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Tubb, Ernest

The Professional Work of Ernest Tubb

Career Highlights

No.16 Country Music Artist (1944-1993)

Grand Ole Opry Member -1943

Barn Dance Affiliate: Louisiana Hayride

Band Name: The Texas Troubadours

Film, Night Club, Radio & TV

Fighting Buckaroo, 1
Hollywood Barndance, 1
Ridin' West, 1
Jamboree, 1
Ernest Tubbs Midnight Jamboree, 2
Gilleys Club, 3
Hee Haw, 4
Nashville Now, 4
Pop Goes the Country, 4
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, 4
The Johnny cash Show, 4
The Porter Wagoner Show, 4
The Wilburn Brothers Show, 4

1-Film, 2-Night Club, 3-Radio, 4-TV

Billboard Chart Data

No. 1 Singles:6
Top-10 Singles: 56
Crossover Singles: 8
Charted Singles: 91
Years Active: 1944-1977

Awards

Country Music Association

Country Music Hall of fame (1965)

Career Labels

Decca Records (1944-1979)
MCA Records (1973)

Billboard Top-10 Singles

Try Me One More Time# -1944
Soldiers Last Letter*#1
Yesterday's Tears#
Keep My Mem'ry in Your Heart -1945
Tomorrow Never Comes
Careless Darlin'
It's Been So Long Darling*
Rainbow at Midnight* -1946
Filipino Baby
Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
I'll Never Cry Over You
Don't Look Now (But Your Broken..) -1947
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
I'll Step Aside
Seaman's Blues -1948
Forever Is Ending Today#
That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eye
Have You Ever Been Lonely
Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
Till the End of the World -1949
I'm Bitin' My Fingernails#2
Don't Rob Another Man's Castle, 2
Blue Christmas*#
Mean Mama Blues
Slippin' Around*#
My Filipino Rose
Warm Red Wine
Tennessee Baby
Tennessee Border No. 2, 3
Letters Have No Arms -1950
Goodnight Irene*3#
Hillbilly Fever No.2, 3
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age, 3
I'll Take a Back Seat for You
I Love You Because
Unfaithful One
Throw Your Love My Way
Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love
You Don't Have to Be a baby to Cry
(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
Don't Stay Too Long -1951
The Strange Little Girl, 3
Hey La La
Driftwood on the River
Missing In Action -1952
Too Old to Cut the Mustard, 3
Somebody's Stolen My Honey
Fortunes in Memories
Divorce Granted -1953
No Help Wanted No. 2,3
The Yellow Rose of Texas -1955
Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
Mister Love, 4
Half a Mind -1958
Hey, Mr. Bluebird, 4
Thanks a Lot -1963

*-No. 1 Chart Single

#-Crossover Single

1-Biggest Chart Single

2-With the Andrews Sisters

3-With Red Foley

4-With the Wilburn Brothers

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm Walking the Floor Over You: The Ernest Tubb Story

The incomparable Ernest Tubb was one of country musics most durable stars with a career that spanned six decades. One of country music's most distinctive voices and legends was a man born on a ranch in a small town called Crisp, Texas that fans worldwide came to know as the Texas Troubadour, Ernest Tubb.

In 1936, Tubb contacted Jimmie Rodgerss widow (Rodgers died in 1933) to ask for an autographed photo. A friendship developed and she was instrumental in getting Tubb a recording contract with RCA. His first two records were unsuccessful. A tonsillectomy in 1939 affected his singing style, so he turned to songwriting.

In 1940, Tubb switched to Decca records to try singing again and it was his sixth Decca release with the single Walking the Floor Over You that brought Tubb to stardom.

Tubb joined the Grand Ole Opry in February, 1943 and put together his band, the Texas Troubadours. Ernest remained a regular on the radio show for four decades and hosted the Midnight Jamboree following the Grand Ole Opry shows.

One aspect of Ernest Tubb aside from that distinctive voice and manner was the sound he achieved and was known for on his recordings and his personal appearances. The Texas Troubadours band through the years contained many names.

Tubb always surrounded himself with some of Nashville's best musicians. Jimmy Short, his first guitarist in the Troubadours, is credited with the Tubb sound of one-string guitar picking. From about 1943 to 1948, Short featured clean, clear riffs throughout Tubb's songs.

Other well-known musicians to either travel with Tubb as band members or record on his records were Jerry Byrd, the phenomenal steel guitarist; Tommy "Butterball" Paige, who replaced Short as Tubb's lead guitarist in 1947.

In 1949, Billy Byrd, the quintessential Tubb guitarist, joined the Troubadours and brought jazzy riffs to the instrumental interludes, especially the four-note riff at the end of his solos that would become synonymous with Tubb's songs. Actually a jazz musician, Byrd, no relation to Jerry, remained with Tubb until 1959.

Ernest Tubb and Red Foley recorded several collaborative albums which spawned the singles; Tennessee Border No. 2 (No. 2, 1949), Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age (No. 7, 1950), Goodnight Irene (No. 1, 1950), Hillbilly Fever No. 2 (No. 9, 1950), The Strange Little Girl (No. 9, 1951), Too Old to Cut the Mustard (No. 5, 1952)and No Help Wanted #2 (No. 7, 1953).

In the 1960s, Ernest Tubb was well known for having one of the best bands in country music history. By the early-1960s, the Texas Troubadours included lightning-fingered Leon Rhodes (lead guitar, 1960-1967), Buddy Emmons (steel, 1960 -- 1961), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar, 1962 - 1967), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar, 1961-1967) and Jack Greene (drums, 1962-1965), arguably one of the finest backup bands in the history of country music. Tubb always believed in the value of a strong band and surrounded himself with the only best musicians he could find.

The Texas Troubadours band endured numerous lineup changes, and Buddy Charleton and electric guitarist Leon Rhodes were the instrumental focus of what was Tubb's greatest lineup of the Texas Troubadours.

Buddy Charleton is featured on numerous Tubb albums, including Live 1965, considered one of country music's top live albums. He also starred on three Decca albums that the Troubadours recorded without Tubb and on Tubb's duet records with Loretta Lynn.

During the mid-1960s to the early-1970s, Ernest Tubb recorded and toured with Loretta Lynn. Their first collaborativealbum was in 1965 titled Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be. This album only generated one single, as compared to their followup album, which spawned two singles. The single, Sweet Thang peaked outside the country top-40 and wasn't as successful as their other duet singles they recorded in the past.

The album's new songs included compositions written by Lynn titled Let's Stop Where We Are and Bartender. The album also included Love is No Excuse, a song written by Tubb's son, Justin Tubb that was originally a duet hit for Jim Reeves and Dottie West in 1964. The duo would record one last album the next year before Lynn would go on to record with Conway Twitty and Tubb's career would decline in success.

No artist toured as much for as long as Ernest Tubb, who worked 150 to 200 shows each year between the early 1960s (when he first turned his Texas Troubadours into a dance band and started playing the nightclub circuit) through the early-1980s.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ernest Tubb Discography (Oct. 27, 1936 ~ Aug. 5, 1982)

Oct. 27, 1936

Texas Hotel; San Antonio, Texas USA

Label: RCA Victor

Producer: Eli Oberstein

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar)

The Passing of Jimmie Rodgers
The Last Thoughts of Jimmie Rodgers
Married Man Blues
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
My Mother Is Lonely
The Right Train to Heaven

Mar. 2, 1937

Texas Hotel; San Antonio, Texas USA

Label: RCA Victor

Producer: Eli Oberstein

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Merwyn Buffington (lead guitar)2

The T.B. Is Whipping Me
Since That Black Cat Crossed My Path

Apr. 4, 1940

Rice Hotel; Houston, Texas USA

Label: RCA Victor

Producer: Dave Kapp

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

Blue-Eyed Elaine
I'll Never Cry Over You
I'll Get Along Somehow
You Broke A Heart (That Was Breaking For You)

Oct. 28, 1940

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Dick Ketner (lead guitar)

I Ain't Gonna Love You Anymore
I'm Glad I Met You After All
I Cared For You More Than I Knew
You'll Love Me Too Late

Oct. 29, 1940

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Dick Ketner (lead guitar)

I've Really Learned A Lot
Swell San Angelo
I Know What It Means to Be Lonely
Please Remember Me

Oct. 30, 1940

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Dick Ketner (lead guitar)

My Rainbow Trail
Last Night I Dreamed
I'm Missing You
My Baby and My Wife

Apr. 26, 1941

Biggs Studios; Dallas, Texas USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Dave Kapp

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Unknown (bass guitar), Fay Smith (steel guitar)1, Fay Smith (lead guitar)

Walking the Floor Over You
When the World Has Turned You Down
Our Baby's Book (1)
I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back
Mean Mama Blues
I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye

Apr. 17, 1941

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Dave Kapp

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Unknown (bass guitar), Fay Smith (steel guitar)1, Fay Smith (lead guitar)

I Ain't Goin' Honky Tonkin' Anymore
I Hate to See You Go
Time After Time
First Year Blues
Just Rollin' On
There's Nothing More to Say
Wasting My Life Away
You May Have Your Picture (1)

Jul. 17, 1942

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Wesley Tuttle (bass guitar), Charles Quirk (rhythm guitar), Eddie Tudor (lead guitar)

That Same Old Story
Try Me One More Time
You Nearly Lose Your Mind
That's When It's Coming Home to You
I Don't Want You After All
I'm Wondering How

Jan. 13, 1944

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Joe Perry

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Herbert M. Tommy Paige (bass guitar), Melvin Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Erwin Jimmy Short (lead guitar)

Tomorrow Never Comes
Soldier's Last Letter
Careless Darlin'
Yesterday's Tears

Pictured right Short Brothers (Leon & Jimmy) 1942

Jan. 15, 1944

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Joe Perry

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Herbert M. Tommy Paige (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Jimmy Short (lead guitar)

Those Simple Things Are Worth A Milllion Now
Answer to Walking the Floor Over You
You Won't Ever Forget Me
Keep My Mem'ry In Your Heart
I Lost My Ace of Hearts
Though the Days Were Only Seven
With Tears In My Eyes
Are You Waiting Just For Me

Jan. 17, 1944

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Joe Perry

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Herbert M. Tommy Paige (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Jimmy Short (lead guitar)

I'll Get Along Somehow
Blue-Eyed Elaine
You'll Love Me Too Late
I'll Never Lose You Though You're Gone
I'm Too Blue to Worry Over You
There's Nothing More to Say
I Hate to See You Go
I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back
Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry
I'm Wondering How
Last Night I Dreamed
This Time We're Really Through
You May Have Your Picture
I Ain't Goin' Honky Tonkin' Anymore

Jan. 18, 1944

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Joe Perry

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Herbert M. Tommy Paige (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Jimmy Short (lead guitar)

Walking the Floor Over You
Have You Changed Your Mind
Just Rollin' On
You Nearly Lose Your Mind
I'll Never Cry Over You
Our Baby's Book
When the World Has Turned You Down
I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye
I'm Glad I Met You After All
That's All She Wrote
I Ain't Gonna' Love You Anymore
I Don't Want You After All
Just Crying to Myself
Try Me One More Time

May 21, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

I've Lived A Lie
Wondering If You're Wondering
When Love Turns to Hate
There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder
Daisy May
I Hung My Head and Cried
There's Nothin' On My Mind
Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry
Love Gone Cold
You Brought Sorrow to My Heart

May 21, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

Home In San Antone
Darling, What More Can I Do?
Blue Bonnet Lane
At mail Call Today
I Believe I'm Entitled to You
You're Going to Be Sorry
I Hang My Head and Cry
Each Night At Nine
My Confessdion
My Hillbilly Baby

May 23, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

That's Why I'm Crying Over You
Gone and Left Me Blues
When the Tumble Weeds Come Tumbling
I'll Be True While You're Gone
The End of the World

May 23, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

It Just Don't Matter Now
You're on My Mind
I'm Wasting My Tears On You
Ten Years
Old Love Letters
Low and Lonely
Where the Deep Waters Flow
You May Have Your Picture
It's Coming Back to You
Over the River
You Don't care
Let Me Smile My last Smile At You
I'm Tired of You
You Told Me a Lie
Frankie and Johnnie

Pictured right Ernest Tubb poster, 1946

May 24, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

Jealous Heart
Crying Myself to Sleep
Fort Worth Jail
You're Breaking My Heart
My Hillbilly Baby
Farther and Farther Apart
I Loved You Once
I'll Step Aside
Worried Mind
A Year Ago Tonight
Time Changes Everything
What Good Will I Do
My Time Will Come Someday

May 24, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

Grey-Eyed Darling
I Never Cross Your Mind
I Told You So
I'm Beginning to Forget You
I'm Gonna Be Long Gone When I Go Away
I Walk Alone

May 24, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

Heart of Stone
You'll Want Me Back (But I Won't Care)
Our Baby Boy
Hang Your Head In Shame
The Last Goodbye
Pins and Needles
The Love I Have For You
I'll Never Tell You I Love You
I Knew the Moment I Lost You
I wonder If You Feel the Way I Do

Jun. 6, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (electric lead guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)

I'll Have to Live and Learn
National Lament
TWEEDLE-O-TWILL
There's A Rainbow On the Rio Colorado
Action Speaks Louder Than Words
Left All Alone
Two More Years (And I'll Be Free)
Trailing Home to Mother

Aug. 14, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

It's Been So Long Darling
Should I Come Back Home to You
There's A Little Bit of Everything In Texas
Darling, What More Can I Do

Aug. 15, 1945

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

It Just Don't Matter Now
I'm Beginning to Forget You
When Love Turns to Hate
You'll Want Me Back (But I Won't Care)

Feb. 13, 1946

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made Around Here
You Were Only Teasing Me
I'm Free At Last
Heart of Stone

Feb. 14, 1946

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Johnny Sapp (fiddle) Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

Those Simple Things Are Worth A Million Now

Sep. 17, 1946

New York, New York USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Dave Kapp

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Red Herron (fiddle) Wayne Fleming (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

Filipino Baby
Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
Rainbow At Midnight
I Don't Blame You

Sep. 18, 1946

New York, New York USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Dave Kapp

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Red Herron (fiddle) Wayne Fleming (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

The Last Goodbye
Get In Or Get Out of My Heart
How Can I Be Sure
Those Tears In Your Eyes (Were Not For Me)

Feb. 10, 1947

Chicago, Illinois USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Dave Kapp

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Red Herron (fiddle) Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)
A Hundred and Sixty Acres
A W-O-M-A-N Has Wrecked Many A Good Man

Mar. 24, 1947

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Unknown

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short (rhythm guitar), Red Herron (fiddle) Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), Jimmie Short (lead guitar)

You Hit the Nail Right On the Head
Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right

Aug 11, 1947

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Leon Short, Tommy Paige (rhythm guitar), Hal Smith (fiddle) Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), Jimmy Short (lead guitar)

That Wild and Wicked Look In Your Eye
A Lonely Heart Knows
Don't Your Face Look Red
Answer to Rainbow At Midnight

Aug. 13, 1947

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Watching My Past Go By
A W-O-M-A-M Has Wrecked Many a Good man
Headin' Down the Wrong Highway
White Christmas

Dec. 14, 1947

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Bill Drake (rhythm guitar), Hal Smith (fiddle), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), Tommy Paige (lead guitar)

Leys Say Goodbye Like We said Hello (In a Friendly Kind of Way)
Takin It Easy
Seamans Blues
How Can I Forget You
Yesterdays Winner Is a Loser Today
Im With a Crowd But All Alone

Dec. 15, 1947

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Bill Drake (rhythm guitar), Zeke Turner (electric rhythm guitar), Hal Smith (fiddle), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), Tommy Paige (lead guitar)

Its a Lonely World (When Youre All Alone)
Mississippi Gal
The Trouble With Me Is Trouble
Heart, Please Be Still

Dec. 16, 1947

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Waiting For a Train
I Hope Im Wrong
Forever Is Ending Today
Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)

Jan. 23-24, 1949

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Bill Drake (rhythm guitar), Zeke Turner (electric rhythm guitar), Hal Smith (fiddle), Don Davis or Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Tommy Paige (lead guitar), Banjo Murphy (banjo)

Till the End of the World
Daddy, When Is Mommy Coming Home

Feb. 15, 1949

Los Angeles, California USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Victor Schoen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), LaVerne Andrews, Maxine Andrews, Patty Andrews (vocal), Tommy Paige (lead guitar), Wesley Webb Speedy West (steel guitar) (1), Eddie Kirk (rhythm guitar), Alfred Caldwell (bass guitar), Irv Cottler (drums) (2), Melvim W. Wally Weschler (piano)2

Don't Rob Another Man's Castle (1)
I'm Biting My Fingernsails and Thinking of You (2)

Jun. 12, 1949

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Bill Drake or Velma Smith (rhythm guitar), Hal Smith (fiddle), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Tommy Paige (lead guitar), Mack McGarr (mandolin), Zeke Turner (electric rhythm guitar)

My Filipino Rose
My Tennessee baby
Slipping Around
Warm Red Wine
Driftwood On the River

Aug. 26, 1949

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), The Three Troubadettes (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Don Davis (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (organ), Zeke Turner (electric rhythm guitar)

White Christmas
Blue Christmas

Nov. 8, 1949

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley(vocal), Ernie Newton(bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Don Helms (steel), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar) 2, Grady Martin (lead guitar)1,2, Owen Bradley (piano)1

Tennessee Border No. 2
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age

Nov. 9, 1949

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Don Helms (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Mack McGarr (mandolin)

Letters Have No Arms
I'll Take a back Seat to You
Throw Your Love My Way

Nov. 10, 1949

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (organ)

Stand By Me
The Old Rugged Cross
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
The Wonderful City
When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
Farther Along

Dec. 29, 1949

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar),Billy Byrd (lead guitar)

I Love You Because
Give Me A Little Old-Fashioned Love
Unfaithful One

Jun. 23, 1950

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley (vocal), Ernie Newton(bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Billy Robinson (steel), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar) Owen Bradley (piano)

Hillbilly Fever #2
Texas VS. Kentucky

Jun. 29, 1950

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar)

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
You Don't Have to Be A Baby to Cry
Mother, The Queen of My Heart

Jun. 30, 1950

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley, Sunshine Trio (vocal), Ernie Newton (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Billy Robinson (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Goodnight Irene

Sep. 9, 1950

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Beasley Sisters (vocal) 1,2, Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (organ)1,2 (piano)4

Christmas Island
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
I Need Attention Bad

Oct. 11, 1950

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar)

I'm Lonely and Blue
Why Did You Give Me Your Love
I'm Free From the Chain Gang Now
Why Should I Be Lonely
Hobo's Meditation

Oct. 13, 1950

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley, Minnie Pearl, Sunshine Trio(vocal), Ernie Newton (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Billy Robinson (steel), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Hank Garland, Grady Martin (lead guitar) Owen Bradley (piano)

Good Morning Irene
The Love Bug Itch

Jan. 11, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)1,2 (organ)3, Grady Martin (vibraphone)3

Don'y StayToo Long
I'm Stepping Out of the Picture
May the Good Lord Bless You

Jan. 15, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano) 2, 3, 4 (organ)1

When It's Prayer Meetin' Time In the Hollow
A Drunkard's Child
Any Old Time
If You Want Some Lovin'

Jan. 17, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley, Anita Kerr Singers vocal) 1, Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook rhythm guitar), Billy Robinson (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums) Hank Garland (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano) 2 (organ)1

So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)
The Chicken Song

Mar. 9, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley, Anita Kerr Singers vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook rhythm guitar), Farris Coursey (drums) Grady Martin, Hank Garland (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (organ), unknown (violin, celloo, clarinet)

The Strange Little Girl
Kentucky Waltz

Jun. 15, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Anita Kerr Singers (1,2), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Hey La La
Rose of the Mountain
Precious Little Baby
I'm With a Crowd But All Alone

Nov. 13, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

So Many Times
My Mother Must Have Been a Girl Like You
Somebody's Stolen My Baby
A Heartsick Soldier On Heartbreak Ridge

Nov. 14, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley(vocal), Ernie Newton(bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Billy Robinson (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar) Owen Bradley (piano)

I'm In Love With Molly
Too Old to Cut the Mustard

Nov. 30, 1951

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar) Owen Bradley (piano)

Missing In Action
I Will Miss You When You Go

Jun. 16, 1952

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Danny Dill (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar) Owen "Half Moon" Bradley (piano)

Fortunes In Memories
Dear Judge
Don't Brush Them On Me
I Love Everything You Do

Sep. 28, 1952

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Danny Dill (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar) Owen Bradley (piano)

Somebody Loves You
Don't Trifle On Your Sweetheart
We Need God For Christmas

Sep. 29, 1952

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Danny Dill (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Merry Texas Christmas, You All!
Blue Snowflakes

Feb. 24, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Danny Dill (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar) Owen Bradley (piano)

Hank, It Will Never Be the Same Without You
Beyond the Sunset
When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye
Jimmie Rodgers' Last Thoughts
My Wasted Past
Counterfeit Kisses
The Honeymoon Is Over

Feb. 27, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, rhythm guitar), Red Foley (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Hank Garland, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

No Help Wanted #2
You're A Real Good Friend

Aug. 5, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal) (1), Red Foley, Violet Elaine "Scooter Bill" Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Danny Dill (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

A Dear John Letter
Mean Age, In Between Age Blues

Aug. 6, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Red Foley (vocal), Jack Drake or Ernie Newton (bass guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar)2, Farris Coursey (drums), Hank Garland, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano), Farris Coursey (Blocks)(1)

Double Datin'
It's the Milage That's Slowin' Us Down

Aug. 14, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar),Danny Dill (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Divorce Granted
Honky Tonk' Heart
I'm Not Looking For An Angel

Sep. 2, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Danny Dill (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar)

I Met A Friend
When Jesus Calls

Oct. 6, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Red Foley(vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Jack Shook(rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Too Old to Tango
Dr. Ketchum

Oct. 23, 1953

Castle Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Unknown (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

I'm Trimming My Christmas Tree With Tear Drops
Love Lifted Me

Jan. 11, 1954

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Unknown (rhythm guitar), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Grady Martin (lead guitar)1,3, Owen Bradley (piano)

Till We Two Are One
Your Mother, Your Darling, Your Friend
Baby Your Mother (Like She babied You)
Jealous Loving Heart

Jun. 22, 1954

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Unknown (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Two Glasses Joe
The Woman's Touch
Journey's End
Kansas City Blues

Oct. 29, 1954

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Lonely Christmas Eve
I'll Be Walking the Floor For Christmas

Apr. 6, 1955

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey or Buddy Harman(drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Have You Seen My Boogie Woogie Baby
It's A Lonely World
I've Got the Blues For mammy

Jul. 14, 1955

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson, Dale Potter (fiddle)2, Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

(I'm Gonna Make My Home) A Million Miles
The Yellow Rose of Texas

Oct. 12, 1955

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Answer the Phone
The Honeymoon Is Over

Oct. 26, 1955

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey or Buddy Harmon (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
Doorstep to Heaven
Will You Be Satisfied That Way
Steppin' Out

Jan. 24, 1956

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle)1, Dickie Harris (steel guitar), Farris Coursey or Buddy Harmon (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Owen Bradley or Floyd Cramer (piano)

If I Never Have Anything Else
So Doggone Lonesome

Apr. 12, 1956

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Old Love Letters (Bring Memories of You)
Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out of Me)
Travelin' Blues

Jun. 12, 1956

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

You're the Only Good Thing
I've Got the Blues For Mammy
I Dreamed of An Old Love Affair
(I Know My Baby Loves Me) In Her Own Way

Jun. 13, 1956

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

MISSISSIPPI Gal
There's No Fool Like A Young Fool
I Knew the Moment I Lost You
You're Breaking My Heart

Jun. 14, 1956

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

When A Soldier Knocks and Finds Nobody Home
This Troubled Mind O' Mine
My Hillbilly Baby
Daisy May

Sep. 13, 1956

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Loving You My Weakness
Treat Her Right
I Want You to Know That I Love You

Jan. 16, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle)2, Unknown (steel guitar), Farris Coursey or Buddy Harmon (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar; electric 1, acoustic 2), Grady Martin (lead gtuitar)1, Floyd Cramer (piano)

Don't Forbid Me
God's Eyes

Jan. 17, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Dale Potter (second fiddle)1, Ray "Kemo" Head (steel guitar), Farris Coursey or Buddy Harmon (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Grady Martin (second lead gtuitar)1, Floyd Cramer (piano)

My Treasure
The Gal's Dont Mean A Thing (In My Young Life)

Feb. 2, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Teddy & Doyle Wilburn(vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Unknown (steel guitar), Farris Coursey or Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Grady Martin (second lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Leave Me
Mister Love

Jul. 18, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Engineer (Mort Thomasson)

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Teddy & Doyle Wilburn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Grady Martin (fiddle)2, Farris Coursey (rums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Grady Martin (second lead guitar)1, Floyd Cramer (piano)

I Always Went Through
Go Home

Nov. 11, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Teddy & Doyle Wilburn, Anita Kerr Singers (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Farris Coursey or Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar)1, Grady Martin (lead guitar)2, Floyd Cramer (piano), Anita Kerr Singers (hand clapping) (1)

Hey Mr. Bluebird
How Do We Know

Nov. 12, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Teddy & Doyle Wilburn, Anita Kerr Singers (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Grady Martin (lead guitar)1,2, Hank Garland (second lead guitar)1, Owen Bradley (piano)1, Floyd Cramer (piano)2

House of Glass
Heaven Help Me

Nov. 13, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Anita Kerr Singers (vocal)1,2, Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle)1,3,4, Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Grady Martin (second lead guitar)1,2, 4, Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)1, Owen Bradley (piano)1, Floyd Cramer (piano)1,2,4

Tangled Mind
Home of the Blues
I Found My Girl In the U.S.A.
Geisha Girl

Nov. 14, 1957

Bradley Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Paul Cohen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar), Ray "Kemo" Head (steel guitar)1,3, Farris Coursey or Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar)1, Grady Martin (lead guitar)2, 3, Grady Martin (second lead guitar)1, Floyd Cramer (piano)2,3, Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)2

I Wonder Why I Worry Over You
Deep Purple Blues
Please Keep Me In Mind

May 16, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Deep Purple Blues
Please Keep Me In Mind
The Gals Don't Mean A Thing
I Wonder Why I Worry Over You

May 19, 1958

Bradley Film &Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I' A Long Gone Daddy
Your Cheatin' Heart
Don't Trade Your Old-Fashioned Sweetheart (For A Honky-Tonk Queen)
It Makes No Difference Now

May 20, 1958

Bradley Film &Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Engineer: Jim Lockert, Selby Coffeen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

San Antonio Rose
I Always Went Through

May 22, 1958

Bradley Film &Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I Want You to Know That I Love You
That, My Darlin', Is Me
I'll Get Along Somehow

Jun. 9, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Educated Mama
I'm Waiting For Ship That Never Came In

Jun. 11, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Half A Mind
Next Time
Goodbye Sunshine Hello Blues

Sep. 24, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Murrey "Buddy" Harman (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

It's the Age That Makes the Difference
What Am I Living For

Oct. 6, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

The Next Voice You Hear
All Those Yesterdays
Walking the Floor Over You
When the World Has Turned You Down

Oct. 8, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley'

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), H. K. "Smiley" Wilson, Grady Martin (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

I'll Always Be Glad to take You back
It's been So Long Darlin'
Careless Darlin'
Though the Days Were Only Seven

Oct. 9, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Last Night I Dreamed
Slipping Around
I Love You Because
There's Nothing More to Say

Oct. 10, 1958

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

There's A Little Bit of Everything In Texas
You Nearly Lose Your Mind
Blue Christmas
Don't Rob Another Man's Castle

Feb. 23, 1959

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

What I Know About Her
I Cried A Tear

Feb. 24, 1959

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Jordanaires (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson, Grady Martin (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Let's Say Goodbye Like We said Hello (In A Friendly Kind of Way)
Driftwood On the River
I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye

Feb. 26, 1959

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Jordanaires (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye
Tomorrow Never Comes
Filipino Baby
I'd Rather Be

Mar. 2, 1959

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Anita Kerr Singers (vocal)1,2,3,4, Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Letters Have No Arms
Rainbow At Midnight
Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
I Will Miss You When You Go
I'd Rather Be

Mar. 20, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Bobby Garrett (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Buddy Emmons, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

Live It Up
(I've Lost You) So Why Should I Care
Accidently On Purpose

Mar. 29, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Bobby Garrett (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Buddy Emmons, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Do It Now
He'll Have to Go
Mister Blues
The Kind of Love She Gave to Me

Mar. 30, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Bobby Garrett (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Buddy Emmons, Grady Martin (lead guitar)

Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
This Ain't the Blues

Apr. 6, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson, Grady Martin (rhythm guitar), Bobby Garrett (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Buddy Emmons (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

You Win Again
I Believe I'm Entitled to You
A Guy Named Joe
Who'll Buy the Wine

Apr. 7, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Why I'm Walking
White Silver Sands
Am I That Easy to Forget

Jun. 6, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Anita Kerr Singers (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Bobby Garrett (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano)

Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Let the Little Girl Dance

Sep. 21, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Billy Bun Wilson (drums), Leon Rhodes(lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Candy Kisses
It Happened When I Really Needed You
Wondering
Cold Cold Heart

Sep. 28, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Anita Kerr Singers(vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Ben Schaenfele (steel guitar), Billy Bun Wilson (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Grady Martin (Six-string bass guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Four Walls
Bouquet of Roses
Crazy Arms

Sep. 29, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Billy Bun Wilson (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Grady Martin (Six-string bass guitar)2,3, Floyd Cramer (piano)

I Love You So Much It Hurts
I Walk the Line
Little Ole Band of Gold

Oct. 25, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Wabash Cannonball
I'm Movin' On

Nov. 27, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Pete Drake (steel guitar), Farris Coursey (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Grady Martin (Six-string bass guitar)1, Floyd Cramer (piano)

Tennessee Saturday Night
Signed, Sealed and Delivered

Dec. 4, 1960

Bradley Film & Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Thoughts of A Fool
Girl From Abilene

Dec. 5, 1960

Bradley Film Recording & Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

The Same Thing As Me
Christmas Is Just Another Day For Me
I Hate to See You Go
I'm Sorry Now

Dec. 20, 1960

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Pete Drake (steel guitar), Billy Bun Wilson (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar),Grady Martin (Six-String bass guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

What Will You Tell Them
it Is No Secret
Don't Just Stand There (When You Feel Like You're In Love)

Dec. 21, 1960

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Big Blue Diamond
I'll Just Have A Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go)

May 28, 1961

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Jan Kurtis (drums), Leon Rhodes, Grady Martin (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano)

Go to Sleep Conscience (Don't Hurt Me This Time)
Through That Door

Jun. 29, 1961

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Dale Potter (fiddle), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Jan Kurtis (drums), Leon Rhodes,Hank Garland (lead guitar)

What Kind of God Do You Think You Are

Aug. 4, 1961

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Jan Kurtis (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar)

Walking the Floor Ober You

Sep. 14, 1961

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Rudolph the Red-osed Reindeer
I Never Could Say No
In and Out (Of Every Heart In Town)

Mar. 2, 1962

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jan Kurtis (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

Women Make A Fool Out of Me
Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
Walking the Follor Over You (instrumental)

Mar. 4, 1962

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Try Me One More Time
Lover's Waltz
Show Her Lots of Gold

Mar. 19, 1962

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I'm Looking High and Low For My Baby
Go On Home
Try Me One More Time

Apr.4, 1962

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Watching My Past Go By
Show Her Lots of Gold
Bandera Waltz

Apr. 17, 1962

Bradley Recording Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I Told You So
I Loved You Once

Apr. 19, 1962

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

An Old Faded Photograph
The Last Letter

Jun. 11, 1962

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bobby Steel (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle) Floyd Cramer (piano)

Beyond the Last Mile
Just Call Me Lonesome
Just Pardners

Jun. 12, 1962

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

If You Call That Gone, Goodbye
How Can I Be Sure
I'll Never Tell You I Love You

Jun. 13, 1962

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I Think I'll Give Up
How Can I Be Sure
Just Call Me Lonesome

Aug. 30, 1962

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

House of Sorrow
No Letter Today

Jan. 10, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Grant C. Shofner (aka, Cal Smith) (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano)

The Great Speckled Bird
Family Bible
He'll Understand and Say Well Done

Jan. 28, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar),Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar)

Mr. Juke Box

Jan. 29, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

Mr. Juke Box
Walking the Floor Over You
That's All She Wrote
Just One More

Feb. 11, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Jordanaires (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith(rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

Wings of A Dove
I Saw the Light
Stand By Me
What A Friend We have In Jesus
When It's Prayer Meetin' Time In the Hollow

Feb. 12, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Jordanaires (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith(rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Precious Memories
If We Never Meet Again
Lonesome Valley

Mar. 11, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

Follow Me
Your Side of the Story

Jul. 8, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb(vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Harold Weakley (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Be Better to Your Baby
The Way That You're Living (Is Breaking My Heart)
Your Side of the Story

Jul. 9, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Beyond the Last Mile
Thanks A Lot

Jul. 10, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb(vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Thanks A Lot
Lonesome 7-7203

Aug. 8, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

Stop Me (If You've Heard This One Before)
Big Fool of the Year

Aug. 12, 1963

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

Take A Letter Miss Gray
Lonesome 7-7203

Jan. 9, 1964

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

Think of Me, Thinking of You
The Green Light

Jan. 20, 1964

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

There She Goes
I Almost Lost My Mind
Steppin' Out

Mar. 10, 1964

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith(rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Bill Pursell (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Love Was Right Here All the Time
I'll Just call You Darlin'
Two In the Cold
Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be

Jul. 23, 1964

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar),Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass guitar)

Pass the Booze

Oct. 14, 1964

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

(A Memory) That's All You'll Ever Be to Me
Turn Around Walk Away
Red Top (Instrumental)

Oct. 19, 1964

Bradley Studios Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Hello World
The Last Goodbye
That's When It's Coming Home to You

Jan. 12, 1965

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith(rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar), Bill Pursell (piano)

Are You Mine
Just Between the Two of Us

Jan. 13, 1965

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar), Jerry Smith (piano)

Lots of Luck
My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers

Jan. 14, 1965

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar), Jerry Smith (piano)

Do What You Do Well
Throw Your Love My Way
The Wild Side of Life

Jan. 15, 1965

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar), Jerry Smith (piano)

I'm With A Crowd But So Alone
Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love
Precious Little Baby
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight

Jan. 18, 1965

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar), Jerry Smith (piano)

I Reached For the Wine
My Past Brought Me to You (Your Past Brought You to Me)
A Dear John Letter

Jan. 19, 1965

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar), Jerry Smith (piano)

We're Not Kids Anymore
Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming In
Our Hearts Are Holding Hands

Feb. 8, 1965

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead guitar), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano)

Each Night At Nine
Big City
Before I'm Over You

Feb. 15, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes, Jerry Shook (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano)

Beggar to a King
When Two Worlds Collide
Fraulein

Feb 16, 1965

Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes, Jerry Shook(lead guitar) Hargus Pig Robbinns (piano)

She Called Me Baby
Tell Her So
Don't Be Angry
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail

Apr. 19, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith, Jerry Shook (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead acoustic guitar) Jerry Smith (piano)

Waltz Across Texas

Apr. 20, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead acoustic guitar) Jerry Smith (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Lost Highway
After the Boy Gets the Girl

Apr. 21, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I'll Be There
Holdin' Hands
With Tears In My Eyes

Jun. 21, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Blue Christmas Tree
Who's Gonna Be Your Santa Calus This Year

Sep. 28, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

It's For God, And Country, and You, Mom (Thay's Why I'm Fighting In Viet Nam)
You'll Still Be In My Heart
Forgive Me

Dec. 17, 1965

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Wilburn Brothers (vocal)3, Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead acoustic guitar), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made Around Here
You'll Never Get A Better Chance Than This
Hey Mr. Bluebird

Dec. 20, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Too Many Rivers
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You

Dec. 21, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Till My Getup Has Got Up and Gone
Release Me
Mom and Dad Waltz
Born to Lose

Dec. 22, 1965

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Hello Trouble
Just One More
Born to Lose
I'll Keep On Loving You

Feb. 28, 1966

Columbia RecordingStudio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Willie Ackerman (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead acoustic guitar) Moon Mullican (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Under Your Spell Again
They'll Never Take Her Love From Me

Mar. 1, 1966

Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead acoustic guitar) Moon Mullican (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)
Tennessee Waltz
Fireball Mail
I Hung My Head and Cried

Mar. 2, 1966

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead acoustic guitar) Moon Mullican (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Before I Met You
Memphis
I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight

Apr. 1, 1966

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
Waitin' Your Welfare Line
No Matter What Happens My Darling

Aug. 11, 1966

RCA Victor Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Leon Rhodes (lead acoustic guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass)

Another Story, Another Time, Another Place
There's No Room In My Heart (For the Blues)

Dec 21, 1966

Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Pete Wade (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Kelso Herston (electric bass guitar)

Yearning
Sweet Thang
Let's Stop Right Where We Are
Beautiful, Unhappy Home

Dec. 30, 1966

Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Wayne Moss (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

I'm Biting My Fingernails and Thinking of You
Love Is No Excuse
One to Ten
The Thin Grey Line

Jan 4, 1967

Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Buddy Harman (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Beautiful Friendships
We'll Never Change
Bartender
I'm Not Leaving You (It's All In Your Mind)

Jan 9, 1967

Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Yerterday's Winner Is A Loser Today
In the Jailhouse Now
Apartment #9

Jan. 11, 1967

RCA Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Jack Greene (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Bill Pursell (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass guitar)

Bring Your Heart Home
The Cold Hard Facts of Life

Jan. 13, 1967

RCA Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Len Miller (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Bill Pursell (piano), Jerry Shook (electric bass)

Takin' It Easy Here
Loose Talk
You Beat All I Ever saw
Apartment #9
I Never Had the One I Wanted

Oct. 31, 1967

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Grady Martin (electric bass)

Too Much of Not Enough
Nothing Is Better Than You
It Sure Helps A Lot

Nov. 1, 1967

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Too Much Is Not Enough
Take These Chains From My Heart
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
Hey Good Lookin'

Nov. 1, 1967

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Window Shopping
Someday You'll Call My Name
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You

Dec. 19, 1967

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Mansion On the Hill
Mind Your Own Business
Your Cheatin' Heart
Cold Cold Heart

Feb. 26, 1968

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Bill Pursell (piano), Buck Evans (electric bass guitar)

If My Heart Had Windows
I'm Gonna Make Like A Snake
Life Turned Her That Way

Feb. 27, 1968

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Bob Wilson (piano), Buck Evans (electric bass guitar)

Crying Time
One More Memory
If I Ever Stop Hurtin'
Just Pack Up and Go
I Threw Away the Rose
Send Me the Pillow You Dream On

Mar. 6, 1968

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), Buck Evans (electric bass guitar)

Mama, Who Was That Man
Don't Squeeze My Charmin
Sing Me Back Home
A Dime At A Time

Mar. 11, 1968

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), Buck Evans (electric bass guitar)

The Bottle Let Me Down
Destination Atlanta G.A.
The Image of Me

Apr. 16, 1968

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Jack Drake (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), J.D. Fontana (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), Buck Evans (electric bass guitar)

That's the Chance I'll Have to Take
Today
She Went A Little Bit Farther

Dec. 20, 1968

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Jordanaires (vocal), Noel Eugene Stanley (bass guitar), Cal Smith (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Saturday Satin Sunday Saint
Tommy's Doll
One More Memory

Feb. 18, 1969

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Noel Stanley (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Floyd Cramer (piano), James Wilkerson (electric bass guitar)

If We Put Our Heads Together (Our Hearts Will Tell Us What to Do)
I Chased You Till You Caught Me
I Won't Cheat Again On You (If You Won't Cheat On Me)
Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out

Mar. 3, 1969

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Noel Stanley (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), James Wilkerson (electric bass guitar)

Let's Turn Back the Years
Folsom Prison Blues
Making Believe

Mar. 11, 1969

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Holding On to Nothing
Somewhere Between
Let's Wait A Little Longer

Mar. 17, 1969

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Noel Stanley (bass guitar), Billy Parker, Jerry Shook (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano)

The Carroll County Accident
I Started Loving You Again
Games People Play

Mar. 19, 1969

Columbia Studios; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Noel Stanley (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

She's Looking Better By the Minute
Just A Drink Away
Somebody Better Than Me

Mar. 31, 1969

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Noel Stanley (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Larry Butler (piano), Jimmy Wilkerson (electric bass guitar)

Give My Love to Rose
I'll Go On Alone
I Need Attention Bad
Yesterday's Tears

Apr. 1, 1969

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn (vocal), Noel Stanley (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Steve Chapman (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Won't You Come Home (And Talk to A Stranger)
The Odd Couple
Touch and Go
Let the Worls Keep On A Turnin'

Apr. 3, 1969

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Blue Eyed Elaine
Our Baby's Book
I'm Free At Last
You Won't Ever Forgive Me

Jan. 5, 1970

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Jordanaires (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), James Wilkerson (electric bass guitar)

It's America (Love It Or Leave It)
A Good Year For the Wine

Apr. 6, 1970

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), James Wilkerson (electric bass guitar), Leon Boulanger (fiddle)

When the Grass Grows Over Me
Wine Me Up
I'm So Affraid of Losing You Again

Apr. 21, 1970

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb(vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), James Wilkerson (electric bass guitar), Leon Boulanger (fiddle)

One Minute Past Eternity
Be Glad
Dear Judge

Apr. 28, 1970

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Billy Parker (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Wayne Jerrnigan (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar), Leon Boulanger (fiddle)

A Good Year For the Wine
Even the Bad Times Are Good
She's A Little Bit Country
Pearlie Mae's Place

Dec. 21, 1970

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Sonny Lonas (drums), Jack Mollette (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar), Leon Boulanger (fiddle)

When Ole Goin' Gets A Goin'
Teach My Daddy How to pray
One Sweet Hello

Dec. 22, 1970

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Don't Back A Man Up In A Corner
Commercial Affection
The Key's In the Mailbox

Dec. 30, 1970

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

She Goes Walking Through My Mind
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Shenandoah Waltz

May. 14, 1971

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Sonny Lonas (drums), Jack Mollette (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar), Leon Boulanger (fiddle)

As Long As There's A Sunday
Sometimes You Just Can't Win
Touching Home
Look Twice Before You Go

Jan. 26, 1972

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Jack Mollette (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar), Leon Boulanger (fiddle)

I've Been Walkin'
Say Something Nice To Sara
The Road Is Closed

Feb. 15, 1972

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Honky Tonks & You
Ninety-Nine Years
It's Four In the Morning
Heartaches By the Number

Feb. 16, 1972

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

I Care No More
In the Corner
Good Hearted Woman

Sep. 12, 1972

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Jerry Shook (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Jack Mollette (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Boby It's So Hard to Be Good
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today

Sep. 12, 1972

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Bubbles In My Beer
Hillbilly Waltz
Big Blue Diamond
I've Got A New Heartache

Sep. 13, 1972

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: Decca Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Herman Wade (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Bill Pfender (drums), Jack Mollette (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone
Truck Driving Man
That Certain One

Mar. 13, 1973

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Steve Chapman (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Don Mills (drums), Bobby Davis (lead guitar), Jerry Smith (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Missing In Action
The Texas Troubadours

Mar. 16, 1973

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Don't She Look Good
A Daisy A Day
Miles In Memories

Mar. 19, 1973

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Buddy Charleton (steel guitar), Don Mills (drums), Bobby Davis (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Texas Dance Hall Girl
The Lord Knows I'm Drinking
I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle

Mar. 19, 1973

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)
What My Woman Can't Do
The Last Letter

Feb. 20, 1974

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Walter Haynes

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda (bass guitar), Steve Chapman (rhythm guitar), Don Helms (steel guitar), Don Mills (drums), Billy Byrd (lead guitar), Jerry Whitehurst (piano)

Anything But This
Don't Water Down the Bad News

May. 28, 1975

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), David Evans (bass guitar), Wayne Hammond(rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Don Mills (drums), Pete Mitchell (lead guitar), Henry Gene Dunlap (piano)

The Busiest Memory In Town
I'd Like to Live It Again
If You Don't Quit Checkin' On Me (I'm Checkin' Out On You)

May. 29, 1975

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), David Evans (bass guitar), Wayne Hammond(rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Don Mills (drums), Pete Mitchell (lead guitar), Hargus Robbins (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar)

Somewhere Country-Somewhere City USA
Holding Things Together
I'm Living In Sunshine

Jun. 17, 1975

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), David Evans (bass guitar), Wayne Hammond(rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Don Mills (drums), Pete Mitchell (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano)

You're My Best Friend
She's Already Gone

Jun. 18, 1975

Bradley's Barn; Mt. Juliet, Tennessee USA

Label: MCA Records

Producer: Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), David Evans (bass guitar), Wayne Hammond(rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Don Mills (drums), Pete Mitchell (lead guitar), Owen Bradley (piano), Harold Bradley (electric bass guitar), Johnny Gimble (fiddle)

It's Time to Pay the Fiddler
The Door's Always Open

Feb. 28, 1977

Fireside Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown

Producer: Fuzzy Owen

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Merle Haggard (vocal)6, David Kirby (bass guitar), Hollis Delaughter, aka Red Lane (rhythm guitar), Joe Allen (steel guitar), Grady Martin(electric lead guitar)

Troubadour
Try Me One Miore Time
I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back
It's Been So Long Darling
Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
I Started Loving You Again
It Makes No Difference Now

Mar. 23, 1977

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda Jr, Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Wayne Hammond (rhythm guitar), Jack Solomon (guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar), Bobby Rector (drums), Owen Bradley (piano)

A Month of Sunday's
Sometimes I Do
A Good Mind to Leave Her Anyway
Half My Heart's In Texas

Mar. 24, 1977

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Walking the Floor Over You

Mar. 25, 1977

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda Jr, Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Jack Solomon, Wayne Hammond (rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar), Bobby Rector (drums), Owen Bradley (piano)

Jealous Loving Heart
You're the Obnly Good Thing
Papers and Pens

Apr. 4, 1977

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda Jr, Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Jack Solomon, Wayne Hammond (rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar),Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar), Bobby Rector (drums), Jeffrey Tweel (piano)

Waltz Across Texas
Set Up Two Glasses Joe
You Nearly Lose Your Mind

Apr. 5, 1977

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Our Baby's Book
Answer the Phone
Soldier's Last Letter
Journey's End

Oct. 17, 1977

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete DrakeSession Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Joe Pruneda Jr (bass guitar), Jack Solomon, Lawrence "Ronnie" Blackwell (rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar),Charles Browning (drums), Jeffrey Tweel (piano)

When the World Has Turned You Down
Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
Seaman's Blues
Thanks A Lot
Blue Eyed Elaine

Aug. 14, 1978

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Larry D. Emmons, Tommy D. Allsup (bass guitar),Walter "Rusty" Adams (rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar), James D. Capps (acoustic guitar), Randy M. "Panda" Woorley(drums), Owen Bradley (piano)

Half A Mind
Rainbow At Midnight
Filipino Baby
Jimmie Rodger's Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out of Me)
It's Been So Long Darling

Jan. 22, 1979

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Larry D. Emmons (bass guitar), Jack Solomon, Walter "Rusty" Adams, Tommy Hill (rhythm guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar), Jimmy Joe Heap (drums), Jeff Tweel (piano)

One More Day
I Ain't Been Right Since You Went Wrong
Sad Songs and Waltzes

1979

Music City Recorders; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label:

Producer: Biff Collie

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal, as part of Atlas Artists Cowboy Rhythm Band

Houston Is A Honky Tonk Town
Welcome Back Again
What This Country Needs Is (A Gool Old Country Song)

May 19, 1980

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Harold Bradley (bass guitar),Ronnie Dale Rotroff (rhythm guitar), John R. "Dumplin" Cox (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar),Jerry Don Borden (drums),Owen Bradley (piano)

Driftwood On the River
I'm Gonna Make My Home (A Million Milesa From Here)
I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Home
Letters Have No Arms
Give Me An Old Fashioned Love
Try Me One More Time

May 20, 1980

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Ronnie Dale Rotroff (rhythm guitar), John R. "Dumplin" Cox (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar), Jerry Don Borden (drums), Owen Bradley (piano)

I'll Step Aside
(When You Feel Like You're In Love) Don't Just Stand There
I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye
I'm With A Crowd But So Alone
Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)

Nov. 12, 1980

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Ronnie Dale Rotroff, Ernest Tubb Jr., Jack Solomon (rhythm guitar), John R. "Dumplin" Cox (steel guitar), Pete Michaud (electric lead guitar), Jimmy Joe Heap (drums), Jeffrey Tweel (piano)

Mr. Juke Box
Tomorrow Never Comes
There's A Little Bit of Everything In Texas
Sweet Thang

Jan. 15, 1981

LSI Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown

Producer: Phil Baugh, Buddy Emmons

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal)2, Sammi Smith (vocal), Walter David Smith (bass guitar), Leon Rhodes (rhythm guitar), Phil Baugh (electric lead guitar), Buddy Emmons (steel guitar), Terry L. McMillan, Buddy Harman (drums), William Rainsford (piano), Victor Jordan (banjo)

I'll Be Your San Antone Rose
Waltz Across Texas

Mar. 11, 1981

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: First Generation Records

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal), Harold Bradley (bass, acoustic guitar)1, Ronnie Dale Rotroff, William Hullett (rhythm guitar), Pete Michaud (electriv lead guitar), Lynn Owsley (steel guitar), Jerry Don Borden (drums), Owen Bradley (piano)

Dear Judge
Drivin' Mails In My Coffin
Yesterday's Winner Is A Loser Today
That Wild and Wicked Look In Your Eyes

Early 1981

Pete's Place; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown (possibly First Generation Records)

Producer: Pete Drake

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal)

One Way Love

Jul. 26, 1982

Creative Workshop; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Unknown

Producer: Joe Gibson

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb (vocal)2, Billy Parker (vocal), Walter David Smith (bass, acoustic guitar), Leon Rhodes (rhythm guitar), James D. Capps (lead guitar), Doyle Lawton Grisham (steel guitar), Herbert D. "Hoot" Hester, Tommy Williams (fiddle), Cecil Ray Cobb (piano)

Too Many Irons In the Fire
Tomorrow Never Comes
Love Don't Know A Lady

Aug. 5, 1982

Sound Stage Studio; Nashville, Tennessee USA

Label: Warner Brothers

Producer: Jimmy Bowen, Hank Williams Jr.

Session Personnel: Ernest Tubb, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr. (vocal), David Hungate (bass, acoustic guitar), Kenny Mims (rhythm guitar), Billy Joe Walker, Reggie Young (lead guitar), Matt Betton Jr. (drums), Larry Muhoberac (piano), David Briggs (keyboards), Dennis Solee (clarinet), Kieran Kane (mnandolin)

Leave Them Boys Alone

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Musicians Who Recorded With Ernest Tubb (1936~1968)

Alfred Caldwell (bass guitar)
Anita Kerr Singers (vocals)
Banjo Murphy (banjo)
Beasley Sisters (vocal)
Ben Schaenfele (steel guitar)
Bill Drake (rhythm guitar)
Bill Pfender (drums)
Bill Pursell (piano)
Billy Bun Wilson (drums)
Billy Byrd (lead guitar)
Billy Joe Walker (lead guitar)
Billy Parker (rhythm guitar)
Billy Robinson (steel guitar)
Bob Wilson (piano)
Bobby Davis (lead guitar)
Bobby Garrett (steel guitar)
Bobby Rector (drums)
Buck Evans (electric bass)
Buddy Charleton (steel guitar)
Buddy Emmons (steel guitar)
Buddy Harman (drums)
Cal Smith* (rhythm guitar)
Cecil Ray Cobb (piano)
Charles Quirk (rhythm guitar)
Dale Potter (fiddle)
Danny Dill (rhythm guitar)
David Briggs (keyboards)
David Evans (bass guitar)
David Hungate (bass, acoustic guitar)
David Kirby (bass guitar)
Dennis Solee (clarinet)
Dick Ketner (lead guitar)
Dickie Harris (steel guitar)
Don Davis (steel guitar)
Don Helms (steel guitar)
Don Mills (drums)
Douglas Kirkham (drums)
Doyle Lawton Grisham (steel guitar)
Eddie Kirk (rhythm guitar)
Eddie Tudor (lead guitar)
Ernest Tubb Jr. (rhythm guitar)
Ernie Newton (bass guitar)
Farris Coursey (drums)
Fay Smith (steel guitar, lead guitar)
Floyd Cramer (piano)
Grady Martin (lead guitar)
H. K. "Smiley" Wilson (rhythm guitar)
Hal Smith (fiddle)
Hank Garland (lead guitar)
Hank Williams Jr. (vocal)
Hargus Pig Robbins (piano)
Harold Bradley(electric bass)
Harold Weakley (drums)
Herman Wade (rhythm guitar)
Henry Gene Dunlap (piano)
Herbert D. "Hoot" Hester (fiddle)
Hollis Delaughter, aka Red Lane (rhythm guitar)
Howard G. Johnson (lead guitar)
Irv Cottler (drums)
Jack Drake (bass guitar)
Jack Greene (drums)
Jack Mollette (lead guitar)
Jack Shook (rhythm guitar)
Jack Solomon (rhythm guitar)
James D. Capps (lead guitar)
James Wilkerson (electric bass guitar)
Jan Kurtis (drums)
J.D. Fontana (drums)
Jeffrey Tweel (piano)
Jerry Don Borden (drums)
Jerry Shook (electric bass)
Jerry Smith (piano)
Jerry Whitehurst (piano)
Jimmy Joe Heap (drums)
Jimmy Short (lead guitar)
Joe Allen (steel guitar)
Joe Pruneda (bass guitar)
John R. "Dumplin" Cox (steel guitar)
Johnny Gimble (fiddle)
Johnny Johnson (rhythm guitar)
Johnny Sapp (fiddle)
Jordanaires (vocal)
Kelso Herston (electric bass)
Kenny Mims (rhythm guitar)
Kieran Kane (mnandolin)
Larry Butler (piano)
Larry Muhoberac (piano)
LaVerne Andrews (vocal)
Len Miller (drums)
Leon Boulanger (fiddle)
Leon Short (rhythm guitar)
Loretta Lynn(vocal)
Lynn Owsley(steel guitar)
Mack McGarr (mandolin)
Matt Betton Jr. (drums)
Maxine Andrews (vocal)
Merle Haggard (vocal)
Melvim W. Wally Weschler (piano)
Merwyn J. Buffington (lead guitar)
Moon Mullican (piano)
Noel Eugene Stanley (bass guitar)
Owen Bradley (organ, piano)
Patty Andrews (vocal)
Pete Drake (steel guitar)
Pete Michaud (lead guitar)
Pete Wade (lead guitar)
Phil Baugh (electric lead guitar)
Ray Kemo Head (steel guitar)
Red Foley(vocal)
Red Herron (fiddle)
Reggie Young (lead guitar)
Ronnie Dale Rotroff (rhythm guitar)
Rusty Gabbard (rhythm guitar)
Sammi Smith (vocal)
Sonny Lonas (drums)
Speedy West (steel guitar)
Steve Chapman (lead guitar)
Sunshine Trio (vocal)
Terry L. McMillan (drums)
The Three Troubadettes (vocal)
Tommy Jackson (fiddle)
Tommy Paige (lead guitar)
Tommy Williams (fiddle
Velma Smith (rhythm guitar)
Victor Jordan (banjo)
Violet Elaine "Scooter Bill" Tubb (vocal)
Walter David Smith (bass, acoustic guitar)
Waylon Jennings (vocal)
Wayne Fleming (steel guitar)
Wayne Hammond (rhythm guitar)
Wayne Jerrnigan (drums)
Wesley Tuttle (bass guitar)
Wayne Moss (lead guitar)
William Hullett (rhythm guitar)
William Rainsford (piano)
Willie Ackerman (drums)
Zeke Turner (electric rhythm guitar)

*-Aka, Grant C. Shofner

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Front row L-R: Leon Short (guitar), Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Short (guitar)

Back row: Unknown, Unknown, Johnny Sapp (fiddle) circia 1945

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, compiled and written by Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music Nov. 3, 2011.

Antioch, TN 37013