The Importance of Being Ernest

The Importance of Being Ernest
The Importance of Being Ernest
Studio album by Ernest Tubb
Released	January 1959
Recorded	May–October, 1958, Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country, honky tonk
Label	Decca
Producer	Owen Bradley
Ernest Tubb chronology

The Importance of Being Ernest is an album by American country singer Ernest Tubb, released in 1959 (see 1959 in music).

Tubb wrote in his fan club's newsletter "I don't know who dreamed up the title but I hope that it will meet with your approval. Also, I don't like the cover picture and haven't the slightest idea where they got it. I don't believe you will like it either, but I trust that you will like what is inside the cover well enough to make up for this picture and the title. Be sure to write and let me know..."^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Writing for AllMusic, critic Bruce Eder wrote the album was "Tubb's first stereo releases, and he took well to the new configuration. His voice had softened and mellowed somewhat by this time and, if anything, had a more attractive quality for this material."^[2]

Track listing[]

"I'm a Long Gone Daddy" (Hank Williams)
"All Those Yesterdays" (Justin Tubb)
"San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills)
"That My Darlin' Is Me" (Justin Tubb)
"Educated Mama" (Hal Willis, Ginger Willis)
"Next Voice You Hear" (Cindy Walker)
"I Wonder Why I Worry Over You" (Cindy Walker)
"Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams)
"It Makes No Difference Now" (Jimmie Davis, Floyd Tillman)
"I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In" (Abe Olsen, Jack Yellen)
"Don't Trade Your Old Fashioned Sweetheart" (Eddie Noack)
"It's the Age That Makes the Difference" (Vernon Claude, George Sherry)

Personnel[]

Ernest Tubb – vocals, guitar
Billy Byrd – guitar
Grady Martin – guitar
Howard Johnson – guitar
Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
Jack Drake – bass
Farris Coursey – drums
Tommy Jackson – fiddle
Floyd Cramer – piano

References[]

^ Pugh, Ronnie. (1998). "Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour". Durham. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2190-4
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Eder, Bruce. "The Importance of Being Ernest > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[ETTT-1] Pugh, Ronnie. (1998). "Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour". Durham. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-2190-4

[AM-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Eder, Bruce. "The Importance of Being Ernest > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

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Singles	"Walking the Floor Over You" "" "Soldier's Last Letter" "It's Been So Long Darling" "Rainbow at Midnight" "Filipino Baby" "Have You Ever Been Lonely?" "" "Slippin' Around" "Tennessee Border No. 2" "Letters Have No Arms" "I Love You Because" "Goodnight, Irene" "" "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be"
Albums	The Daddy of 'Em All (1957) The Importance of Being Ernest (1959) Ernest Tubb Record Shop (1960) Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours (1960) Midnight Jamboree (1960) All Time Hits (1960) Golden Favorites (1961) On Tour (1962) Just Call Me Lonesome (1963) The Family Bible (1963) Thanks a Lot (1964) Blue Christmas (1964) Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be (1965) Singin' Again (1967) Country Hit Time (1968) Ernest Tubb Sings Hank Williams (1968) Let's Turn Back the Years (1969) If We Put Our Heads Together (1969) If We Put Our Heads Together (1969) Saturday Satan Sunday Saint (1969) Good Year for the Wine (1970) One Sweet Hello (1971) Say Something Nice to Sarah (1972) Baby It's So Hard to Be Good (1972) I've Got All the Heartaches I Can Handle (1973) Ernest Tubb (1975)
Compilations	The Definitive Collection The Ernest Tubb Story The Legend and the Legacy Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello Walking the Floor Over You Yellow Rose of Texas
Related articles	Discography