A pioneer of country music, and his 1941 song, “Walking the Floor Over You”, marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music.
Ernest Dale Tubb was born on February 9, 1914, near Crisp, Texas, to Calvin Tubb and Nora Tubb. Raised on a cotton farm during a period when rural life demanded hard physical labor from an early age, he developed a deep appreciation for country music while listening to the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers, whose singing style would profoundly influence his own career.
This “Stand Out Single” by Lefty Frizzell is one of the most important records in country music history.
“If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time” backed with “I Love You a Thousand Ways” was the debut major-label single by Lefty Frizzell and one of the most important records in country music history. Recorded on July 25, 1950, at Jim Beck’s studio in Dallas, Texas, and released by Columbia Records later that year, the single immediately established Frizzell as a
