Australian country musician and folk entertainer (1927–2021)
Johnny Ashcroft
OAM
Ashcroft in 1948, with 1935 Gibson Acoustic Guitar
Background information
Birth name
John Lewis Ashcroft
Born
(1927-02-01)1 February 1927 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
19 May 2021(2021-05-19) (aged 94) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Country
folk
skiffle
jazz
pop
Occupations
Singer
songwriter
musician
Years active
1946-2021
Website
www.johnnyashcroft.com.au
Musical artist
John Lewis AshcroftOAM FAIHA (1 February 1927 – 19 May 2021)[1] was an Australian country music and folk entertainer, singer, songwriter, and musician, who also recorded pop, skiffle, jazz, and disco as his alter ego, the Baron. He was married to fellow performer Gay Kayler, with whom he recorded on numerous occasions.
^"Ray Hadley pays tribute to Australian country music icon Johnny Ashcroft". 2GB. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
movie sound track. Ashcroft made a fleeting cameo appearance as one of the exhausted searchers by the camp fire. JohnnyAshcroft was the first country...
Australia's first singing cowboy), Buddy Williams, Slim Dusty and JohnnyAshcroft, Reg Lindsay and Jean Stafford (Early Hadley Recordings) who are all...
began in 1973 when she recorded the EMI album, Faces of Love, with JohnnyAshcroft. She had a double charting single in 1975 of "Nobody's Child" coupled...
reaching number three. The song was also covered by country artist JohnnyAshcroft in 1957. His version was also released in the USA and Canada, and reportedly...
hit overnight. Lee Pockriss covered "Playground in My Mind" in 1972. JohnnyAshcroft covered the song in 1973. It was released in Australia and became a...
Priest for their album, Ram It Down. Johnny Walker, a student at fictitious Ashcroft High School, is the top high school quarterback prospect in the nation...
Boy" (Johnny Devlin) 24 November 1961 "I’m Not Supposed to Know" (JohnnyAshcroft, Lorna Barry, Noel Balfour). Recorded with orchestra directed by Geoff...
Reg Lindsay, bush balladeer singer Buddy Williams, and entertainers JohnnyAshcroft and Chad Morgan. Another, more Americanized form of Australian country...
Brian Hyland "Last Date" – m. Floyd Cramer "Little Boy Lost" – w.m. JohnnyAshcroft & Tony Withers "A Million to One" – w.m. Phil Medley "Mister Custer"...
Ed Bruce, Jim Croce, Holly Dunn, Anne Murray, and others. May 19 – JohnnyAshcroft, 94, Australian country singer. May 22 – Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American...
Arismunandar, 87, Indonesian academic, minister of education (1998). JohnnyAshcroft, 94, Australian country singer. Khadgajeet Baral, 93, Nepalese diplomat...
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RSL Club COUNTRY SHOWGROUP: Men of Country COUNTRY MALE ENTERTAINER: JohnnyAshcroft COUNTRY FEMALE ENTERTAINER: Allison Durbin VARIETY PRODUCTION SHOW:...
steam in 1986 Two songs were written about 3801, Jolly Green Giant by JohnnyAshcroft (1976) and 3801 by Ray King and Ron Russell (1987) Main locomotive...
1985 episode of The Twilight Zone "Little Boy Lost" (song), a song by JohnnyAshcroft This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Little...
1945) Chrissy Sharp, Western Australian politician (b. 1947) 19 May – JohnnyAshcroft, country musician (b. 1927) 20 May – Ray Thomas, Australian rules footballer...
Sisters (Joy and Heather) 1984 Reg Lindsay 1985 Rick and Thel Carey 1986 JohnnyAshcroft 1987 Chad Morgan 1988 John Minson 1989 The Hawking Brothers 1990 Stan...
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Ferrier's Famous Hillbillies along with budding Australian artists JohnnyAshcroft, The McKean Sisters, Dusty Rankin, and Billy Blinkhorn. Their shows...
10, 2018. "Johnny Sutton". Guillermo Contreras (23 April 2009). "Ex-prosecutor joins Ashcroft law firm". San Antonio Express-News. Johnny Sutton official...
she was invited on the stage at Kootingal Town Hall to sing at a JohnnyAshcroft concert. At the age of 13, she started performing with the Geoff Brown...
addition to those with Stan Tracey, Tommy Whittle, Graeme Bell, JohnnyAshcroft, Don Burrows, Johnny Keating, Blossom Dearie, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dakota Staton...
indie rock band, formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell. Along with Borrell, the current line-up of the band is composed...