@countrymusicflashback: His biggest 60s hit — deliberately buried. Ernest Tubb’s “Thanks A Lot” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country chart in September 1963, making it his highest-charting solo single of the entire decade. Rather than follow it immediately with another release, Tubb made a calculated decision to hold off for seven full months — one of the longest deliberate gaps of his career — specifically to avoid diluting the song’s commercial momentum. “Thanks A Lot” was written by Eddie Miller and Don Sessions, two Nashville songwriters, and released on Decca Records in August 1963. It logged 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country chart and closed the year ranked No. 49 on Billboard’s Top Country Singles of 1963, published in the magazine’s December 28, 1963 issue. Crank it up or change the station? #CountryMusicFlashback #ErnestTubb #ThanksALot It #HonkyTonk #CountryHistory

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