(Jul. 4, 1930 ~ Dec. 19, 1999)
Marion Worth was a Country Music Singer, who was a popular performer on the Grand Ole Opry. She also had several hits in the early 1960s.
In 1959, Worth had her first hit, called Are You Willing, Willie, on Cherokee Records. The song peaked in the top 15 of the country music charts. In 1960, her song That's My Kind of Love went to the top-5, becoming her biggest hit.
Jack Stapp signed the young singer to the Grand Ole Opry's Friday Night Frollic. As a result of her independent record label hits, she was signed to Columbia Records were she recorded under the producing helm of Don Law and Frank Jones. At Columbia, Worth recorded a single called"I Think I Know. The song was a top-10 hit for Worth.
In 1961, Marion Worth released another single called There'll Always Be Sadness. The single was not as successful as her other singles, but it did make the top-25 that year. For almost two years, Worth was absent from the Country charts.
In 1963, Marion returned to the Country charts and recorded the song Shake Me I Rattle (Squeeze Me I Cry) which reached the top-15. Worth followed up well with a cover version of Crazy Arms, a career hit for Ray Price. Her version reached the country top-20. That same year, Worth joined the Grand Ole Opry.
The next year launched with a top-40 hit called You Took Him Off My Hands (Now Please Take Him Off My Mind). Her biggest hit of 1964 was a duet recording with George Morgan called Slipping Around. The song was a top-20 hit. She had another recording that year called The French Song, which was a top-25 hit.
In 1966, Worth was back on the charts with a top- 40 recording called I Will Blow Out the Light. Marion soon parted ways with Columbia Records and signed with Decca Records where she recorded two songs that reached the top-40; A Woman Needs Love in 1967 and Mama Sez in 1968.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Source: Wikipedia, 2012
Researched by Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music, Jan. 1, 2012.
