Ernest Tubb Biography

Fast Facts

• Was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1965 and the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999
• Was named an Academy of Country Music Pioneer in 1980
• Won Music City News' Living Legend Award just before his death in 1984
• Began his music career as a singer for the string bands that played at his local "old time dances․"
• First found success as a radio star in San Antonio, Texas, playing covers of his favorite Jimmie Rodgers songs
• Quote: "(On "Our Baby's Book," a song about the loss of his infant son, Rodger Dale): "The people, they didn't have to ask if it was a true song, and I still run into people that mention it to me and introduce their children as Rodger Dale․""
• Best known as a country music singer and songwriter whose hit songs include "Walking the Floor Over You" and "Waltz Across Texas․"
• After befriending Jimmie Rodgers' widow, Carrie, in the 1930s, she gave him Jimmie's old guitar and encouraged his music career
• Came to be known as The Texas Troubadour to his fans