Phillip Andrew Burton (born 13 March 1974) is a member of the Australian pop vocal band

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with Toby Allen,

Andrew Tierney Andrew James Tierney (born 20 June 1974) is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician, who is a member of the music group Human Nature. He is the brother of fellow band member Michael Tierney, and he and his wife live in Las Vegas L ...

and his brother Michael Tierney since 1989. With Human Nature, he has won an

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for ''Reach Out: The Motown Record''.

Biography

Phil Burton grew up in Sydney,

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and studied at

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where he met

Toby Allen Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group, which formed in 1989, as a quartet featuring Toby Allen, Phil Burton and brothers, Andrew and Mike Tierney. Originally they were established as a doo-wop group, called the 4 Trax, when the memb ...

and

. The three were in the same year level and worked in the school productions of ''

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'' and '' Grease''. They formed a band named, 4Trax, and performed for the first time in 1989 at a schools' combined concert singing "Earth Angel".McFarlan
'Human Nature'
entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010.Spencer et al, (2007
Human Nature
entry. Retrieved 21 February 2010. With Human Nature, Burton has won a Highest Selling Album

for ''Reach Out: The Motown Record'' in 2006. As from 2009, the band has had 16 ARIA nominations. During 2009, the band performed in

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at the

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. They returned to Australia in November and performed with Smokey Robinson at the

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in the Hunter Region in December. Burton married Justine Smith, who had worked in marketing and communications for a financial company. The couple lived in

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, before moving to Las Vegas in 2009. As of October 2016, they have two children.

References

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External links

Human Nature official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burton, Phil 1974 births Living people Singers from Sydney Australian pop singers Human Nature (band) members 21st-century Australian singers Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia