Stanton, Barry
(*1941)
English-born Barry Stanton (23 January 1941) was one of Australia's most overlooked rock'n'roll stars of the early 1960s. Stanton never quite achieved the success and recognition afforded the likes of Lonnie Lee and Johnny Chester, although he issued a string of competent and engaging singles. Once his career had started to fade during the mid-1960s, Stanton left the music business. Stanton had immigrated to Sydney with his parents at age five. Like so many music fans during the mid-1950s…