Toni McCann

Toni McCann (or Toni McRae) (born Susan Judith Hutson, ) is an English-born Australian singer-musician. She fronted groups, worked as a solo artist and in the duo Toni and Royce with Royston Edward Nicholas. McCann issued two popular singles in the mid-1960s, "My Baby" and "If You Don't Come Back". These were described by Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane as "among the wildest garage beat songs of the era". The singer displayed "her rowdy, nasally vocal delivery and wailing harmonica playing". While still in England, McCann had been inspired to become a musician after seeing Helen Shapiro on television and attending a Rolling Stones concert. At 15 she entered a Brisbane talent quest where she met record producers Pat Aulton and Nat Kipner. while its B-side "No" was written by Nicholas and Kipner. Aulton produced the recording. Toni and Royce released three children's albums, The Dreamtime Show, Wind in the Wattle (1982) and The One That Got Away... and Other Unlikely Tales (1987). McCann remarried and, as Sue Collier, she has worked as a prison chaplain since 2017.