For the Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...

 play The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...

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For other uses see The Importance of Being Earnest (disambiguation)

The Importance of Being Earnest (disambiguation)

The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde, but the title may also refer to:- Film :* The Importance of Being Earnest , directed by Franz Wenzler* The Importance of Being Earnest , directed by Anthony Asquith...

The Importance of Being Ernest is an album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 country singer Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb , 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" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...

, 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..."

Reception

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."

Track listing

1. "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" (Hank Williams)
2. "All Those Yesterdays" (Justin Tubb
   Justin Tubb
   Justin Wayne Tubb was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was the oldest son of legendary country singer Ernest Tubb.-Biography:...
   
   )
3. "San Antonio Rose
   New San Antonio Rose
   "San Antonio Rose"/"New San Antonio Rose" was the signature song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. "San Antonio Rose" was an instrumental song written by Bob Wills, who first recorded it with the Playboys in 1938. Band members added lyrics and it was retitled "New San Antonio Rose"...
   
   " (Bob Wills
   Bob Wills
   James Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...
   
   )
4. "That My Darlin' Is Me" (Justin Tubb)
5. "Educated Mama" (Hal Willis, Ginger Willis)
6. "Next Voice You Hear" (Cindy Walker
   Cindy Walker
   Cindy Walker was a prolific American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for a large number of popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists. She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, often tailoring...
   
   )
7. "I Wonder Why I Worry Over You" (Cindy Walker)
8. "Your Cheatin' Heart
   Your Cheatin' Heart
   "Your Cheatin' Heart" is a song written and recorded by the American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams in 1952, but released after his death in 1953.. It is often considered one of his greatest songs, and one of the great songs of country music...
   
   " (Hank Williams)
9. "It Makes No Difference Now" (Jimmie Davis, Floyd Tillman)
10. "I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In" (Abe Olsen, Jack Yellen
    Jack Yellen
    Jack Selig Yellen was an American lyricist and screenwriter.-Life and career:Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school...
    
    )
11. "Don't Trade Your Old Fashioned Sweetheart" (Eddie Noack)
12. "It's the Age That Makes the Difference" (Vernon Claude, George Sherry)

Personnel

• Ernest Tubb
  Ernest Tubb
  Ernest Dale Tubb , 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" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...
  
   – vocals, guitar
• Billy Byrd – guitar
• Grady Martin
  Grady Martin
  Thomas Grady Martin was one of the most renowned, inventive and historically significant American session musicians in country music and rockabilly....
  
   – guitar
• Howard Johnson – guitar
• Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...
  
   – pedal steel guitar
• Jack Drake – bass
• Farris Coursey – drums
• Tommy Jackson – fiddle
• Floyd Cramer
  Floyd Cramer
  Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...
  
  – piano