Doug Ashdown
Doug Ashdown | |
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Ashdown performing at the Mortlock Library, Adelaide in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Douglas Wesley Ashdown |
| Born | 29 July 1942 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Rock, folk, country |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | dougashdown.com |
Douglas Wesley Ashdown (born 29 July 1942) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter from Adelaide. He had a top 40 hit on the Australian singles chart with "Winter in America" or "Leave Love Enough Alone" (1976). It also reached No. 13 on the Dutch Singles Chart in 1978. Ashdown had reached the Australian top 50 with "The Saddest Song of All" (1970). In 1988, "Winter in America" was covered by Dutch singer René Froger, and in 1994 by Australian group the Robertson Brothers.