Talk Back Trembling Lips (song)
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“Talk Back Trembling Lips” | |
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Single by Ernest Ashworth | |
from the album Hits of Today and Tomorrow | |
B-side | “That’s How Much I Care” |
Released | June 1963 |
Recorded | May 1963 |
Genre | Country |
Length | 2:37 |
Label | Hickory |
Songwriter(s) | John D. Loudermilk |
Producer(s) | Wesley Rose |
Ernest Ashworth singles chronology | |
“I Take the Chance“ (1962)”Talk Back Trembling Lips“ (1963)”A Week in the Country” (1964) |
“Talk Back Trembling Lips” is a 1963 song first recorded by Ernest Ashworth. The song became the most successful of Ernest Ashworth’s career and was his only No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that October. The song spent 35 weeks on the country chart. The song also bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100, just missing the chart’s main listing as it peaked at No. 101.
Chart performance
Ernest Ashworth
Chart (1963) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 101 |
“Talk Back Trembling Lips” | |
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Single by Johnny Tillotson | |
from the album Talk Back Trembling Lips | |
Released | October 1963 |
Genre | Country |
Label | MGM |
Songwriter(s) | John D. Loudermilk |
Producer(s) | Tanridge Productions Inc. |
Johnny Tillotson recorded a successful cover version in 1963 that peaked in early 1964.
Chart performance
Johnny Tillotson
Chart (1963) | Peak position |
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US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 6 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 7 |
Cover versions
Bowing at #91 on 9 November 1963, Johnny Tillotson took his version of the song to number seven on the Hot 100 on 4 January 1964. It was his last top-10 single.
Still in the early ’60s, a more pop orientated version appeared by Australian singer Debbie Stuart.
Australian country singer Kevin Shegog recorded a cover of the song in 1963.
Years later, country singer Becky Hobbs introduced the song to younger audiences with her 1990 cover version, although it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Ernest Ashworth himself appears in the music video as a guest.
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