Talk:Burton Cummings

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in the line "In 1970, the band hit No. 1 in America with, ironically, "American Woman", a song not about a woman but about the United States' militaristic ways and societal problems.", it can be disputed, since technically, it's not about either, it's just a song that was made up on the spot on stage at a hockey rink in Kitchener, Ontario

The rest of the band were waiting for Cummings to take the stage, and they spontaneously came up with the melody as a riff to fill the time in. Which is why all four members of the band ended up with a songwriting credit. -- Cranston Lamont 20:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

This is probably unencyclopedic, but in a 1977 radio show Kenny Everett described Cummings as having the most fabulous teeth he'd ever seen on a human being. Lee M 11:37, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

The Guess is not the first Canadian act to have a #1 song on US charts. Percy Faith, Paul Anka and others accomplished this prior to the Guess Who.

I got rid of the aka cumman at the beginning, i felt that it wasnt nessasary. picklefishman sept. 19, 2007

[edit] NPOV, anyone?

I love Canada, I love the Guess Who, and I love Burton Cummings as a musician, but golly, this article is FULL of POV and peacock terms. 65.248.164.214 (talk) 21:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)