Ray Burton

Raymond Charles Burton (born 1945) is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter. He was briefly a member of a rock group the Delltones (1965–66) on vocals, pop group the Executives (1968–69) on guitar and vocals, progressive rock group Leo de Castro and Friends (1973) on guitar, and jazz fusion band Ayers Rock (1973–74) on guitar and vocals. In 1971 Burton was working in the United States where he co-wrote "I Am Woman" with Australian singer Helen Reddy, which became a number-one hit for her on the Billboard Hot 100 late in the following year. Burton also composed Reddy's song "Best Friend", which was later used in a disaster film, Airport 1975 (October 1974). As a solo artist, Burton issued an album, Dreamers and Nightflyers and two associated singles, "Too Hard to Handle" and "Paddington Green", in 1978 in Australia. He returned to the United States where he worked as a songwriter.