Ernest Ashworth
Ernest " Ernie " Ashworth (* December 15, 1928 in Huntsville, Alabama; † March 2, 2009 in Hartsville, Tennessee) was an American country musician, songwriter, and guitarist. His best known title is Talkback Trembling Lips.
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 albums
Life
Childhood and youth
Ernie Ashworth since his early childhood was listening to the Grand Ole Opry. Even before he learned to play the guitar, he wrote his first pieces. In 1948 he was a member of the band The Tunetwisters and occurred on the local radio station WBHP. A year later, Ashworth to Nashville, Tennessee.
Career
In Nashville Ashworth earned his living as a composer and with appearances on the broadcasters WLAC and WSIX. He was taken from Acuff - Rose as songwriters under contract and composed title for Little Jimmy Dickens and Carl Smith. Also for Paul Anka he wrote a song, I Wish. In 1955 Ashworth by Wesley Rose a recording contract with MGM Records. When Billy Worth, he played a few records, but all six singles were unsuccessful. Ashworth returned to Huntsville, where he worked on a missile base.
But Wesley Rose firmly believed in the talent Ashworth and brought it back in 1960 on Decca Records. Even his first single, Each Moment ( Spent With You ), reached the Top Five of the Billboard charts. His next single, You Can not Pick A Rose In December, be placed high on the charts. 1962 Ashworth moved to Hickory, where he was able to continue with Everybody But You at his success. By John D. Loudermilk - song Talkback Trembling Lips he was able to record in 1963 his first and only number-one hit. The title was for Ashworth's tenor voice made like. Billboard awarded him as Most Promising Male Artist and he joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. With titles like I Love To Dance With Annie or The DJ Cried Ashworth was also placed by the end of the 1960s into the country charts.
After several failures on the smaller, independent label located Ashworth O'Brien retired to his farm in Lewisburg. He remained a member of the Opry and bought in 1989 the radio station WSLV. His later publications were especially popular in European country scene. Ashworth was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and in 2005 into America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992.
Ernie Ashworth died in March 2009 at the age of 80 years. Until his death, he was heard regularly on the Grand Ole Opry.