Tuesday, August 28, 2007 – Massachusetts teenager Ashley Gearing signed a record deal with Curb, the label announced.
Gearing, now 16, made history when she was just 12 years old as her song, "Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You", entered Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, eclipsing a 46 year-old record previously held by Brenda Lee.
Curb Records Sr. VP/General Manager, Dennis Hannon, said, "Ashley is a triple threat: young, talented and beautiful, I think she's got a long successful career ahead of her and I'm thrilled that she's part of our Curb family."
Gearing spent that last few years honing her songwriting and guitar skills. She released an album on her own last year. She's received ASCAP's "Uncut Diamond" award as a future country rising star, performed numerous times on the famed stage of the Grand Ole Opry and was voted Best Female Country artist in a New Country Artist poll in 2006.
She recorded music for the Walt Disney CD Series, "Disneymania" and has performed with the Boston Pops.
Producer Byron Gallimore has been working with her in the studio. Gallimore has produced Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Jo Dee Messina.
