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Colin Burgess

1946 - 2023

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Colin John Burgess (16 November 1946 – 16 December 2023) was an Australian rock musician who was the drummer in the Masters Apprentices from 1968 to 1972. He was later the original drummer with hard rock band AC/DC from November 1973 to February 1974. The Masters Apprentices had top 20 singles chart success with "5:10 Man", "Think about Tomorrow Today", "Turn Up Your Radio" and "Because I Love You". In 1998, the Masters Apprentices, with Burgess, were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Burgess is the 1,031st most popular musician (down from 510th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 68th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Australian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Colin Burgess ranks 1,031 out of 3,175. Before him are Theodor Kullak, Domenico Montagnana, János Starker, Albert Ayler, Freddie Hubbard, and Matt Sorum. After him are J. J. Johnson, Marcos Valle, Alexei Lubimov, Juan d'Arienzo, Ray Brown, and Linda Perry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Colin Burgess ranks 391. Before him are Ricky Hui, Barry Hulshoff, Henry Paulson, Gregory Hines, Zhang Dejiang, and John Barnard. After him are Gitte Hænning, Rabah Saâdane, Ado, Ricky Bruch, Hiroshi Ochiai, and George Duke. Among people deceased in 2023, Colin Burgess ranks 252. Before him are Edgar Schein, Slim Borgudd, Antonio Juliano, Dariush Mehrjui, Tengiz Kitovani, and Lowell Weicker. After him are Ilya Kabakov, Ernst Tugendhat, Doyle Brunson, Nadja Tiller, Margit Carstensen, and Salma Khadra Jayyusi.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Colin Burgess ranks 143 out of 1,143. Before him are Betty Cuthbert (1938), John Curtin (1885), Russell Mulcahy (1953), Graham Arnold (1963), Peter Norman (1942), and Lionel Cox (1930). After him are Bruce Beresford (1940), Raewyn Connell (1944), Natalie Imbruglia (1975), Travis Fimmel (1979), Tim Schenken (1943), and Phillip Noyce (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In Australia

Among musicians born in Australia, Colin Burgess ranks 10. Before him are Phil Rudd (1954), Flea (1962), David Helfgott (1947), Michael Hutchence (1960), Mark Evans (1956), and Daevid Allen (1938). After him are Tommy Emmanuel (1955), John Williams (1941), Rick Springfield (1949), Bob Daisley (1950), Richard Bonynge (1930), and Simone Young (1961).

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