Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings (born December 31, 1945) is a Canadian musician. He is the lead singer for Canadian rock band "The Guess Who", and during his 10 years in "The Guess Who" from 1965 to 1975, he sang many well known songs, including "American Woman", "No Time", "Share the Land", "Hand Me Down World", and "These Eyes". Burton was born and raised in the Canadian prarie city of Winnipeg, as were the rest of "The Guess Who".

His first band was "The Devrons", which at the time was one of Winnipeg's biggest bands. He joined "The Guess Who" in 1965 after its previous lead singer, Allen Cobell, left the band. In 1975, after 10 years, Burton left "The Guess Who" to become a solo artist. Some of his well known solo hits include "Stand Tall", "Scared", and "Break it to Them Gently". In 2000, Burton as well as the rest of the original members of "The Guess Who" went on a nation-wide tour which turned out to be very successful.

Since then he purchased Winnipeg's "Salisbury House" restaurant chain with The Guess Who manager Lorne Saifer and a few other local celebrities, and still tours with the reunited "The Guess Who" every summer. Most recently, the band played at the so-called "SARSstock" concert in Toronto.