Ernest Tubb

Birth Name:

Ernest Dale Tubb

Birth Place:

Crisp, Texas, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor

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

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