Background
Ashton was born in Manchester, England on 11 April 1956 and moved to South Africa at the age of 3.
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Leigh Ashton
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Ashton was signed to David Gresham Productions as a singer songwriter at 19. His first single "Love Maine" was released in November 1975. Ashton worked with some of the best musicians in the country at the time including Trevor Rabin.
In 1977 "Tanya", one of his own songs, reached no 12 on the official Société Anonyme charts based on sales – competing with Abba and Leo Sayer.
"Tanya" was released on Pye Records later that year in England and Europe. A series of newspaper articles, television videos, pin up photos and radio interviews followed and he released his third single "Day after Day" another self penned song.
Ashton was later offered a recording contract with GRC part of Gallo on the worldwide Columbia Broadcasting System label and after liaising and negotiating with both companies changed to GRC to work with Hilton Rosenthal who was producing Juluka at the time. His 4th and 5th singles, "That Girl" and "Christmas Song", were well received by fans and the record industry, but due to an unfortunate misunderstanding between the record companies, arguments ensued and both companies left the singles with no marketing or moral support.
