RONNIE BURNS
The Very Last Day
(Noel Paul Stookey - Peter Yarrow)
Australia 1966
#17 Melbourne #24 Perth

Ronnie Burns's first solo single.

Melbourne singer Ronnie Burns emerged in 1964 as a member of Beatles influenced band The Flies, and went on to a successful solo career. After signing with Spin he benefited from his association with The Bee Gees, and he had several charting singles, usually with original songs by Australian songwriters.

Nowadays, Ronnie Burns lives in Tasmania, where he and his wife Maggie run the Appin Hall Children’s Foundation, their non-profit organization for children in crisis and distress.

From the 60s to the 90s, Ronnie hosted and produced several television programs, including his own creation, Prophecy & Prediction - Threat or Warning? In the late 90s he joined fellow music stars Russell Morris and Darryl Cotton to form Burns, Cotton & Morris. Along the way he ran an architectural and design company and wrote The Australian House Book.

In 2001, Ronnie was the subject of This Is Your Life, for which 2 million people tuned in to the Nine Network.

Reference: Ronnie Burns, official biography
Further reading
: Mile
sago's Ronnie Burns page. Wikipedia article on Ronnie Burns. Appin Hall Children's Foundation. Ronnie's books The Australian House Book and Prophecy & Prediction - Threat or Warning? at AbeBooks.

Photos: Colin Beard (top), Ronnie Burns.
THE HOLLIES
The Very Last Day
(Noel Paul Stookey - Peter Yarrow)
UK 1965
Influential version

On the 1965 album The Hollies, on the Parlophone label.

Paul Culnane suggests at Milesago that this album track was the source of the Ronnie Burns version.

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PETER, PAUL & MARY
The Very Last Day
(Noel Paul Stookey - Peter Yarrow)
USA 1963
Original version

On the 1963 album In The Wind, on the United Artists label.

Gospel song in a traditional style by chart-topping folk trio, written by group members Peter and Paul.


Later versions:

PETE KLINT QUINTET
The Very Last Day
(Noel Paul Stookey - Peter Yarrow)
USA 1967
Later version

Single on IGL label by popular local band from Mason City, Iowa (the Music Man city), inductees into the Iowa Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame.

THYME
The Very Last Day
(Noel Paul Stookey - Peter Yarrow)
USA 1967
Later version

Single on Bang label, B-side of Love To Love.

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