Ashdown performing at the Mortlock Library, Adelaide in 2015
Background information
Birth name
Douglas Wesley Ashdown
Born
(1942-07-29) 29 July 1942 (age 81) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Genres
Rock, folk, country
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
Years active
1959–present
Labels
CBS
Philips
Sweet Peach
Billingsgate
Festival
Infinity
Ash
Larrikin
NashWest
Roadshow
Website
dougashdown.com
Musical artist
Douglas Wesley Ashdown (born 29 July 1942) is an Australian singer-songwriter who had a minor hit in Australia with "Winter in America", also known as "Leave Love Enough Alone", which also reached No. 13 on the Dutch Singles Chart in 1978.
Ashdown reached No. 46 on the Australian Kent Music Report with "The Saddest Song of All" released in August 1970.[1] In 1988, "Winter in America" was covered by Dutch singer René Froger, and in 1994 by Australian group The Robertson Brothers.
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1965, as a solo singer-songwriter, he released his first album, This Is DougAshdown. His 1960s popular singles were "Something Strange" in 1968, and in 1969...
organ music. It is not connected with the Australian label. Peter Allen DougAshdown Hoyt Axton Daryl Braithwaite Joe Camilleri Joe Cocker Donovan Jose Feliciano...
Junie McCree & Sydney Rosenfeld "The Oldest Living Groupie in Chicago" – DougAshdown "On a Freezing Chicago Street" – Margot and the Nuclear So and So's "On...
bodies. Artists appearing on the album include Ricky May, Normie Rowe, DougAshdown, Maggie McKinney, Karen Johns, Allan Caswell and Cameron Daddo. It was...
featured on the show, including Auriel Andrew, Robyn Archer, John Farnham, DougAshdown, and Julie Anthony. The Country and Western Hour at IMDb Heading, Rex...
poet and playwright 1941 – David Warner, English actor (d. 2022) 1942 – DougAshdown, Australian singer-songwriter 1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor (d....
duties with LRB, Housden continued as a session musician on albums by DougAshdown (1983), Normie Rowe (1984), Brian Cadd (1985) and Marc Hunter (1986)...
jazz. He also played many shows accompanying a young Johnny Farnham and DougAshdown. At 17, he attended art school and opened his own art gallery for a short...
1988 Rene Froger released his first top 10 hit ("Winter in America"), a DougAshdown cover on the CNR label. The singer would record two successful albums:...
sitting on the fence. Sydney: Earthworks Poster Collective. "Mark Arbuz - DougAshdown & Kirk Laorange. - Search the Collection, National Gallery of Australia"...
Australian TV Performer – The Ferrets on Countdown Best Cover Design – Trees (DougAshdown) Most Popular Australian Album – Photoplay (Sherbet) Most Popular Australian...
The Flowers and the Wine – John The Fish The Flowers and the Wine – DougAshdown Girl on the Train – Joe Stead Touch Has A Memory – Wizz Jones A Hill...
a musical about a stranded time-traveller, with musicians including DougAshdown. The songs are "Glencoe", "The Lure of Legendary Ladies", "Ithaca", "Bermudas"...
Blundell, Anne Kirkpatrick, Don Spencer, Graeme Connors, The Delltones, DougAshdown and Ricky May.[citation needed] Caswell won his first Golden Guitar in...
Dogs and Creatures of Leisure, Jon English's Words Are Not Enough and DougAshdown's single, "Winter in America". As well as working with local acts, Dunlop...
political editor". BBC News. BBC. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015. Bolton, Doug (24 July 2015). "Kimberly Wyatt beats Rylan Clark and Sam Nixon to win Celebrity...
radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to Ashdown, Arkansas, United States, it serves the Texarkana area. The station is...
Brown surprised Campbell by requesting that two Liberal Democrats (Lord Ashdown and Lady Neuberger) join his cabinet. After taking 24 hours to consult...
named after what the college judges to be significant battles: Jericho, Ashdown, and Malta. The college limits new student enrollment to about 50–60 new...
citizen on Friday. I have never been so proud to be an Anglo-American. #DougJonesAL @GDouglasJones #alabama 🇺🇸🇬🇧" (Tweet). Archived from the original...
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