Ashworth will make rounds at fair
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Ashworth will be showing up on Thomas Vaughn’s show “Your Turn” first. Vaughn’s interview will be broadcast at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning on WAKI, 1230 on your radio dial, and then Ashworth will make his way out the fairgrounds, arriving there around 8-8:30 a.m., for a talk with Kelly Marlowe and Bobby Newby on their show “Town Talk” broadcast on WBMC, 960 on the dial.
The “Town Talk” interview will be conducted live at the fair grandstand area and the public is invited to attend.
Ashworth hails from Huntsville, Alabama, but is married to a Warren County native, the former Bettye Hall.
Ashworth has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1964, and has had many hits on the country charts, with 12 making the top ten.
His biggest success was “Talk Back Trembling Lips” which went to No. 1 in 1964, stayed there for 35 weeks, and became one of the first country songs to crossover to the pop charts.
Ashworth has gotten many awards in his long career, including the Living Legend award from the Major Independent Record Label Awards Show, Most Promising Male Artist in 1963-1964 from Cash Box, Billboard, and Record World, and was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1992, and the Independent Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.
Ashworth has also been a successful songwriter, penning tunes for Little Jimmy Dickens, Carl Smith, Johnny Horton, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Paul Anka who recorded Ernie’s song “I Wish.”