JOHNNY ASHCROFT (AUS)

Kurz-Bio:
Der Country-Musiker und Songwriter Johnny Ashcroft wurde am 1. Februar 1927 in Nord Sydney, New South Wales, Australien, als John Lewis Ashcroft geboren und verstarb am 19. Mai 2021 In Sydney, New South Wales, Australien.
Seine Singles inklusive GB- & USA-Übernahmen:
BELL (AUS)
03 58....BS-157....Featuring JOHNNY ASHCROFT With Graham Bell and Orchestra..Buzz, Buzz, Buzz (106512)/BARRY FRANK, Vocal Jimmy Carroll and Orchestra..A Very Special Love (106513)
?? 58....BS-201....JOHNNY ASHCROFT With Orchestra under the direction of Graeme Bell..They're A Weird Mob (NR047)/Phantom Guitar (NR048)
FELSTED (USA)
10 58....45-8543....JOHNNY ASHCRAFT with Graham Bell and Orchestra..A Pub With No Beer (FD 204)/Bouquet For The Bride (FD 205) (AUS: BELL EP 156)
FELSTED (GB)
03 59....45-AF.118....JOHNNY ASHCROFT with GRAHAM BELL AND ORCHESTRA..A Pub With No Beer (FD.204)/Bouquet For The Bride (FD.205) (AUS: BELL EP 156 dann US: FELSTED 8543)
COLUMBIA (AUS)
03 60....45-D0-4128....JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH THE NOEL GILMOUR SEXTET AND THE EMITRONS..My Love Is A River (7XCT766)/Little Boy Lost (7XCT767)
?? 60....45-D0-4129....JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH THE NOEL GILMOUR QUINTET AND THE EMITRONS..Son Of Old Shep (7XCT811)/JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH THE NOEL GILMOUR SEXTET..The Prisoner's Song (7XCT768)
HIS MASTER’S VOICE (GB)
06 60....45-POP 759....JOHNNY ASHCROFT with the Noel Gilmour Sextet and the Emitrons..Little Boy Lost (7XEA 19774)/My Love Is A River (7XEA 19775) (AUS: COLUMBIA 4128)
CAPITOL (USA)
06 60....4387....JOHNNY ASHCROFT With The Noel Gilmour Sextet And The Emitrons..Little Boy Lost (45-X43420)/My Love Is A River (45-X43421) (AUS: COLUMBIA 4128)
COLUMBIA (AUS)
07 60....45-D0-4143....JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FRANK SCOTT..The Flying Red Horse (7XCT814)/JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH THE NOEL GILMOUR SEXTET AND THE EMITRONS..Big River (7XCT810)
07 60....45-D0-4144....JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH THE NOEL GILMOUR SEXTET AND THE EMITRONS..Little Kangaroo (7XCT812)/Your Turn To Cry Over Me (7XCT813)
02 61....D0-4182....JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH THE DELLTONES AND THE NOEL GILMOUR QUINTET..A Drop In The Bucket (7XCT964)/Fisher's Ghost (7XCT965)
?? 61....D0-4233....JOHNNY ASHCROFT With Orchestra directed by GEOFF HARVEY..Gambler (7XCT1111)/Buffalo (7XCT1112)
12 62....D0-4326....JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH JACK ALLEN AND HIS BAR-FLIES..The Girl Behind The Bar (7XCT1419)/JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH ACCOMPANIMENT BY JACK ALLEN..Because My Love Is Gone (7XCT1420)
?? 63….DO-4376….JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH JACK ALLEN AND HIS NEIGHBOURS..Keepin’ Up With The Jones’s (7XCT1558)/JOHNNY ASHCROFT WITH ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY GEOFF HARVEY..Bullroarer (7XCT1555)

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Johnny Ashcroft zog in den 40er Jahren mit Vaudeville-Shows durch Australien.
1946 entstand die erste Testpressung "When I Waltzed My Matilda Away" für
einige Rundfunkeinsätze. 1954 entstanden drei Schellacks für Rodeo Records
und 1956 sein Philips-Album 'Songs Of The Western Trail' als erstes Country-
Album Australiens, aus dem es vier Singles gab. 1957 entstand für Bell Records
die EP 'Dig That Dixie'. Sein "A Pub With No Beer" verkaufte 110.000 Exemplare
in Australien. 1960 war "Little Boy Lost" sein erster Top-Hit, dem Ende 1962
"The Girl Behind The Bar" folgte. In den 60er Jahren gab es Country-Alben von
ihm und 1978 den Film 'The Little Boy Lost'. Es folgten einige weitere Alben, teilweise
mit Gay Kayler. 1990 erhielt er die 'Medal Of Order Of Australia'.

Dezember 1962
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