Burns, Ronnie
(*1946)
During the mid-1960s Ronnie Burns (8 September 1946) vied with Normie Rowe and Merv Benton as the most popular solo singer on the pop scene. In 1967 he was voted Most Popular Australian Male Vocalist in the Go-Set Pop Poll and the ABC filmed a documentary called The Life of Ronnie Burns. Burns' first band, The Flies, was the first Australian band to consciously ape The Beatles. The band comprised Burns (vocals, rhythm guitar), John Thomas (lead guitar), Themi Adams (bass) and Hank Wallis…