Ernest Ashworth

Ernest Bert Ashworth, *15-12-1928 Huntsville, AL, +02-03-2009
2nd version
by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Reginald Bartlette, Bill Daniels, Phil Watson, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
19 May 1955 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth aka Billy Worth
001 55-S-393/55-XY-384 THERE'S GOOD IN EVERYBODY K 12035
002 55-S-394/55-XY-385 HONEY, DON'T YOU MISS ME (JUST A LITTLE)? K 12117
003 55-S-395/55-XY-386 BECAUSE I CARED K 12035
004 55-S-396/55-XY-387 WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE US ALONE? K 12117
2 February 1956 [15:00-18:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth aka Billy Worth
005 56-S-51/56-XY-56 TOO MANY TIMES K 12372
006 56-S-52/56-XY-57 THEN YOU'RE REALLY MAKING LOVE K 12372
007 56-S-53/56-XY-58 EXCEPT K12286
008 56-S-54/56-XY-59 MY HEART SAYS K12286
7 March 1957 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth aka Billy Worth
009 57-XY-100/57-S-100 DOWN WITH THE BLUES K12451
010 57-XY-101/57-S-101 THE NEAREST THING TO HEAVEN K12451
011 57-XY-102/57-S-102 JIM, JOE AND MARY K12574
012 57-XY-103/57-S-103 LETS KEEP STEADY COMPANY K12574
26 February 1960 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Owen Bradley)
013 108805/NA 10990 NIGHT TIME IS CRY TIME Decca 9-31085/DL-74091 VL-73804
014 108806/NA 10991 EACH MOMENT (SPENT WITH YOU) 9-31085/DL-74091
015 108807/NA 10992 YOU CAN’T PICK A ROSE IN DECEMBER 9-31156
016 108808/NA 10993 YOU’LL HEAR MY HEART BREAK 9-31156
27 January 1961 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Owen Bradley)
017 110174/NA 11430 LIFE OF THE PARTY 31237
018 110175/NA 11431 FOREVER GONE 31237
019 110176/NA 11432 NO ROOM LEFT FOR ME 31292
020 110177/NA 11433 BE MINE AGAIN 31292
23 March 1962 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth (Ernest Ashworth [vcl], Ray Edenton [gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Wesley Rose)
021 F-397 KING OF THE BLUES 45-1189/LPS-118
022 F-398 I TAKE A CHANCE 45-1189/LPS-118 LPS-146 Curb D2-77463
023 F-399 EVERYBODY BUT ME Hickory 45-1170 Funckler 45074 LPS-118 Curb D2-77463
024 F-400 ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT Hickory 45-1170 Funckler 45074LPS-118
May 1963 Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
025 F-515/ZTSB-145389 TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS 45-1214/LPS 118 LPS 146 Curb D2-77463
026 F-516/ZTSB-110265 CRAZY ME, FOOLISH YOU 45-1358/LPS 118
027 F-517/ZTSB-145390? THAT‘S HOW MUCH I CARE 45-1214/LPS 118
028 F-518/ZTSB-101213 SCENE OF DESTRUCTION 45-1325/LPS 146
6 December 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Ernest Ashworth [vcl] + Ray Edenton [gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Wesley Rose)
029 F-591 I LOVE TO DANCE WITH ANNIE 45-1265/LPS-146
030 F-592 A WEEK IN THE COUNTRY 45-1237/LPS-118 Curb D2-77463
031 F-593 MY HEART WOULD KNOWN 45-1265/LPS-118
032 F-594/ZTSB-99592 GOODER THAN GOOD 45-1281
6 December 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Ernest Ashworth [vcl] + Ray Edenton [gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Wesley Rose)
033 F-595/ZTSB-99593 PUSHED IN A CORNER 45-1281
034 F-596 HEARTBREAK AVENUE 45-1237/LPS-118
035 F-597/ZTSB-127672 JUST ONE TIME 45-1445
036 F-598 LOVE HAS COME MY WAY 45-1304/LPS-118
ca. February 1965 Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
037 F-744 I’M FROM MISSOURI 45-1428
038 F-745? BECAUSE I CARED 45-1304 Curb D2-77463
039 F-746 I WISH 45-K-1647/LPS-146 Curb D2-77463
040 F-747 THE DJ CRIED 45-1325/LPS-146 Curb D2-77463
ca. April 1966 Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
041 F-954? THE NEAREST THING TO HEAVEN 45-K-1400
042 F-955 SAD FACE 45-K-1428/LPS-146 Curb D2-77463
043 F-956 AT EASE HEART 45-K-1400/LPS-146 Curb D2-77463
044 F-957 JUST AN EMPTY PLACE 45-K-1445
ca. May 1967 Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
045 F-1129 YOU'RE TEARING MY HEART OUT 45-K-1466
046 F-1130 BACK ON MY MIND AGAIN 45-K-1484
047 F-1131 MY LOVE FOR YOU IS LIKE A MOUNTAIN RANGE 45-K-1466 /LPS-146
048 F-1132 TENDER AND TRUE 45-K-1484/LPS-146
ca. March 1968 Acuff-Rose Sound Studio, Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
049 F-1225 I FEEL BETTER THAN I MEANT TO 45-K-1513
050 F-1226 THE NEXT ONES 45-K-1503
051 F-1227 A NEW HEART 45-K-1503/LPS-146 Curb D2-77463
052 F-1228 YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE AN ANGEL ANYMORE 45-K-1513
ca. January 1969 Acuff-Rose Sound Studio, Nashville, TN – Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
053 F-1297 HOCUS POKUS 45-K-1528
054 F-1298 THE JOKER’S GONNA CRY 45-K-1549
055 F-1299 LOVE, I FINALLY FOUND IT 45-1538
057 F-1300 WHERE DO YOU GO 45-K-1528
ca. May 1970 Acuff-Rose Sound Studio, Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
058 F-1406 THAT LOOK OF GOOD-BYE 45-K-1570
059 F-1407? A WOMAN’S TOUCH 45-K-1570
060 F-1408 SHE’S LOVE 45-K-1599
ca. September 1970 Acuff-Rose Sound Studio, Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
061 LIPS START TALKING BEFORE HER FEET STARTS WALKING AWAY 45-K-1580
062 MY HEART WOULD KNOW 45-K-1580
ca. April 1971 Acuff-Rose Sound Studio, Nashville, TN - Ernest Ashworth (Producer: Wesley Rose)
063 F-1481 JESUS IS A SOUL MAN 45-K-1599
F-1482 unknown title
064 F-1483 WANTED MAN 45-K-1620
065 F-1484 BOTTLE OF BLUES 45-K-1609
066 ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT 45-K-1609
067 DREAMING AGAIN 45-K-1647
Ernest Ashworth recorded after 1971, some info in albums and singles list

ALBUMS
Hickory LPM/LPS-118 Hits Of Today And Tomorrow: A Week In The Country; Heartbreak Avenue; Another Sleepless Night; That's How Much I Care; Crazy Me, Foolish You; 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 – 02-64
Hickory LPS-146 The Best Of Ernie Ashworth: Talk Back, Trembling Lips; I Take The Chance; The 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; Scene Of Destruction; At Ease Heart - 69
Starday SD-964 Ernest 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); A Week In The Country; Each Moment Spent With You; D.J. Cried; You Can't Pick A Rose In December; Everybody But Me; Shamrock Motel – 76 (American Sound recordings, reissued in 2004 on Gusto 0573-2 The Best Of The Rest Of Ernest Ashworth)
O' Brien OBLP-120 Country Hits: Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor; D.J. 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 - 82
Sea Shell Q 16254 Highlights: Talk Back, Tremblin' Lips; Honky Tonk Angel; You Can't Pick A Rose; Walkin' The Dog; I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You); Mind Your Own Business; Each Moment (Spent With You); Flip, Flop & Fly; When The D.J. Cried; Heartbreak Avenue - 82
Palmer PR-8-1001 Ernie Ashworth & Friends: The Birthmark Henry Thompson Talks About [Jay Lee Webb]; Cross Country Drifter; Mili [Little Roy Wiggins]; Steelguitar Rag;Talk Back Trembling Lips; There's No Place I'd Rather Be Tonight;Lucille; Till I Get Over Her;Give Me A Hundred Reasons;The Beginning Of The Ending; I'm Thankful She's Mine; Heartaches Headaches And Hangovers - 84
Curb D2-77463 Greatest Hits: Talk Back Trembling Lips; I Love to Dance With Annie; Everybody But Me; I Take the Chance; The DJ Cried; A Week in the Country; Pushed in a Corner*; Because I Cared*; At Ease Heart; I Wish; Sad Face; A New Heart – 23-04-91 (*previously unissued on album)
B & E 516699.01 Ashworth Grand Ole Opry 35th Anniversary Collection: She Don't Drink She Don't Smoke But She Lies; They're Foolung You; Talk Back Tremling Lips; Lightning Strikes Twice; Jesus Juice; I See A Bridge; The Far Side Banks Of Jordan; Every Time The Cross Crosses My Mind; Forgive Me God; Sunday Christian; Empty Pages (Daddy Version); Christmas Party; What Christmas Meant To Me; Empty Places (Mama Version) - 99
Label B & E 426899.10 Ernie Ashworth And Friends: Heartaches Headaches And Hangovers; Over's Never Easy;Lonely's Only Bar; The Birthmark Henry Thompson Talks About [Jay Lee Webb]; I Wish; Mili [Little Roy Wiggins]; Steel Guitar Rag; Talk Back Trembling Lips; There's No Place I'd Rather Be Tonight; Lucille; Give Me A Hundred Reasons;The Beginning Of The Ending; I'm Thankful She's Mine; Loving Till Morning [Harry Eston]; A New Heart; Christmas Party [Don Powell]; Jesus Juice – 99 (most tracks from PR-8-1001)
KMA KMA-031801 Ernie Ashworth & Friends SING OUT FOR THE CHILDREN’S RIGHT COUNCIL: Talk Back Trembling Lips; Jessie Told Becky Goodbye; Cradle To The Grave; I Picked A Rose For Mama; Hear The Cries Of The Children; It's So Easy To Keep On Loving You; Because Of You; Take Your Time; Perfect World; If Love Is All We Got; I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart; Jesus Always Hears A Hearts Cry – 18-03-01
Gusto GT0574-2 The Best Of The Rest 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); A Week in the Country; Each Moment (Spent with You); The D.J. Cried; You Can't Pick a Rose in December; Everybody But Me; Shamrock Motel – 07-12-04 (sampler)


SINGLES
MGM (1955-57) as by Billy Worth
K 12035 Because I Cared / There's Good In Everybody - 07-55
K 12117 Honey, Don't You Miss Me (Just A Little)? / Why Don't You Leave Us Alone? - 11-55
K 12286 My Heart Says / Except - 07-56
K 12372 Too Many Times / Then You're Really Making Love - 11-56
K 12451 Down With The Blues / The Nearest Thing To Heaven - 03-57
K 12574 Jim, Joe, And Mary / Let's Keep Steady Company - 11-57
Decca (1960-61)
9-31085 Night Time Is Cry Time / Each Moment (Spent With You) - 04-60
9-31156 You Can't Pick A Rose In December / You'll Hear My Heart Break - 10-60
31237 Life Of The Party / Forever Gone - 04-61
31292 Be Mine Again / No Room Left For Me - 08-61
Hickory (1962-72)
45-1170 Everybody But Me / Another Sleepless Night - 06-62 (also on Funckler 45074)
45-1189 I Take The Chance / King Of The Blues - 12-62
45-1214 Talk Back, Trembling Lips / That's How Much I Care - 06-63
45-1237 A Week In The Country / Heartbreak Avenue - 12-63
45-1265 I Love To Dance With Annie / My Heart Would Know - 06-64
45-1281 Pushed In A Corner / Gooder Than Good - 10-64
45-1304 Because I Cared / Love Has Come My Way - 03-65
45-1325 The DJ Cried / Scene Of Destruction - 07-65
45-1358 I Wish / Crazy Me, Foolish You - 12-65
45-K-1400 At Ease Heart / The Nearest Thing To Heaven - 06-66
45-K-1428 Sad Face / I'm From Missouri - 11-66
45-K-1445 Just An Empty Place / Just One Time - 03-67
45-K-1466 My Love For You / You're Tearing My Heart Out - 07-67
45-K-1484 Tender And True / Back On My Mind Again - 11-67
45-K-1503 A New Heart / The Next Ones - 04-68
45-K-1513 I Feel Better Than I Meant To / You Don't Have To Be An Angel Anymore - 09-68
45-K-1528 Where Do You Go / Hocus Pokus - 02-69
45-K-1538 Love, I Finally Found It / King Of The Blues - 06-69
45-K-1549 The Joker's Gonna Cry / Talk Back, Trembling Lips - 10-69
45-K-1570 That Look Of Goodbye / A Woman's Touch - 06-70
45-K-1580 Lips Start Talking Before Her Feet Starts Walking Away / My Heart Would Know - 10-70
45-K-1599 Jesus Is A Soul Man / She's Love - 05-71
45-K-1609 Another Sleepless Night / Bottle Of Blues - 09-71
45-K-1620 Wanted Man / I Love To Dance With Annie - 01-72
45-K-1647 Dreaming Again / I Wish - 08-72
American Sound (unknown, 70's)
AS 3051 Shamrock Motel / Heartbreak Avenue – ca. 76
AS 3105 There's No Place I'd Rather Be / Plains G.A. – ca. 77
Insco (unknown)
No number High Cost of Living / ?
O' Brien (1980-81)
320 Little Rosa / Each Moment Spent With You - ca. 80
322 This Ole Boy Ain't Gonna Walk Your Line / Each Momemt Spent With You - 80
323 River Of Love / (Judy Sider:) - 81
325 Memphis Memory / Catfish And Bones - 81
327 Irene / Beginning Of The End - 82
Palmer (1984)
8-004 Give Up A Hundred Reasons / I'm Thankful She's Mine - 84
B & E (1999)
104 Christmas Party / Lightning Strikes Twice - 99
Kwix
KR 100 Too Many Rivers / Heartaches Headaches and Hangovers