Best known for a handful of mid-'60s singles written for him by the Bee Gees, Australian singer Ronnie Burns carved out a successful career in Australia during that tumultuous decade and into the early '70s as a versatile singer of songs that ranged from Baroque pop to gentle protest ballads.
Burns began his musical career as a member of the Beatles-inspired group the Flies. The band signed to RCA, released a handful of singles, and won a prestigious slot as opener for the Rolling Stones when that band toured Australia in 1965. Burns went solo not long after that to pursue ...