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British keyboard player and singer
Tony Ashton was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, and first gained notice when he replaced Don Andrews in The Remo Four, a Liverpool Mersey Beat group. They played on George Harrison's Wonderwall soundtrack, then
Ashton and drummer Roy Dyke quit to form
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke in 1968, and the trio scored a hit with "Resurrection Shuffle" in 1971, then split up in 1972.
Ashton joined
Family for a year, and in 1976 was a member of
Paice, Ashton And Lord, after which he went into production. ~ William Ruhlmann