1. Kansas City Blues 2. The Woman's Touch 3. Have You Seen My Boogie Woogie Baby 4. It’s A Lonely World 5. The Yellow Rose Of Texas 6. A Million Miles From Here 7. Thirty Days 8. Answer The Phone 9. So Doggone Lonesome 10. If I Never Have Anything Else 11. Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel 12. Will You Be Satisfied That Way 13. Treat Her Right 14. Loving You Is My Weakness 15. Don’t Forbid Me 16. God's Eyes 17. Mister Love 18. Leave Me 19. My Treasure 20. Go Home 21. Geisha Girl 22. I Found My Girl In The USA 23. House Of Glass 24. Heaven Help Me 25. Hey Mr. Bluebird 26. How Do We Know? 27. Half A Mind 28. Deep Purple Blues 29. What Am I Living For? 30. Goodbye Sunshine Hello Blues.
Ernest Tubb Half A Mind - Complete Singles As & Bs 1955-1958 CD
For almost half a century, Ernest Tubb was never far from the top of any list of Country Music’s most popular artists. Known throughout his career as The Texas Troubadour, his warm, laconic style made him a jukebox favourite before Country charts even existed, and he racked up a total of almost 100 chart hits between January 1944 and December 1979 – including some where both sides of the same record charted. 28 of those hits came in the 1950s – probably Tubb’s most commercially successful decade overall. This new collection concentrates specifically on the period from January 1955 to December 1958, bringing you the A and B sides – in chronological order – of all 15 of the man’s 45s from those years. Of those 15, eight reached the Country Top 20 and of those, five reached the Top 10. Ernest Tubb had the biggest country hit with the much-recorded ‘The Yellow Rose Of Texas’, took on rhythm & blues and rock ‘n’ roll with covers of Chuck Berry’s Thirty Days and Chuck Willis' What Am I Living For, helped the up and coming Wilburn Brothers kick-start their chart career with duets on Mister Love and Hey Mr. Bluebird and brought a young, struggling songwriter called Roger Miller his first big chart hit with the title track of our collection Half A Mind. These are just some of the many highlights on display here. This superb collection – fully remastered from the finest available sources – gives real perspective on why, despite Country Music’s plethora of troubadours from Texas, there will only ever be one Texas Troubadour.
