Ashton Shepherd

Ashton Delilah Shepherd August 16, 1986

Ashton Delilah Shepherd (born August 16, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She was first signed to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville division in April 2007. Her 2008 debut album Sounds So Good produced two top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Takin' Off This Pain" and the title track. In 2011, she released her second album, Where Country Grows, which includes the top 20 hit "Look It Up".

Ashton Shepherd was born in Coffeeville, Alabama, United States. She began singing at an early age, and started writing songs at age five. By age eight, she had entered her first talent competition, where she sang Patsy Cline songs, and soon afterward, she began performing at various local venues as well. Her parents helped her finance a self-titled CD, which she released independently at age fifteen. In June 2006, she entered and won a talent contest in Gilbertown, Alabama. The prize was being the opening act for Lorrie Morgan in concert. Shepherd won the opening slot, and while performing as Morgan's opener, she was spotted by a representative of MCA Nashville Records, who then signed her to the label in April 2007.

Her debut single, "Takin' Off This Pain," was released in September 2007, the same month in which she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. The song, which peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, was the first single from her debut album Sounds So Good, which was produced by Buddy Cannon and released on March 4, 2008. She also appeared on CMT's Unplugged at Studio 330 television program and subsequent interview March 5, 2008. The album's second single, its title track, was released in May 2008 and peaked at No. 21.

Shepherd's third single, "Look It Up," was released to country radio on January 3, 2011 as the lead-off single to her second album for MCA Nashville, Where Country Grows. It debuted at number 56 on the country charts for chart week ending January 15, 2011. The song entered the Top 40 of the charts in its third week and became her second Top 20 hit on the chart, reaching a peak of number 19 in May 2011. The title track was released as the second and final single from the album, and reached a peak of number 42 on the charts, becoming her first single to miss the Top 40. Shepherd parted ways with MCA Nashville in mid-2012.

Discography:

1973 - Comin' Right at Ya
1974 - Asleep at the Wheel
1975 - Fathers  -  Sons [1 Side]
1975 - Texas Gold
1976 - Wheelin'  -  Dealin'
1977 - The Wheel
1978 - Collision Course
1979 - Served Live
1980 - Framed
1985 - Asleep at the Wheel
1987 - 10 - Epic
1988 - Western Standard Time
1990 - Keepin' Me Up Nights
1992 - Route 66
1993 - A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills
1995 - The Wheel Keeps on Rollin'
1997 - Back to the Future Now - Live at Arizona ...
1997 - Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
1999 - Ride With Bob
2003 - Take Me Back to Tulsa
2003 - Wide Awake!: Live in Oklahoma
2003 - Live at Billy Bob's Texas
2003 - Remembers the Alamo
2006 - Live from Austin TX
2007 - Reinventing the Wheel
2007 - Santa Loves to Boogie