Ava Barber

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Ava Barber (born June 28, 1954) is an American country music singer and performer. She is best remembered for her performances on The Lawrence Welk Show throughout much of the 1970s and early 1980s. 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 has done many reunion specials on PBS for The Lawrence Welk Show over the past number of years. Ava Marlene Barber was born and reared in Knoxville, Tennessee, named after actress Ava Gardner and singer Marlene Dietrich. While growing up, Barber often played in her brother's band. Barber soon began listening to country music from listening to her father turning on the radio to a country music station every morning. Soon, every Saturday night, Barber would go to the auditorium of WNOX Radio, where "The Tennessee Barndance" was performed. She began singing professionally at age 10. She started performing, and even recorded records for some local labels. Her mother was an avid fan of a popular television show at the time, The Lawrence Welk Show, and suggested that her daughter should write to him. Barber wrote to Welk in 1973 concering the Lawrence Welk Show, and he responded suggesting that if she was on the West Coast, she should be on the show. About this same time, she married singer and musician Roger Sullivan. Soon, Barber was hired as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, and found herself performing on his

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Live At The Rainbow Theatre (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)

You're Gonna Love Love

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The Archives of Ava Barber 1974 to 1982

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Sweet Nothing

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Archives (1974-1982)

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Single

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Lawrence Welk Favorites vol 5

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Lawrence Welk Celebrates 25 Years on Television

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Lawrence Welk's Mulical Treasures

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70s Country Vol. 22

Country As Grits

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Ava Barber

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