Burton Cummings (born 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. As a talented pianist and show beast he was for ten years from 1965 's lead singer of the rock band The Guess Who. After he had left this band in 1975, he went solo and scored further hits as Stand Tall, I'm Scaredand Break it to them Gently. End 70 's also acting film music and he went made Cummings; He played in 1982 in Melanie next to Don Johnson. Cummings lives alternately in California and Winnipeg; Besides music he is also owner of a restuarant and a convinced comic collector.