Golden Favorites (Ernest Tubb album) explained

Golden Favorites
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ernest Tubb
Cover:	Ernest Tubb Golden Favorites.jpg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	1958–59
Studio:	Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Country, honky tonk
Label:	Decca
Producer:	Owen Bradley
Prev Title:	All Time Hits
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	On Tour
Next Year:	1962

Golden Favorites is an album by American country music singer Ernest Tubb, released in 1961 (see 1961 in music). The songs are re-recordings of previous releases by Tubb.

Reception

In his AllMusic review, George Bedard wrote of the album "These re-recordings of older material are well-done, but it would be better to have the originals."

Track listing

1. "I'll Get Along Somehow" (Ernest Tubb)
2. "Slippin' Around" (Floyd Tillman)
3. "Filipino Baby" (Billy Cox, Clarke Van Ness)
4. "When the World Has Turned You Down" (Tubb)
5. "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" (Peter De Rose, Billy Hill)
6. "There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas" (Tubb)
7. "Walking the Floor Over You" (Tubb)
8. "Driftwood on the River" (Bob Miller, John Klenner)
9. "There's Nothing More to Say" (Tubb)
10. "Rainbow at Midnight" (Lost John Miller)
11. "I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back" (Tubb)
12. "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello" (Tubb, Ernest Skinner)

Personnel

• Ernest Tubb – vocals, guitar
• Billy Byrd – guitar
• Grady Martin – guitar
• Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
• Jack Drake – bass
• Buddy Harman – drums
• Farris Coursey – drums
• Floyd Cramer – piano
• Tommy Jackson – fiddle
• The Jordanaires – background vocals
• The Anita Kerr Singers – background vocals