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Ashdown, Doug

(*1942)

Adelaide-born (1942) singer/songwriter Doug Ashdown first came to public attention during the 1960s with a series of folk albums for CBS, and the singles Guess I'm Doing Fine (1966), (The Byrds') 5D (1967) and (Jerry Lee Lewis') A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1969). In 1969 he signed to the newly founded independent label Sweet Peach and issued three singles, I've Come to Save Your World (Mother Love), Saddest Song of All and Susan of the Straw, plus one of Australia's first double albums, The…

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