere he was.

[@2packs4sure]

No one thought you had anything against anybody, you just had some basic facts about E.T.'s age wrong that's all.

[@2packs4sure]

It's weird, i was responding to a post that corrected your error about E.T.'s real age and now i don't see it..... It just vanished........

[@kevingriffin5770]

yeah, wasn't sure of his age, just guessed...I was very impressed with Ernest in person; he cast a positive light in that very dark-otherwise cold roadhouse on Rte. 127 North...

[@michaelharris451]

This Is A Great Album I Am 55 And We Had This LP When I Was A Child In Elementary School At About 10 Years Old Thanks For The Beautiful Music Memory.

[@2packs4sure]

As E.T.'s albums go i think this one is the best overall. Now when i was a little kid, i'm 52, i thought the Saturday Satan Sunday Saint album was the best...

[@dormcheif1]

Classics never die

[@martyg8899]

Of course. New generation of listeners

[@dankaradave]

Special people playing special music

[@2packs4sure]

+Dave Spence Man, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT ! The mid 60's Ernest Tubb and that great band were most definitely special people playing special music.

[@Lilbroda]

I am from Portugal, and I love old American country music

[@DarrylWhiteguitar]

I guess I needed a reminder of how much truth and comfort and good humor Country Music once gave us. What a remarkable troubadour Mr. Tubb was. (And what a great band he assembled.) Thank you.

[@2packs4sure]

Glad you enjoyed it !!

[@lesliemikemiley-privett8761]

we love ernest to and in march we went to the strawberry festable in plant city fla and got to see charlie pride and gene watson.that was our frist date we ever went on.we meet 33 years ago it was amazing it took me 33 yrs to be with the love of my life I LOVE YOU LESLIE GAIL MILEY (PRIVETT)SOON I HOPE

[@2packs4sure]

+Leslie&mike Miley-privett NICE

[@pongputgaranad842]

good ol boy

[@eroediv1]

no one better!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@barrygioportmorien1]

Ernest had such a great band behind him, with a fantastic guitar picker....

[@2packs4sure]

+barrygioportmorien1 Yea, the "great band" as it was called, from around 62' - 66', was amazing.

[@INDYOSKARS]

GREAT ! THANXFERPOSTINDISOLEGEMOLESON!

[@tonyguest5623]

thanks i sit in tears ..

[@sheribary1968]

I love Ernest Tubb's music and my favorett singer. The new country music is just horrible and phony. The old classic country and western music was very good and real music back then was better then today. I will always love the very old classic country music in the 1940's thru late 1970's forever.

[@2packs4sure]

+sheribary1968 Ditto.

[@fran5732]

i agree with you

[@YouT00ber]

That’s the best era for Country for sure

[@Eric-nb7vg]

i always end up here! :-)

[@2packs4sure]

+Ee .e That's funny because whenever someone comments on it I wind up listening to it again!

[@hannapretorius5202]

GREAT SINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE HIS MUSIC!

[@marcoantonioiadocicco3477]

I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC - THANKS

[@2packs4sure]

Well, if you like this album you've got good taste. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@deannaharless3236]

He was my mom before she passed away in1999 and i play his songs for her and she had a big smile on her face

[@ronrasche5980]

Love this mans voice, the BEST ever...

[@cowtownfiesta]

Mighty Fine! Only the very best.

[@galicos42069]

gota love the oldies L:

[@randysherman8878]

Pretty good compilation of ole ET doing other's hits

[@thomasgosling9888]

Beautiful Album ❤️ The voice takes me away!

[@ruthboykin9873]

It's been a while since I listened to Ernest Tubb, had many of his albums years ago and even met him at a County Fair in Virginia years ago, I think the 60's. Thanks for sharing this! I love it!

[@gothamvelveth3067]

In 1985 I heard Ernest Tubb for the first time with his song I wonder Why you said goodbye, and it was something impressive. His voice, the background music, was the best. I had already heard Hank Williams Sr., but Ernest Tubb, he was something different, a definition, a very definite background music, something special. In my personal preference, Ernest Tubb, is something that comes from older times than Hank Williams. Ernest Tubb, it's something special, and it's a good thing that his style is still in force.

[@lionryaja5478]

Earnest Ernest. 1 of the Greatest✌️🦁🪕

[@ydoknnyl1369]

I love Ernest Tubb. The first time I heard him was when he sang Leave Them Boys Alone with Hank Williams Jr. Gotta love the classics.

[@2packs4sure]

+Kody Lynn Wow, i forgot about LEAVE THEM BOYS ALONE that was E.T.'s very last recording session..... August 1982 Sound Stage Studio, Nashville, TN - Ernest Tubb & Waylon Jennings & Hank Williams, jr.

[@ydoknnyl1369]

+2packs4sure Yeah, still sounded great though.

[@marshallhubbard1197]

Back when singers took pride in their looks,not looking like they just fell out of the dumpster like today's singers. What a great voice. People could sing then ,not scream into the mike

[@Grahamgusbull]

Thank God for KZbin,I was in ET's record shop a few weeks ago,hoping to find loads of stuff I wouldn't find anywhere else,but regretfully,the racks were just full of everybody's greatest hits. Still,I've got my memories of seeing Charley Pride sing All I Have To Offer You Is Me,on the shop's stage in 1969...and many more!

[@peggybagley8031]

thank goodness for KZbin and you too John you cannot find a radio station here in Dallas that played the classic music anymore just want to say John I appreciate you

[@2packs4sure]

Yea, if you want 50's and 60's country you HAVE to search for it on You Tube.Back in the 80's through the mid 90's we had an A.M. station in Houston that played OLD country hosted by Larry Gala who I actually supplied some records to AND got an on air thanks from him. It's where I first head ANY of Webb's 60's stuff in the mid 80's. It's where I first heard Fallen Angel, Where'd Ya Stay Last Night , and Memory #1.

[@peggybagley8031]

2packs4sure hey John this sounds great thank you so so much how's everything down in Houston it's hot and humid as hell up here in Dallas but yeah I appreciate the info on the fifties and sixties classic I think of you as a good friend I appreciate it

[@2packs4sure]

Thanks, I think of you as a friend too and I appreciate being appreciated. :)

[@peggybagley8031]

2packs4sure always have a great day

[@garybacon6257]

I absolutely love this music

[@jayham1970]

God bless Ernest. I love him. As Red Foley joked, “…I bet Ernest wishes he could hit that note, too.” ❤️😂

[@jimgore172]

E.T> played at my bar in highland mi. in 1981 I have danced to his music since I was 12 yrs. old living in columbus GA.

[@sparkescadman]

Thanks for making my weekend..ET appreciates it I'm sure!

[@Plusultra18]

Great album!

[@doriscovington4205]

ET was the greatest....I've loved him all my life....every since I was a small child and I'm now 82. He was a dear friend of mine and I have loving memories of him. I'm looking forward to seeing him again in Heaven. This is one of my favorite albums.....thank you so much for featuring it! Doris Jacobs-Covington

[@2packs4sure]

Well ma'am,,,, you're very welcome and I'm sure glad you enjoyed it.

[@mrwizardxyz]

Old Tubb was the real deal. You knew that voice when you heard the first note. He helped several country stars get their start. Jack Greene, Cal Smith, and others. I was fortunate to have seen him in Houston Texas when both were with him. Thank you so much for this album

[@2packs4sure]

wizardxyz Cool, where in Houston? That's where i am. But in those prime E.T. years with Cal, Jack, Buddy, Leon.... , I was 3 years old....

[@carolhecker2506]

The

[@carolhecker2506]

Carol Hecker

[@gussedup]

I was taught to two step to this music!! I think I was about 10 or so! we had a crank victrola to play! my grand maw taught me..I am 77 yrs old so I have heard lots of good country music!!!!!!!!!!!

[@markblackie121]

This is the classic stuff,love it

[@jorgemellooliveira9611]

linda musica maravilha Sul do Brasil

[@stephenbyrd8295]

22:53 GREATEST COUNTRY SONG EVER. Man you have the BEST Country music site PERIOD!!!!!!! LUV IT!!!

[@2packs4sure]

You picked a damn good one there and thanks for the thumbs up. Like I said in the description, NONE of the tracks on this album were ever on a single and I'd kill to have Big City and She Called Me Baby on my jukebox.. I'd have to have a custom made single to do that and it IS possible but I'm way too cheap.. So I guess I'm saying I'd kill but not overspend ??? That ain't good..... :)

[@henrylong573]

Thanks for the up. I'm 40 now, and this brings back many good memories of my Grandmother, who introduced me to the Greats while still in my youth.

[@2packs4sure]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@gussedup]

I was lucky to shake hands with Ernest in cape Girardeau,Missouri many years ago,also billy byrd!!!!!!!!IT WAS GREAT!!!

[@artsullivan4077]

Ernest Tubb was one of the best .Had a great band; the Texas Troubadours.

[@mannyruiz1954]

Love Ernest Tubb. Just pure cowboy, Texas honky tonk.

[@lamanley]

Yep pure cowboy, no frills. What you see is what you get. Love this stuff, and YOU, ET!

[@andrecomeau3565]

love country the last 50 years hope for more music

[@najponkjazz9111]

Absolutely great!!!! I would buy this record right away....thanks for sharing Sir!!!!