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Johnny Ashcroft (01 Feb 1927 - 19 May 2021)

Male Person - Australia

Releases (48)

Official

Album

  1. The Farmer’s Song / Castaway 1954
  2. Songs of the Western Trail 1956
  3. One More Time Around 1966
  4. Little Boy Lost 1968
  5. Johnny Ashcroft Now 1969
  6. Johnny Ashcroft Unlimited 1970
  7. They All Died Game 1971
  8. Heaven Help Us All 1971
  9. Johnny Ashcroft Country: Songs Based on Authentic Stories of Australian Bushrangers 1972
  10. People, Places and Gertrude 1975
  11. I’ve Got a Thing About Trains 1976
  12. And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda 1977
  13. Johnny Ashcroft in Little Boy Lost Country 1978
  14. Streetsinger 1981
  15. A Time for Change 1981

Album - Live

  1. Johnny Ashcroft Live at Wentworthville Leagues Club 1971

Album - Compilation

  1. Requests 1972
  2. They’re a Weird Mob 1999
  3. Here’s to You, Australia! 2007
  4. Johnny Ashcroft Country

Single

  1. They’re a Weird Mob 1960
  2. Big River 1960
  3. Gambler 1961
  4. Little Kangaroo 1961
  5. The Girl Behind the Bar / Because My Love Is Gone 1962
  6. Bullroarer 1963
  7. Kimberley Way Sep 1964
  8. Who Pinched Me Kangaroo 1966
  9. Big Country 1966
  10. It’s the Same Old Story 1966
  11. Think Pink 1968
  12. Another Fool Like Me 1968
  13. Sunday Morning Christian 1971
  14. Playground in My Mind 17 May 1973
  15. May the Road Rise to Meet You 1974
  16. Holy Joe the Salvo 1975
  17. The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again 1976
  18. Talkback Radio 1977
  19. And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda 1977
  20. The Last Laugh / She’s My Ever Lovin’ Machine 1980
  21. Rock & Roll Me 1981
  22. Playground in My Mind
  23. An Angel Told Me a Lie / Tell Me
  24. Do the Pines Grow Green in the Valley / A Convict’s Letter Home
  25. The First Day of Never

EP

  1. Kimberley Way 1964
  2. The First Christmas Day 1966

Promotion

Single

  1. With a Dog and a Gun 1971

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Australia Too

Recordings by (215)

  1. The Farmer’s Song ?:?? (1954)
  2. Castaway ?:?? (1954)
  3. Down and Out Blues ?:?? (1956)
  4. Put Your Cards on the Table ?:?? (1956)
  5. Old Dan the Drover ?:?? (1956)
  6. Train Whistle Blues ?:?? (1956)
  7. Tell Me ?:?? (1956)
  8. Little Band of Gold ?:?? (1956)
  9. An Angel Told Me a Lie ?:?? (1956)
  10. Highway 31 ?:?? (1956)
  11. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz ?:?? (01 Sep 1958)
  12. They’re a Weird Mob ?:?? (1960)
  13. Phantom Guitar ?:?? (1960)
  14. Gambler ?:?? (1961)
  15. Buffalo ?:?? (1961)
  16. Little Kangaroo ?:?? (1961)
  17. Its Your Turn to Cry ?:?? (1961)
  18. The Girl Behind the Bar 2:53 (1962)
  19. Because My Love Is Gone 2:38 (1962)
  20. Kimberley Way ?:?? (Sep 1964)
  21. Billabong Bill, the Winger ?:?? (Sep 1964)
  22. Billabong Bill the Winger ?:?? (1964)
  23. Little Boy Lost ?:?? (1964)
  24. Dry 2:39 (1966)
  25. The First Christmas Day ?:?? (1966)
  26. Merry, Merry Christmas Time ?:?? (1966)
  27. Christmas in Heaven ?:?? (1966)
  28. The Three Trees ?:?? (1966)
  29. Big Country ?:?? (1966)
  30. Honey I Know 2:41 (1966)
  31. It’s the Same Old Story 2:46 (1966)
  32. Big River ?:?? (1966)
  33. Bushfire ?:?? (1966)
  34. Another Fool Like Me ?:?? (1966)
  35. Billabong Bill the Whinger ?:?? (1966)
  36. Who Pinched Me Kangaroo 2:32 (1966)
  37. What the Worlsd Needs Is a Good Laugh ?:?? (1966)
  38. Wild Rover No More ?:?? (1968)
  39. The Ballad of the the Flying Doctor ?:?? (1968)
  40. The Stockman’s Last Bed ?:?? (1968)
  41. Waltzing Matilda ?:?? (1968)
  42. Mrs Swaggy Joe ?:?? (1968)
  43. Araluen ?:?? (1968)
  44. Fisher’s Ghost ?:?? (1968)
  45. Click Go the Shears ?:?? (1968)
  46. My Old Black Billy ?:?? (1968)
  47. Gumbalara Jack ?:?? (1968)
  48. Think Pink 1:59 (1968)
  49. Don’t Forget Me Ida 2:06 (1968)
  50. I’m Falling in Love With You ?:?? (1968)
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Credited as (18)

  1. Johnny Ashcroft
  2. Buddy Williams with Johnny Ashcroft & Gay Kahler
  3. Johnny Ashcroft, Kathleen McCormack
  4. Johnny Ashcroft, Gay Kahler
  5. Johnny Ashcroft & Gay Kayler
  6. Johnny Ashcroft and Graeme Bell
  7. Graeme Bell Orchestra with Johnny Ashcroft
  8. Johnny Ashcroft & Graeme Bell
  9. Johnny Ashcroft, Barry Frank
  10. Johnny Ashcroft with The Noel Gilmour Sextet and The Emitrons
  11. Johnny Ashcroft with The Noel Gilmour Quintet and The Emitrons
  12. Johnny Ashcroft with orchestra under the direction of Frank Scott
  13. Johnny Ashcroft with The Delltones and The Noel Gilmour Quintet
  14. Johnny Ashcroft with orchestra directed by Geoff Harvey
  15. Johnny Ashcroft with Jack Allan and His Neighbours
  16. Johnny Ashcroft, Rocky Thomas & The Good Music Orchestra
  17. Johnny Ashcroft featuring Gay Kayler
  18. Jimmy Cone, Johnny Ashcroft

Works (50)

Wrote

  1. We’ll All Die Game
  2. Little Boy Lost
  3. Who Pinched Me Kangaroo
  4. Kimberley Way
  5. Big River
  6. Moondyne Joe
  7. Mrs Swaggie Joe
  8. Thunderbolt’s Lament (Yellilong I Love You)
  9. The Twilight Bar in ’Frisco (The Frank Gardiner Song)
  10. It’s the Same Old Story
  11. On the Fifth of May
  12. Bailing Up the Mail
  13. First Day of Never
  14. Daddy Hard Heart
  15. The Ballad of Matt Brady
  16. And He Used to Be a Preacher Man
  17. Sixteen Summers
  18. Run Cesor, Run
  19. Who’ll Light a Candle in the Morning
  20. Donahoe’s Lullaby
  21. Bushfire
  22. The Ballad of the the Flying Doctor
  23. Put Your Cards on the Table
  24. Old Dan the Drover

Composed

  1. From Here on In
  2. Holy Joe the Salvo
  3. Darwin Lives On
  4. Talkback Radio
  5. Doesn’t Anybody Love a Cop
  6. An Angel Told Me a Lie
  7. My Love Is a River
  8. Where Angels Sing
  9. Shoe
  10. A Song for Danny
  11. The Hooker
  12. Follow My Song
  13. Down and Out Blues

Lyrics

  1. Holy Joe the Salvo
  2. Darwin Lives On
  3. Talkback Radio
  4. Doesn’t Anybody Love a Cop
  5. An Angel Told Me a Lie
  6. My Love Is a River
  7. Where Angels Sing
  8. Shoe
  9. A Song for Danny
  10. The Hooker
  11. Follow My Song
  12. Down and Out Blues
  13. From Here on In

Links (8)

Official Homepages

  1. https://www.johnnyashcroft.com.au/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006108657
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2006108657/

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1935993

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6760527/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/1819147425880645040005

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6266260

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/150524