Doug Ashdown

Doug Ashdown
Ashdown performing at the Mortlock Library, Adelaide in 2015
Background information
Born
Douglas Wesley Ashdown

(1942-07-29) 29 July 1942
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
GenresRock, folk, country
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Years active1959–present
Labels
  • CBS
  • Philips
  • Sweet Peach
  • Billingsgate
  • Festival
  • Infinity
  • Ash
  • Larrikin
  • NashWest
  • Roadshow
Websitedougashdown.com
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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 and charted in 14 of the first 15 editions of the Dutch annual Top 2000 of all time, with a peak position of 820 in 1999. In 1988, "Winter in America" was covered by Dutch singer René Froger, and in 1994 by Australian group the Robertson Brothers. Ashdown also reached the Australian top 50 with "The Saddest Song of All" (1970).

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