Marion Worth was a popular performer on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
16 Facts About Marion Worth
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Marion Worth accepted a job as a bookkeeper for a record company around the time she and her sister won another local talent contest.
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Marion Worth made her radio debut on Dallas, Texas station KLIF.
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Marion Worth then returned to Birmingham and worked at radio stations WVOK and WAPI, and appeared on WAPI-TV.
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In 1959, Marion Worth had her first hit, called "Are You Willing, Willie," on Cherokee Records.
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In 1963, Marion Worth returned to the country charts with the song "Shake Me I Rattle " which reached Country's Top 15 and crossed over to the Pop Music charts, reaching the Top 50.
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Marion Worth followed up well with a cover version of "Crazy Arms," a hit for Ray Price.
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Marion Worth's 1964 started with a Top 40 hit called "You Took Him Off My Hands ".
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Marion Worth's biggest hit of 1964 was a duet recording with George Morgan called "Slipping Around".
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Marion Worth had another recording that year called "The French Song", which was a Top 25 hit.
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In 1966, Marion Worth was back on the charts with a top 40 recording called "I Will Not Blow Out the Light".
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Marion Worth soon parted ways with Columbia Records and signed with Decca Records where she recorded two songs that reached the charts, "A Woman Needs Love" in 1967 and "Mama Sez" in 1968.
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Marion Worth's hobby was to study the history of the world, which she focused a lot of time on after her chart success faded away.
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Marion Worth continued to be an active member of the Grand Ole Opry and she was a popular and in-demand performer for many years in the United States and Canada.
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On Sunday, December 19,1999, Marion Worth died in Nashville, Tennessee at the Tennessee Christian Medical Center from complications of emphysema.
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Marion Worth was 69 years old, and was survived by a daughter, Joyce.