Burns Cotton & Morris

Burns Cotton & Morris
Genres	Pop, rock music
Years active	1996-2000
Associated acts	Cotton Keays & Morris, Somebody's Image, The Masters Apprentices, Zoot
Past members	Ronnie Burns Darryl Cotton Russell Morris

Burns Cotton & Morris was an Australian rock band formed in 1996 consisting of singer-songwriters Ronnie Burns, Darryl Cotton and Russell Morris. Each wrote and recorded numerous hit singles in the 1960s and 70s in Australia. The band toured Australia and released a self-titled album in 1996, which was a compilation of their individual hits as well as three new tracks. Two additional albums were released by the trio, Hear and Now in 1997 and Three in 1998.

Burns Cotton & Morris was formed in 1996. In 2000, Burns decided to leave the group and was released with Jim Keays and group was disbanded and renamed Cotton Keays & Morris.

Ronnie Burns (8 September 1946) was the lead singer of band The Flies in the early 1960s. This was followed by a solo career. On 10 June 2013 Burns was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia with the citation "For significant service to the community, particularly to children recovering from illness and trauma, and to the entertainment industry".

Daryl Cotton (4 September 1949 – 27 July 2012) was a founding member of rock band Zoot along with Beeb Birtles (Mississippi and Little River Band). Following the break-up of Zoot, Cotton worked overseas for several years before returning to Australia to pursue a solo career. He also enjoyed success as the lead in the Australian production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, appeared in television programs including The Young Doctors and hosted The Early Bird Show.

Cotton's contributions to the setlist include Zoot hits "1x2x3x4" and a hard rock version of "Eleanor Rigby", Mississippi single "Will I?" (co-written with Birtles), and his solo songs "Don't Let It Get to You" and the award-winning "Same Old Girl".

Cotton died from liver cancer on 27 July 2012.

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