Justin Wayne Tubb (August 20, 1935 – January 24, 1998)
was an American
country music
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singer and songwriter.
Born in
San Antonio
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...
, Texas, United States,
he was the oldest son of country singer
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked ...
,
known for popular songs like "
Walking the Floor Over You".
Biography
By 1954, Tubb made it on the country chart with two duets with
Goldie Hill—("Looking Back to See" and "Sure Fire Kisses").
A year later, at age 20, he was made a member of the
Grand Ole Opry
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.
Tubb had a few recordings of his own that enjoyed success, including "I Gotta Go Get My Baby" and "Take a Letter Miss Gray", but he was more successful as a songwriter.
He penned many hit songs for other performers, including "Keeping Up With the Joneses", "Love Is No Excuse", and "
Lonesome 7-7203", a hit for
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky ...
.
Ultimately, six of his songs won awards.
In the late 1950s he roomed with a young, up-and-coming songwriter named
Roger Miller
Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country hits " King of the Road", "Dang Me", and " England Swing ...
.
During the 1960s, Tubb worked with his father on various business projects.
Toward the end of his own life, he completed an album of duets with his father, using recordings Ernest had made before his death. The album, ''Just You and Me Daddy'' (1999), was released after Justin Tubb died in Nashville on January 24, 1998.
His wife was Carolyn McPherson Tubb.
Singles
Albums
*''Country Boy in Love'' (1957)
*''Star of the Grand Ole Opry'' (1962)
*''The Modern Country Western Sound of Justin Tubb'' (1963)
*''Where You're Concerned'' (1965)
*''Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann'' (1966)
*''That Country Style'' (1967)
*''Things I Still Remember Very Well'' (1969)
*''A New Country Heard From'' (1974)
*''Justin Tubb'' (1981)
*''Justin Tubb'' (1985)
*''Just You and Me Daddy'' (1999)
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1935 births
1998 deaths
Singers from San Antonio
American country singer-songwriters
Grand Ole Opry members
Starday Records artists
Challenge Records artists
Groove Records artists
20th-century American singer-songwriters
Country musicians from Texas
Singer-songwriters from Texas
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