Ralph Emery
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Birth name | Walter Ralph Emery |
Born | television host | March 10, 1933
Years active | 1955–2015 |
Labels | Liberty, RCA Records |
Walter Ralph Emery (March 10, 1933 – January 15, 2022) was an American country music disc jockey, radio and television host from McEwen, Tennessee.
Emery promoted numerous stars on his radio and TV shows, and was called the
He gained national fame hosting the
Life and career
Walter Ralph Emery worked as an usher in a downtown Nashville movie theater and as a Kroger stock boy as a teenager, saving money to attend the Tennessee School of Broadcasting under the instruction of Nashville radio legend
He hosted a late-afternoon program on
The song
In 2001, Emery attempted a television comeback on Nashville Fox affiliate WZTV, with a show called Mornings with Ralph Emery, but only spent seven days on the air before being sidelined first by continuing coverage of the September 11 attacks and then an illness. The show continued with replacement host Charlie Chase, using the title Tennessee Mornings. In October 2005, Emery launched The Nashville Show, a free weekly webcast with Shotgun Red as co-host. He then returned to television on the RFD-TV cable network in mid-2007, conducting interviews on the show Ralph Emery Live. The show aired live every Monday evening at 7:00 PM Eastern.[3] The show ran for eight years, at some point changing its name to Ralph Emery's Memories, ending its run in October 2015.[citation needed]
Honors
Emery was among the 2007 inductees to the
Death
Emery died at a hospital in Nashville on January 15, 2022, at the age of 88, after a brief illness.[1]
Albums
- 1989 Songs for Children (with Shotgun Red) (RCA Records)
Singles
Year | Single | US Country |
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1961 | "Hello Fool" | 4 |
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "Nashville Now host Ralph Emery to leave show". Daily Times. Portsmouth, Ohio: AP. July 18, 1993. p. B4. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Thompson, Richard (January 20, 2022). "Ralph Emery passes".
- ^ "RALPH EMERY | Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum | Nashville, Ten…". archive.ph. August 11, 2007. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007.
External links
- Ralph Emery at IMDb
- Ralph Emery at Find a Grave
- Ralph Emery discography at Discogs