The Definitive Hits Collection

~ Release by Ernest Tubb (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1My Filipino Rose
3:09
2Slipping Around
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1958-10-09)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1958-10-09)
guitar:
Howard G. Johnson (on 1958-10-09) and Thomas Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1958-10-09)
membranophone:
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1958-10-09)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1958-10-09)
steel guitar:
Buddy Emmons (on 1958-10-09)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1958-10-09)
cover recording of:
Slippin’ Around (on 1949-06-12)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman (in 1949)
2:53
3Blue Christmas
2:46
4Tennessee Border No. 2
producer:
Paul Cohen (Nashville country producer)
double bass:
Ernest "Ernie" Newton (contrabassist) (on 1949-11-08)
guitar:
Red Foley (US country music musician) (on 1949-11-08) and Thomas Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1949-11-08)
organ:
Owen Bradley (on 1949-11-08)
steel guitar:
Billy Robinson (country guitarist) (on 1949-11-08)
vocals:
Red Foley (US country music musician) (on 1949-11-08), Judy Martin (country singer) (on 1949-11-08) and Ernest Tubb (on 1949-11-08)
recorded at:
Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1949-11-08)
recording of:
Tennessee Border No. 2 (on 1949-11-08)
writer:
Henry D. Haynes, Kenneth C. Burns and Jimmy Work (Country music singer and songwriter)
parody version of:
Tennessee Border
2:37
5Letters Have No Arms
recording of:
Letter Have No Arms
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
3:06
6I'll Take a Back Seat for You
2:43
7Throw Your Love My Way
2:34
8I Love You Because
recorded at:
Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1949-12-29)
cover recording of:
I Love You Because (on 1949-12-29)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
32:40
9Unfaithful One
recorded at:
Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1949-12-29)
recording of:
Unfaithful One (on 1949-12-29)
lyricist and composer:
J.M. Lyle
writer:
A. Lyle and Cliff Bruner
3:06
10Give Me a Little Old-Fashioned Love
3:04
11Goodnight Irene
performer:
Red Foley (US country music musician) and Ernest Tubb
cover recording of:
Goodnight Irene (on 1950-06-30)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
33:03
12(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
lead vocals:
Ernest Tubb
cover recording of:
(Remember Me) I’m the One Who Loves You
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
2:57
13Hey La, La
3:11
14Missing in Action
3:07
15Fortunes in Memories
2:35
16The Yellow Rose of Texas
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1955-07-14)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1955-07-14)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1955-07-14) and Dale Potter (on 1955-07-14)
guitar and membranophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1955-07-14)
piano:
Owen Bradley (on 1955-07-14)
steel guitar:
Dickie Harris (on 1955-07-14)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1955-07-14)
recording of:
The Yellow Rose of Texas
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music
2:27
17Mister Love
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1957-02-02)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1957-02-02)
electric guitar, membranophone and steel guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1957-02-02)
guitar:
Arthur “Rusty” Gabbard (on 1957-02-02)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1957-02-02)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1957-02-02), Doyle Wilburn (on 1957-02-02) and Teddy Wilburn (country music singer, publisher and songwriter) (on 1957-02-02)
recording of:
Mister Love
writer:
Doug Kershaw (American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana) and Rusty Kershaw
publisher:
Dimension Gate Music and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:26
18Half a Mind
recording of:
Half a Mind (on 1958-06-11)
lyricist and composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
2:28
19Thanks a Lot
recording of:
Thanks a Lot (made popular by Ernest Tubb: “Thanks, thanks a lot / I got a broken heart, that’s all I’ve got…”)
writer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) and Don Sessions
publisher:
Neta Johnston Music, Regent Music Corp. and Roschelle Publishing Co.
42:32
20Waltz Across Texas
recording of:
Waltz Across Texas
lyricist and composer:
Billy Talmadge Tubb
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
32:38