Being a country singer brought her instant fame and she soon appeared on many television shows such as Nashville Now and Crook & Chase. Barber's 1978 release, "Bucket to the South", turned into a big country hit, peaking at No. 13 on the Hot Country Songs list in 1978 and reaching No. 12 in Canada.
The song was only moderately successful, though, reaching only No. 70 on the country singles charts that year.
Chart success didn't come initially, but she released her first charting single in 1977 with the song, "Waitin' At the End of Your Run", a truck-driving song. At the same time, Barber was trying to get her country music career off the ground. Soon, Barber was hired as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, and found herself performing on his television series on the West Coast. The Lawrence Welk Show and success as a country singer About this same time, she married singer and musician Roger Sullivan. Her mother was an avid fan of a popular television show at the time, The Lawrence Welk Show, and suggested that her daughter write to Welk.īarber wrote to Welk in 1973, and he responded, suggesting that if she was on the West Coast, she should be on the show. She started performing, and recorded records for some local labels. She began singing professionally at age 10. Soon, every Saturday night, Barber would go to the auditorium of WNOX Radio, where "The Tennessee Barndance" was performed. While growing up, Barber often played in her brother's band.īarber began listening to country music when her father would turn on the radio to a country music station every morning. She has done many reunion specials on PBS for The Lawrence Welk Show over the past number of years.Īva Marlene Barber was born on June 28, 1954, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was named after her mother's favorite actress Ava Gardner and singer Marlene Dietrich.
She is also known as a recording artist, her best-known hit being the song, "Bucket to the South", which peaked at No. 13 on the Hot Country Songs list in 1978. She is best remembered for her performances on The Lawrence Welk Show throughout much of the 1970s and early 1980s. Ava Marlene Barber (born June 28, 1954) is an American country music singer and performer.
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