Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor
Date: 11/2/2010
Post: 984
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music. In 1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of "Blue Christmas", a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his mid-1950s version. Another well-known Tubb hit was "Waltz Across Texas" (1965), which became one of his most requested songs and is often used in dance halls throughout Texas during waltz lessons. In the early 1960s, he recorded duets with up-and-coming Loretta Lynn, including their hit "Sweet Thang". Tubb is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
This song goes out to Dick Schaefer, Jack Grant, Bill Johnson, Ron Steele and Brian Duschell and all the old regulars at 'The Happy Hollow' beer joint in Oriole, MO. Here is Ernest Tubb, the 'Texas Troubadour', singing "Waltz Across Texas" .....
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