Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins born 30 January 1951 is an English singer drummer songwriter record producer and actor He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career achieving three UK numberone singles and seven US numberone singles as a solo artist In total his work with Genesis other artists and solo resulted in more US top40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s His most successful singles from the period include In the Air Tonight Against All Odds Take a Look at Me Now One More Night Sussudio Another Day in Paradise Two Hearts and I Wish It Would Rain Down Born and raised in West London Collins began playing drums at the age of five During the same period he attended drama school which helped secure various roles as a child actor His first major role was the Artful Dodger in the West End production of the musical Oliver As an accomplished professional actor by his early teens he pivoted to pursue a music career becoming the drummer for Genesis in 1970 He took over the role of lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel During the second half of the 1970s in between Genesis albums and tours Collins was the drummer of jazz rock band Brand X While continuing to perform and record with Genesis Collins began a successful solo career in the 1980s initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music releasing the albums Face Value 1981 Hello I Must Be Going 1982 No Jacket Required 1985 and But Seriously 1989 Collins became in the words of AllMusic one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the 80s and beyond He became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings He played drums on the 1984 charity single Do They Know Its Christmas and in July 1985 he was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts He resumed his acting career appearing in Miami Vice and subsequently starring in the film Buster 1988 Collins left Genesis in 1996 to focus on solo work this included writing songs for Disneys animated film Tarzan 1999 for which he wrote and performed the songs Two Worlds Son of Man Strangers Like Me and Youll Be in My Heart the last of which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Song He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007 Following a fiveyear retirement to focus on his family life Collins released his memoir in 2016 and conducted the Not Dead Yet Tour from 2017 to 2019 He then rejoined Genesis in 2020 for a second and final reunion tour which ran from 2021 to 2022 Source Article Phil Collins from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA