Manitoba Heroes

Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings is a hero because he is a gifted singer and he makes people proud to be Canadian like him.

Early Life:
He was born on December 31,1947. He went to St. John's High School. He was in a band called the "Devrons" when he was in High School. He sang with "The Guess Who".

Later Life:
He performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1994. He lives in L.A. and still performs.

The picture on the left we took outside the Burton Cummimgs Community Center and the other one is a print of Burton Cummings hands.

Accomplishments:
There is a community club named after him in Winnipeg Manitoba.  He has earned 33 songwriting awards and in 1989 was awarded the Wm. Harold Moon Award for Career Achievement.  "The Guess Who" hosted a CBC Teen Variety Show.
Some of Burton Cummings records are called 'Up Close And Alone' and 'The Burton Cummings Collection'.

We took these pictures at Burton Cummings Community center.
The one on the left we took in the office and the one on the right we took from the trophy case. In this picture he was a Celebrity Captain for the Winnipeg Jets.


Web Sites:
http://www.orbitworld.net/bnsteiss/bcummings.html
 http://netreader.com/flood/
This page was made by Debbie, George, and Roxanne.
Comments may be sent to K. Routhier

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Last modified:  January 04, 2010