About Doug Ashdown
Douglas Wesley Ashdown 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). Best known in the thriving Adelaide folk scene for his guitar work, he released his first album This Is Doug Ashdown in 1966. The associated album, The Age of Mouse, was the first double LP album of original material released by an Australian artist. In 1977, his album Trees won the King of Pop Award for "Best Album Cover" from TV Week, the Australian television entertainment magazine.
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