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Burton Lorne Cummings OC OM (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is best known for leading The Guess Who during that band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and for a lengthy solo career.
"No Time" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, composed by guitarist Randy Bachman and lead singer Burton Cummings. There are two versions of the song. The original recording was done for The Guess Who's album Canned Wheat .
The Guess Who was a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1965. The band found their greatest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, under the leadership of singer/keyboardist Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman, with hit songs including "American Woman", "These Eyes", and "No Time".
In the following decades, Cummings and original guitarist Randy Bachman led several one-time reunion shows or short commemorative tours with various former members. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Starting in the late 1970s, original bassist Jim Kale organized a separate band under the name of The Guess Who for nostalgia tours with a frequently changing cast of ...
The flute part required the learning of a new instrument by Burton Cummings. Bachman says, “Burton could play the sax, and we discovered that a flute used the same fingering. We went to a music store, bought a flute, and he learned how to play the solo. He’d never played the flute in his life.”
While the song was climbing the charts, Casey Kasem reported on American Top 40 that shortly following Cummings' departure from The Guess Who to pursue a solo career, his girlfriend of nine years left him for another man. "Stand Tall" was born from him taking his frustration, challenges and despondency to the piano and forging the melody there.
"Sour Suite" is a song written by Burton Cummings and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #12 in Canada [1] and #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. [2] The song was featured on their 1971 album, So Long, Bannatyne. [3] Cummings said it took between two and three days to write the song.
"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" is a song written by Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter. The song was recorded by the Canadian rock group The Guess Who on May 22, 1972, for the album Live at the Paramount [1] and is also included on their 1974 album The Best of the Guess Who, Vol. 2.