Hugh Burns (musician)

{{Short description|Musician}}

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Hugh Burns is a London-based Scottish guitarist and prolific recording artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.andrewbrel.com/interviewhugh.html |title=Hugh Burns interview, January 2002, "An affair of the craft", for Guitarist magazine at |publisher=Andrewbrel.com |accessdate=17 August 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707141508/http://www.andrewbrel.com/interviewhugh.html |archivedate=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} His guitar playing can be heard on many famous recordings, including Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" (1978) and "Careless Whisper" (1984) by George Michael/Wham!.{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/baker-street-gerry-rafferty-saxophone/421008/ | title=The Mystery of 'Baker Street' and Rock's Greatest Sax Riff | website=The Atlantic | date=17 December 2015 }}

Burns has played on albums by:

• Joan Armatrading
• Teresa Brewer
• Jack Bruce
• Mutya Buena
• Tony Coe
• Randy Crawford
• Doris Day
• Anne Dudley
• Albert Hammond
• Roy Harper
• Mick Karn
• Ute Lemper
• Paul McCartney
• Alison Moyet
• Oliver Nelson{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hugh-burns-mn0000282534/credits|title=Hugh Burns - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic |publisher=}}
• Mike Oldfield
• Elaine Paige
• Pet Shop Boys
• Gerry Rafferty
• Scott Walker
• Stealers Wheel
• Wham!