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Chanteur, compositeur et guitariste US né Ernest Bert Ashworth, le 15
Décembre 1928 à Huntsville (Alabama). Ernest Ashworth est décédé le 2 Mars 2009 à Hartsville
(Tennessee).
Singer/songwriter
and guitarist Ernie Ashworth listened to the Grand Ole Opry as a youth in his
native Huntsville, AL, and he began writing songs even before taking up the
guitar. By 1948 he was playing in a band called the Tunetwisters and appearing
on Huntsville radio station WBHP. Making the move to Nashville the following
year, Ashworth earned a living as an early member of that city's fabled
community of songwriters and performed on radio stations WLAC and WSIX. He
became a staff writer for the Acuff-Rose publishing house, composing songs for
such performers as Little Jimmy Dickens
and Carl Smith and even crossing over to
the pop sphere when he placed "I Wish" with rock & roll crooner
Paul Anka. In 1955, Wesley Rose greased the
wheels for Ashworth's signing to the MGM label as Billy Worth, but the six
singles he cut for the label went nowhere on the charts. In 1957, Ashworth
returned to Alabama and took a job at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal missile
plant.
Meanwhile, Rose remained determined to further Ashworth's music career and
managed to get him signed to Decca in 1960. Now billed as Ernest Ashworth, he
hit the Top Five with his first Decca single, "Each Moment (Spent With You)."
That same year he scored a Top Ten hit with "You Can't Pick a Rose in December."
In 1962, he signed with the Acuff-Rose-owned Hickory label and again hit the Top
Five with "Everybody but Me." A year later, he had his only number one hit with
the John D. Loudermilk-penned "Talk
Back Trembling Lips." That song was tailor-made for Ashworth's vulnerable tenor
voice, influenced by Anka and by
Buddy Holly but with a more distinctively
country reediness; it propelled him to Most Promising Male Artist awards from
Billboard and Cashbox magazines and to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in 1964.
With further successes, such as the self-penned "I Love to Dance With Annie,"
Ashworth was a consistent hitmaker up to the release of 1970's "The Look of
Goodbye." After four singles on the independent O'Brien label flopped, he
retired to his farm in Lewisburg, TN, continuing to appear regularly on the Opry
and occasionally touring the country. In 1989 he became the owner of Ardmore, TN,
radio station WSLV, and his occasional recording releases in the 1990s found
favor among tradition-minded European country listeners.
Ernie Ashworth is deceased on March 2 2009 in
Hartsville (Tennessee).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Ashworth
Talents: Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky Tonk
https://youtu.be/1NNP8kofYRk?si=ENqaju3pg4wQA25R
Down With
The Blues
(1957)
(Billy Worth)
Let's Keep Steady Company
(1957)
TALK
BACK TREMBLING LIPS (1963)
A WEEK IN THE COUNTRY (1963)
MY
LOVE FOR YOU (1967)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 07/1955 | SP MGM K12035 (US) | . | Billy WORTH - Because I Cared / There's Good In Everybody |
| 11/1955 | SP MGM K12117 (US) | . | Billy WORTH - Honey Don't You Miss Me (Just A Little) / Why Don't You Leave Us Alone |
| 07/1956 | SP MGM K12286 (US) | . | Billy WORTH - My Heart Says / Except |
| 11/1956 | SP MGM K12372 (US) | . | Billy WORTH - Too Many Times / Then You're Really Making Love |
| 03/1957 | SP MGM K12451 (US) | . | Billy WORTH
-
Down With The
Blues
/ The Nearest Thing To Heaven (Is You) |
| 11/1957 | SP MGM K12574 (US) | . | Billy WORTH
- Jim Joe Mary /
Let's Keep Steady Company
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| 195? | SP FUNCKLER 45074 (US) | . | Memphis Memory / Catfish And Bones |
| 04/1960 | SP DECCA 9-31085 (US) | . | Each Moment / Night Time Is Cry Time |
| 10/1960 | SP DECCA 9-31156 (US) | . | You Can't Pick A Rose In December / You'll Hear My Heart Break |
| 04/1961 | SP DECCA 31237 (US) | . | Forever Gone / Life Of The Party |
| 08/1961 | SP DECCA 31292 (US) | . | Be Mine Again / No Room Left For Me |
| 06/1962 | SP HICKORY 45-1170 (US) | . | Another Sleepless Night / Everybody But Me |
| 12/1962 | SP HICKORY 45-1189 (US) | . | I Take The Chance / King Of The Blues |
| 06/1963 | SP HICKORY 45-1214 (US) | . |
Talk Back Trembling Lips
/ That's How Much I Care |
| 1963 | SP FUNCKLER ? (US) |
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Talk Back Trembling Lips
/ That's How Much I Care |
| 12/1963 | SP HICKORY 45-1237 (US) | . | Heartbreak Avenue /
A Week In The Country
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| 06/1964 | SP HICKORY 45-1265 (US) | . | I Love To Dance With Annie / My Heart Would Know |
| 10/1964 | SP HICKORY 45-1281 (US) | . | Gooder Than Good / Pushed In A Corner |
| 03/1965 | SP HICKORY 45-1304 (US) | . | Because I Cared / Love Has Come My Way |
| 07/1965 | SP HICKORY 45-1325 (US) | . | The D.J. Cried / Scene Of Destruction |
| 12/1965 | SP HICKORY 45-1358 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - I Wish / Crazy Me, Foolish You |
| 06/1966 | SP HICKORY 45-1400 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - At Ease Heart / The Nearest Thing To Heaven |
| 11/1966 | SP HICKORY 45-1428 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - I'm From Missouri / Sad Face |
| 03/1967 | SP HICKORY 45-1445 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Just One Time / Just An Empty Place |
| 07/1967 | SP HICKORY 45-1466 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH -
My Love For You
/ You're Tearing My Heart
Out |
| 11/1967 | SP HICKORY 45-1484 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Back On My Mind Again / Tender And True |
| 04/1968 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1503 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - New Heart / The Next Ones |
| 09/1968 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1513 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - I Feel Better / You Don't Have To Be An Angel Anymore |
| 02/1969 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1528 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Hocus-Pocus / Where Do You Go |
| 06/1969 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1538 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - King Of The Blues / Love, I Finally Found It |
| 10/1969 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1549 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - The Joker's Gonna Cry /
Talk Back Trembling Lips
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| 06/1970 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1570 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - That Look Of Good-bye / Woman's Touch |
| 10/1970 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1580 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - My Heart Would Know / Lips Star Talking Before Her Feet Start Walking |
| 05/1971 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1599 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - She's Love / Jesus Is A Soul Man |
| 09/1971 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1609 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Another Sleepless Night / Bottle Of Blues |
| 01/1972 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1620 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Wanted Man / I Love To Dance With Annie |
| 08/1972 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1647 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Dreaming Again / I Wish |
| 1977 | SP PALMER 8-004 (US) | . | Give Up A Hundred Reasons / I'm Thankful She's Mine |
| 197? | SP AMERICAN SOUND AS 3051 (US) | . | Shamrock Motel / Heartbreak Avenue |
| 197? | SP AMERICAN SOUND AS 3105 (US) | . | There's No Place I'd Rather Be / Plains GA |
| 1980 | SP O'BRIEN 320 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Little Rosa / Each Moment Spent With You |
| 1980 | SP O'BRIEN 322 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - This Ole Boy Ain't Gonna Walk Your Line / Each Moment Spent With You |
| 1981 | SP O'BRIEN 323 (US) | . | River Of Love (Ernie ASHWORTH) / + Judy SIDER |
| 1981 | SP O'BRIEN 325 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Catfish And Bones / Memphis Memory |
| 1981 | SP O'BRIEN 327 (US) | . | Ernie ASHWORTH - Irene / The Beginning Of The End |
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Albums
| 1964 | LP 12" HICKORY LPM 118 (mono) / LPS-118 (stereo) (US) |
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HITS OF TODAY AND TOMORROW - Week In The Country / Heartbreak Avenue / Another Sleepless Night / That's How Much I Love You / Crazy Me / Love Has Come My Way / Talk Back Trembling Lips / I Take The Chance / Everybody But Me / King Of The Blues / My Heart Would Know / Just One Time |
| 1969 | LP 12" HICKORY LPS-146 (US) |
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THE BEST OF ERNIE ASHWORTH - Talk Back Trembling Lips / I Take The Chance / DJ Cried / I Wish / I Love To Dance With Annie / My Love For You Is Like A Mountain Range / Where Do You Go When You Don't Go With Me / Tender And True / New Heart / Sad Face / Sense Of Destruction / At Ease Heart |
| 1976 | LP 12" STARDAY SD-964 (US) |
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ERNIE ASHWORTH SINGS HIS GREATEST HITS - Talk Back Trembling Lips / I Take The Chance / I Wish / I Love To Dance With Annie / At Ease Heart / It Happens Every Night (But Not At Our House) / Week In The Country / Each Moment Spent With You / DJ Cried / You Can't Pick A Rose In December / Everybody But Me / Shamrock Motel |
| 1977 | LP 12" PALMER 1001 (US) |
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ERNIE ASHWORTH & FRIENDS |
| 1982 | LP 12" O'BRIEN 120 (US) |
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COUNTRY HITS - Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor / DJ Cried / Memphis Memory / Each Moment Spent With You / Talk Back Trembling Lips / At Ease Heart / You Can't Pick A Rose In December / Irene / Together We'll Make It / Wichita Woman |
| 1984 | LP 12" 51-WEST 16254 (US) |
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HIGHLIGHTS - Talk Back Trembling Lips / Honky Tonk Angel / You Can't Pick A Rose In December / I'm Walking The Dog / I Can't Help It / Mind Your Own Business / Each Moment Spent With You / Flip Flop And Fly / DJ Cried / Heartbreak Avenue |
| 07/1991 | CD CURB 77443 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Talk Back Trembling Lips / I Love To Dance With Annie / Everybody But Me / I Take The Chance / DJ Cried / Week In The Country / Pushed In A Corner / Because I Cared / At Ease Heart / I Wish / Sad Face / New Heart |
| 08/2001 | CD HILL TOPPER ? (AUS) |
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THE EARLY YEARS - Drive These Blues Away / Honey Don't You Miss Me / Why Don't You Leave Us Alone / Except / My Heart Says / Too Many Times / Then You're Really Making Love / The Nearest Thing To Heaven / Down With The Blues / Let's Keep Steady Company / Each Moment / Night Time Is Cry Time / You Can't Pick A Rose In December / You'll Hear My Heart Break / Forever Gone / Life Of The Party / Everybody But Me / I Just Spent Another Sleepless Night / I Take The Chance / King Of The Blues / Talk Back Trembling Lips / That's How Much I Care / A Week In The Country / Heartbreak Avenue / Crazy Me, Foolish You / Love Has Come My Way / My Heart Would Know / Just One Time / I Love To Dance With Annie / The DJ Cried |
| 12/2004 | CD GUSTO 573 (US) |
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BEST OF YHE BEST OF ERNIE ASHWORTH - Talk Back Trembling Lips / I Take The Chance / I Wish / I Love To Dance With Annie / At Ease Heart / It Happens Every Night (But Not At Our House) / Week In The Country / Each Moment Spent With You / DJ Cried / You Can't Pick A Rose In December / Everybody But Me / Shamrock Motel |
| 09/2007 | CD SONY ? (US) |
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THE VERY BEST OF ERNIE ASHWORTH - A Week In The Country / At Ease Heart / Because I Cared / Everybody But Me / I Love To Dance With Annie / I Take The Chance / Pushed In A Corner / Sad Face / Talk Back Trembling Lips / The D.J. Cried |
| 12/2007 | CD K-TEL ? (US) |
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HIS VERY BEST - Talk Back Trembling Lips / Everybody But Me / They Don't Make Love Like They Used To / It's Your Wedding Day / Here's One For Me / He's Gonna Smile On Me / When I Sing For Him / Rock Of Ages |
© Rocky Productions 6/01/2011
(Ernest
Ashworth)
