Ernst Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb was born on February 9, 1914 in Crisp, Texas. He was raised on a farm where he taught himself singing techniques such as yodeling and how to play the guitar. At 19-years-old Tubb was hired on the San Antonio radio station as a singer. In 1939, he began doing a 15 minute live show on KGKL radio station. In this year he also had a tonsillectomy. This is the reason Ernest became a song writer; it was difficult to sing.

Ernest began his singing career after time had passed, but he just could not record a hit song. Throughout the process of trying to record a hit, he never gave up and in 1942, his first hit, "Walking the Floor Over You" was recorded. In the year 1943, Tubb became the band leader for the Texas Troubadours. He began hosting the Midnight Jamboree from his Record shop (Ernest Tubb’s Record Shop) for WSM radio station. In 1975, he resigned from the Decca label and signed with First Generation. Prior to signing with First Generation, Tub was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1965. By 1970, he was put into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Throughout his years of stardom, Tubb recorded great hits such as "Thanks A Lot," "Lets Say Goodbye Like We Say Hello," etc.

Ernest Dale Tubb was diagnosed with emphysema in the year 1966. On September 6, 1984, he died at the age of 70 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was buried at Nashville’s Hermitage Memorial Gardens and will always be remembered as a great country music pioneer.