Ernest Tubb

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Ernest Tubb was a pioneering American country music singer and songwriter, known as one of the founding figures of honky-tonk and for classics like "Walking the Floor Over You."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country music singer
honky-tonk musician
human
recording artist
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1930s
associatedAct Grand Ole Opry NERFINISHED
The Texas Troubadours NERFINISHED
awardReceived Country Music Hall of Fame induction
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED
birthName Ernest Dale Tubb NERFINISHED
burialPlace Hermitage Memorial Gardens, Old Hickory, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath emphysema
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-02-09
dateOfDeath 1984-09-06
familyName Tubb NERFINISHED
founded Ernest Tubb Record Shop NERFINISHED
genre country music
honky-tonk
traditional country
givenName Ernest NERFINISHED
hallOfFameInduction Country Music Hall of Fame, 1965
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1970
influenced George Jones NERFINISHED
Hank Williams NERFINISHED
Merle Haggard NERFINISHED
influencedGenre honky-tonk
instrument guitar
vocals
memberOf Grand Ole Opry NERFINISHED
name Ernest Tubb NERFINISHED
notableSong Tomorrow Never Comes NERFINISHED
Try Me One More Time NERFINISHED
notableWork Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin NERFINISHED
Rainbow at Midnight NERFINISHED
Soldier’s Last Letter NERFINISHED
Walking the Floor Over You NERFINISHED
Waltz Across Texas NERFINISHED
occupation guitarist
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Crisp, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED
recordLabel Decca Records
significantEvent joined Grand Ole Opry in 1943
recorded Walking the Floor Over You in 1941 NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic distinctive nasal vocal style
use of electric guitar in country music

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Hal Bynum wroteSongFor Ernest Tubb
Room Full of Roses recordedBy Ernest Tubb