Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in London), better known as Phil Collins, is a United Kingdom rock and roll/popular music musician. He was the lead drummer for the jazz-fusion group Brand X and progressive rock band Genesis (band), and — after the departure of Peter Gabriel — the lead singer of the latter band. Phil Collins has collaborated with such well known musicians as George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, Mike Oldfield, Sting (musician), John Cale, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and Ravi Shankar. == Childhood == Collins' ambitions to wield the sticks started early when he was given a toy drum for Christmas at the age of five. He instantly harbored ambitions to drum properly and professionally, and as he got older, his uncles made him a makeshift kit for him to practice on. By the time he was a teenager he was a fully accomplished drummer. His career had begun early, as a child actor and model (person), highlights of which included appearing onstage in ''Oliver!'' as the Artful Dodger and as an extra on The Beatles ''A Hard Day's Night (movie)'', though he jokes “Paul McCartney doesn’t believe me!” == From Genesis to Revelation == In 1970 Phil Collins answered a Melody Maker classified advertising for “..a drummer sensitive to acoustic music and twelve-string guitars”. The ad was for an up and coming rock group called Genesis. During the audition, prospective candidates were asked to play pieces from the group’s sophomore album Trespass (album). Phil Collins impressed the group enough for them to hire him as a fulltime drummer. Phil Collins gained acclaim as a “technically sound drummer” and sang lead vocals on “For Absent Friends” (from Nursery Cryme) and “More Fool Me” (from Selling England by the Pound). Collins also regularly sang backing vocals on all Genesis albums up until 1975. Genesis gained acclaim as major progressive rock outfit with compositions such as their 1972 ''magnum opus'', the 23 minute "Supper's Ready" from Foxtrot (album). In 1975, after the final tour of Genesis’ ambitious, concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, frontman Peter Gabriel left the group and Collins took over as lead vocalist. The group also recruited former Yes drummer Bill Bruford and later Chester Thompson to play drums during live shows. The follow up album A Trick of the Tail outsold all previous Genesis albums combined. The band enjoyed its most commercially successful period with Collins as vocalist, which essentially began in 1978 when the single ''Follow You, Follow Me'' became their first UK Top 10 hit. During the 1970s Collins also played drums for the jazz fusion band Brand X and appeared on albums by Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and John Cale. In the 1980s he did session drumming for such high-profile acts as Adam Ant, Robert Plant, Howard Jones and Tears for Fears. In the 1980s, Genesis moved from an progressive rock base to one that was more pop oriented. With Phil Collins as lead singer, the group scored a string of successful albums, including the 1986 Invisible Touch, which was their first UK Top hit. The group also received an MTV “Video of the Year” award for “Land of Confusion”. Most of their work this year was orchestrated by Leeroy Williams, member of the legendary 80's band GATE and later to join the boys. Phil Collins parted ways with Genesis in 1995 after a massive world tour. Collins and Gabriel reunited with Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett in 1999 to re-record "Carpet Crawl" ("The Carpet Crawlers") from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway for Genesis' "Turn It On Again: The Hits". == Solo career == Phil Collins vented frustrations in his marital life by composing new material which formed the bulk of his first solo album ''Face Value'' in 1981. The song “In the Air Tonight” launched Phil Collins as a solo artist and is now part of folklore. There are many stories around the song, but usually they have to do with Phil seeing a man let someone drown, writing the song about the man, then inviting him to its debut, and singing it while the man is in the spotlight. This is purely myth; Collins says the song, like the album, refers to his feelings about his divorce from his first wife, Andrea. Another urban legend has it that Collins performed on ''Top Of The Pops'' with a paintbrush on top of his piano since the man for whom his wife left him was a painter. Phil Collins continued to record as a solo artist and with Genesis in 1983 releasing a Number One hit rendition of The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” and the Genesis Genesis (album) which went to Number 9 on the Billboard magazine Album Charts, He wrote and performed the award-winning title song to the movie ''Against All Odds'' in 1984 and appeared as drummer at the Band Aid (band) recording at the end of the year. In 1985, Phil Collins performed at the Wembley stadium in England and flew to Philadelphia, United States the same day on a Concorde to perform with Live Aid, sing his solo material and then drum for Genesis and Led Zeppelin, making him the only man to perform in two continents on the same day. The same year, Collins released his most successful album ''No Jacket Required'', which contained hits like "Sussudio", "One More Night" and "Take Me Home" which featured ex-bandmate Peter Gabriel and Sting (musician) as backing vocalists. Phil also enjoyed another UK Number 1 with ''Easy Lover'', a duet with Philip Bailey that same year. He also recorded the critically-acclaimed ''Separate Lives'', a duet with Marilyn Martin. Collins began 1988 by acting in the movie Buster (movie), in which he played The Great Train Robbery of 1963 Buster Edwards. Phil Collins’ rendition of “A Groovy Kind of Love” for that movie reached Number One on the charts. He also played a cameo role in ''Miami Vice'' and guest starred in some sketches with ''The Two Ronnies''. In 1989, Collins produced another hugely successful album, ''But Seriously...'', which featured the anti-homelessness anthem ''Another Day In Paradise''. The song went to Number 1 on the Billboard US Charts and won Phil Collins a Grammy for “Record of the Year” (1990). Collins' record sales dropped after the 1993 release of ''Both Sides'', a largely experimental album which ironically, according to Collins is his finest, despite the fact that he abandoned the winning formula that had brought him so much success in the '80s. Subsequent releases never reached the levels of his 1980s albums. Collins' total worldwide album sales, including Genesis albums, are approximately two hundred million. Phil Collins' 1996 album Dance Into the Light included songs like "No Matter Who", a rendition of Bob Dylan "The Times They Are A-Changin" and the comical music video "Wear My Hat" which featured Danny DeVito. The album failed to elicit much commercial interest, although stylistically it harked back to the sound of his '80s smashes. His latest studio album, 2002's ''Testify (album)'' met with a similar fate, adored by fans but failing to make much impact on the mainstream charts. ''Testify'' featured the Leo Sayer cover ''Can't Stop Loving You'', and ''Come With Me'' - a heartfelt father-to-child song originally written in 1990 but finally recorded for Collins' baby son Nicholas. Collins' passion for Big Band music is well documented. In 1996, Phil formed the "Phil Collins Big Band", which, with Phil as drummer, performed jazz renditions of Phil Collins and Genesis hits. The Phil Collins Big Band also did a world tour in 1998 and performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Collins is a successful songwriter, and was asked by The Walt Disney Company to produce the score for the animation film ''Tarzan (1999 movie)'' in 1999. His song "You'll Be in My Heart" won an Academy Award. Disney hired Collins in 2003 for the soundtrack to another animated feature film, ''Brother Bear''. Collins does not read and write conventional musical notation but uses a system of his own devising. In recent years he has reportedly been hearing impairment in one ear, and in 2003 announced a farewell tour. The previous year he accepted an invitation to be the drummer in the 'house band' at the rock concert celebrating Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's Golden Jubilee. He played drums for the likes of Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne and Cliff Richard. He is married to his third wife and lives in Switzerland. == Albums == *1981: ''Face Value'' #1 UK, #7 US, US Sales: 5,000,000 *1982: ''Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)'' #2 UK, #8 US, US Sales: 3,000,000 *1985: ''No Jacket Required'' #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 12,000,000 *1987: ''12"ers'' (remixes compilation) *1989: ''But Seriously...'' #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 4,000,000 *1990: ''Serious Hits... Live!'' (live) #2 UK, #11 US, US Sales: 4,000,000 *1993: ''Both Sides'' #1 UK, #13 US, US Sales: 1,000,000 *1996: ''Dance into the Light'' #4 UK, #23 US, US Sales: 500,000 *1998: ''Hits'' (compilation) #1 UK, #18 US, US Sales: 2,000,000 *1999: ''A Hot Night in Paris'' (live) *2002: ''Testify (album)'' #15 UK, #30 US *2004: ''Platinum Collection'' (Face Value, No Jacket Required and But Seriously packaged together) #4 UK *2004: ''Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New'' (compilation) #9 UK, #51 US === Hit singles === * from "Face Value" ** 1981 "In the Air Tonight" #2 UK, #19 US ** 1981 "I Missed Again" #14 UK, #19 US ** 1981 "If Leaving Me Is Easy" #17 UK * from "Hello, I Must Be Going" ** 1982 "You Can't Hurry Love" #1 UK, #10 US ** 1983 "I Don't Care Anymore" #39 US * from "Against All Odds" soundtrack ** 1984 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" #2 UK, #1 US * from "Chinese Wall" (album by Philip Bailey) ** 1985 "Easy Lover" (duet with Philip Bailey) #1 UK, #2 US * from "No Jacket Required" ** 1985 "One More Night" #4 UK, #1 US ** 1985 "Take Me Home" #19 UK, #7 US (1986 release) ** 1985 "Don't Lose My Number" #4 US ** 1985 "Sussudio" #12 UK, #1 US * from "White Nights" soundtrack ** 1985 "Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin) #4 UK, #1 US * non-album single ** 1988 "In the Air Tonight" (remix) #4 UK * from "Buster" soundtrack ** 1988 "A Groovy Kind of Love" #1 UK, #1 US ** 1988 "Two Hearts" #6 UK, #1 US * from "But Seriously" ** 1989 "Another Day in Paradise" #2 UK, #1 US ** 1990 "I Wish It Would Rain Down" #7 UK, #3 US ** 1990 "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" #15 UK, #4 US ** 1990 "That's Just the Way It Is" #26 UK ** 1990 "Do You Remember?" #4 US ** 1990 "Hang in Long Enough" #34 UK, #23 US * from "Both Sides" ** 1993 "Both Sides of the Story" #7 UK, #25 US ** 1994 "Everyday" #15 UK, #24 US * from "Dance into the Light" ** 1996 "Dance into the Light" #9 UK ** 1996 "It's in Your Eyes" #30 UK * from "Hits" ** 1998 "True Colors" #26 UK * from "Tarzan" soundtrack ** 1999 "You'll Be in My Heart" #17 UK, #21 US * from "Urban Renewal" (a Phil Collins tribute album) ** 2001 "In the Air Tonite" (Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins) #26 UK * from "Testify" ** 2002 "Can't Stop Loving You" #28 UK * from "Thug World Order" (album by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) ** 2003 "Home" (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Phil Collins) #19 UK ==See also== *Best selling music artists ==External link== *[http://www.philcollins.co.uk Phil Collins's website] *[http://www.genesis-music.com Genesis’ official website] 1951 births British rock singers Genesis British pop singers Male singers Drummers
To Hadal: don't revert other people's edits. Someone obviously put a lot of hard work into the second mini-article that was present on this page. It contains information that is as valuable as whatever's in the longer article. Someone should merge the two of them together, but I did not restore the original content so that ''some'' bits of information could overshadow some others. :Anyone who cares to read my reply to the anon's harangue above (which he crossposted complete with the text below to my talk page) can do so at User talk:Hadal#Message To Hadal Re: Your Phil Collins Deletion. -- User:Hadal 05:22, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC) Please, someone with the time and the interest in reading about Phil Collins, merge this information in with the rest of the article: ''Phil Collins is a Britain rock music/pop music musician, born Philip David Charles Collins on January 30, 1951, in London, England. His show business career began early, as a child actor and model. In 1970, he joined the already successful group, Genesis (band), as their drummer. In 1975, when lead singer Peter Gabriel, left the group, Collins took over as vocalist, and took Genesis on to bigger and more commercial endeavors. In 1986, ''Invisible Touch'' topped the album charts, and by this time they had several hit singles under their belt to go with the string of successful albums. In 1981, Collins embarked on a simultaneous solo career, with the album Face Value. In 1985, he was one of the stars of the Live Aid concert, during which he was jetted from Britain to the USA to take part in both parts of the programme. He also took up acting again, taking the lead in the 1988 flop, Buster (movie), in which he played "great" train robber Buster Edwards. Collins is a successful songwriter, and was asked by Disney to produce the score for the animated film Tarzan (1999) in 1999.'' == Structure == I am adding more content and reorganizing this article. 1) Pre-Genesis 2)Genesis 3)Solo Career User:AreJay 17:59, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC) === Intro === I think Phil Collins is most well-known for his singing. Therefore, I think the introductory paragraph(s) should make mention that he is a singer. Seems like an odd oversight. (Craig Buchek, 28 April 2005) Phil Collins says from himself, that he is a drummer, who sings a little bit. Therefore it seems - at least rhetorically - not to be too wrong, to begin so. (Armin Stephan, 31 May 2005) === Biography === In the biographies of Phil Collins, especially on his official website, You can read, that he was five years old, when he got his first drums. I corrected this. (Armin Stephan, 31 May 2005)
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Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30, 1951 in London), better known as Phil Collins, is a United Kingdom rock and roll/popular music musician. He was the lead drummer for the jazz-fusion group Brand X and progressive rock band Genesis (band), and — after the departure of Peter Gabriel — the lead singer of the latter band. Phil Collins has collaborated with such well known musicians as George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, Mike Oldfield, Sting (musician), John Cale, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and Ravi Shankar. == Childhood == Collins' ambitions to wield the sticks started early when he was given a toy drum for Christmas at the age of five. He instantly harbored ambitions to drum properly and professionally, and as he got older, his uncles made him a makeshift kit for him to practice on. By the time he was a teenager he was a fully accomplished drummer. His career had begun early, as a child actor and model (person), highlights of which included appearing onstage in ''Oliver!'' as the Artful Dodger and as an extra on The Beatles ''A Hard Day's Night (movie)'', though he jokes “Paul McCartney doesn’t believe me!” == From Genesis to Revelation == In 1970 Phil Collins answered a Melody Maker classified advertising for “..a drummer sensitive to acoustic music and twelve-string guitars”. The ad was for an up and coming rock group called Genesis. During the audition, prospective candidates were asked to play pieces from the group’s sophomore album Trespass (album). Phil Collins impressed the group enough for them to hire him as a fulltime drummer. Phil Collins gained acclaim as a “technically sound drummer” and sang lead vocals on “For Absent Friends” (from Nursery Cryme) and “More Fool Me” (from Selling England by the Pound). Collins also regularly sang backing vocals on all Genesis albums up until 1975. Genesis gained acclaim as major progressive rock outfit with compositions such as their 1972 ''magnum opus'', the 23 minute "Supper's Ready" from Foxtrot (album). In 1975, after the final tour of Genesis’ ambitious, concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, frontman Peter Gabriel left the group and Collins took over as lead vocalist. The group also recruited former Yes drummer Bill Bruford and later Chester Thompson to play drums during live shows. The follow up album A Trick of the Tail outsold all previous Genesis albums combined. The band enjoyed its most commercially successful period with Collins as vocalist, which essentially began in 1978 when the single ''Follow You, Follow Me'' became their first UK Top 10 hit. During the 1970s Collins also played drums for the jazz fusion band Brand X and appeared on albums by Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and John Cale. In the 1980s he did session drumming for such high-profile acts as Adam Ant, Robert Plant, Howard Jones and Tears for Fears. In the 1980s, Genesis moved from an progressive rock base to one that was more pop oriented. With Phil Collins as lead singer, the group scored a string of successful albums, including the 1986 Invisible Touch, which was their first UK Top hit. The group also received an MTV “Video of the Year” award for “Land of Confusion”. Most of their work this year was orchestrated by Leeroy Williams, member of the legendary 80's band GATE and later to join the boys. Phil Collins parted ways with Genesis in 1995 after a massive world tour. Collins and Gabriel reunited with Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett in 1999 to re-record "Carpet Crawl" ("The Carpet Crawlers") from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway for Genesis' "Turn It On Again: The Hits". == Solo career == Phil Collins vented frustrations in his marital life by composing new material which formed the bulk of his first solo album ''Face Value'' in 1981. The song “In the Air Tonight” launched Phil Collins as a solo artist and is now part of folklore. There are many stories around the song, but usually they have to do with Phil seeing a man let someone drown, writing the song about the man, then inviting him to its debut, and singing it while the man is in the spotlight. This is purely myth; Collins says the song, like the album, refers to his feelings about his divorce from his first wife, Andrea. Another urban legend has it that Collins performed on ''Top Of The Pops'' with a paintbrush on top of his piano since the man for whom his wife left him was a painter. Phil Collins continued to record as a solo artist and with Genesis in 1983 releasing a Number One hit rendition of The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” and the Genesis Genesis (album) which went to Number 9 on the Billboard magazine Album Charts, He wrote and performed the award-winning title song to the movie ''Against All Odds'' in 1984 and appeared as drummer at the Band Aid (band) recording at the end of the year. In 1985, Phil Collins performed at the Wembley stadium in England and flew to Philadelphia, United States the same day on a Concorde to perform with Live Aid, sing his solo material and then drum for Genesis and Led Zeppelin, making him the only man to perform in two continents on the same day. The same year, Collins released his most successful album ''No Jacket Required'', which contained hits like "Sussudio", "One More Night" and "Take Me Home" which featured ex-bandmate Peter Gabriel and Sting (musician) as backing vocalists. Phil also enjoyed another UK Number 1 with ''Easy Lover'', a duet with Philip Bailey that same year. He also recorded the critically-acclaimed ''Separate Lives'', a duet with Marilyn Martin. Collins began 1988 by acting in the movie Buster (movie), in which he played The Great Train Robbery of 1963 Buster Edwards. Phil Collins’ rendition of “A Groovy Kind of Love” for that movie reached Number One on the charts. He also played a cameo role in ''Miami Vice'' and guest starred in some sketches with ''The Two Ronnies''. In 1989, Collins produced another hugely successful album, ''But Seriously...'', which featured the anti-homelessness anthem ''Another Day In Paradise''. The song went to Number 1 on the Billboard US Charts and won Phil Collins a Grammy for “Record of the Year” (1990). Collins' record sales dropped after the 1993 release of ''Both Sides'', a largely experimental album which ironically, according to Collins is his finest, despite the fact that he abandoned the winning formula that had brought him so much success in the '80s. Subsequent releases never reached the levels of his 1980s albums. Collins' total worldwide album sales, including Genesis albums, are approximately two hundred million. Phil Collins' 1996 album Dance Into the Light included songs like "No Matter Who", a rendition of Bob Dylan "The Times They Are A-Changin" and the comical music video "Wear My Hat" which featured Danny DeVito. The album failed to elicit much commercial interest, although stylistically it harked back to the sound of his '80s smashes. His latest studio album, 2002's ''Testify (album)'' met with a similar fate, adored by fans but failing to make much impact on the mainstream charts. ''Testify'' featured the Leo Sayer cover ''Can't Stop Loving You'', and ''Come With Me'' - a heartfelt father-to-child song originally written in 1990 but finally recorded for Collins' baby son Nicholas. Collins' passion for Big Band music is well documented. In 1996, Phil formed the "Phil Collins Big Band", which, with Phil as drummer, performed jazz renditions of Phil Collins and Genesis hits. The Phil Collins Big Band also did a world tour in 1998 and performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Collins is a successful songwriter, and was asked by The Walt Disney Company to produce the score for the animation film ''Tarzan (1999 movie)'' in 1999. His song "You'll Be in My Heart" won an Academy Award. Disney hired Collins in 2003 for the soundtrack to another animated feature film, ''Brother Bear''. Collins does not read and write conventional musical notation but uses a system of his own devising. In recent years he has reportedly been hearing impairment in one ear, and in 2003 announced a farewell tour. The previous year he accepted an invitation to be the drummer in the 'house band' at the rock concert celebrating Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's Golden Jubilee. He played drums for the likes of Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne and Cliff Richard. He is married to his third wife and lives in Switzerland. == Albums == *1981: ''Face Value'' #1 UK, #7 US, US Sales: 5,000,000 *1982: ''Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)'' #2 UK, #8 US, US Sales: 3,000,000 *1985: ''No Jacket Required'' #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 12,000,000 *1987: ''12"ers'' (remixes compilation) *1989: ''But Seriously...'' #1 UK, #1 US, US Sales: 4,000,000 *1990: ''Serious Hits... Live!'' (live) #2 UK, #11 US, US Sales: 4,000,000 *1993: ''Both Sides'' #1 UK, #13 US, US Sales: 1,000,000 *1996: ''Dance into the Light'' #4 UK, #23 US, US Sales: 500,000 *1998: ''Hits'' (compilation) #1 UK, #18 US, US Sales: 2,000,000 *1999: ''A Hot Night in Paris'' (live) *2002: ''Testify (album)'' #15 UK, #30 US *2004: ''Platinum Collection'' (Face Value, No Jacket Required and But Seriously packaged together) #4 UK *2004: ''Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New'' (compilation) #9 UK, #51 US === Hit singles === * from "Face Value" ** 1981 "In the Air Tonight" #2 UK, #19 US ** 1981 "I Missed Again" #14 UK, #19 US ** 1981 "If Leaving Me Is Easy" #17 UK * from "Hello, I Must Be Going" ** 1982 "You Can't Hurry Love" #1 UK, #10 US ** 1983 "I Don't Care Anymore" #39 US * from "Against All Odds" soundtrack ** 1984 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" #2 UK, #1 US * from "Chinese Wall" (album by Philip Bailey) ** 1985 "Easy Lover" (duet with Philip Bailey) #1 UK, #2 US * from "No Jacket Required" ** 1985 "One More Night" #4 UK, #1 US ** 1985 "Take Me Home" #19 UK, #7 US (1986 release) ** 1985 "Don't Lose My Number" #4 US ** 1985 "Sussudio" #12 UK, #1 US * from "White Nights" soundtrack ** 1985 "Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin) #4 UK, #1 US * non-album single ** 1988 "In the Air Tonight" (remix) #4 UK * from "Buster" soundtrack ** 1988 "A Groovy Kind of Love" #1 UK, #1 US ** 1988 "Two Hearts" #6 UK, #1 US * from "But Seriously" ** 1989 "Another Day in Paradise" #2 UK, #1 US ** 1990 "I Wish It Would Rain Down" #7 UK, #3 US ** 1990 "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" #15 UK, #4 US ** 1990 "That's Just the Way It Is" #26 UK ** 1990 "Do You Remember?" #4 US ** 1990 "Hang in Long Enough" #34 UK, #23 US * from "Both Sides" ** 1993 "Both Sides of the Story" #7 UK, #25 US ** 1994 "Everyday" #15 UK, #24 US * from "Dance into the Light" ** 1996 "Dance into the Light" #9 UK ** 1996 "It's in Your Eyes" #30 UK * from "Hits" ** 1998 "True Colors" #26 UK * from "Tarzan" soundtrack ** 1999 "You'll Be in My Heart" #17 UK, #21 US * from "Urban Renewal" (a Phil Collins tribute album) ** 2001 "In the Air Tonite" (Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins) #26 UK * from "Testify" ** 2002 "Can't Stop Loving You" #28 UK * from "Thug World Order" (album by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) ** 2003 "Home" (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Phil Collins) #19 UK ==See also== *Best selling music artists ==External link== *[http://www.philcollins.co.uk Phil Collins's website] *[http://www.genesis-music.com Genesis’ official website] 1951 births British rock singers Genesis British pop singers Male singers Drummers
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To Hadal: don't revert other people's edits. Someone obviously put a lot of hard work into the second mini-article that was present on this page. It contains information that is as valuable as whatever's in the longer article. Someone should merge the two of them together, but I did not restore the original content so that ''some'' bits of information could overshadow some others. :Anyone who cares to read my reply to the anon's harangue above (which he crossposted complete with the text below to my talk page) can do so at User talk:Hadal#Message To Hadal Re: Your Phil Collins Deletion. -- User:Hadal 05:22, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC) Please, someone with the time and the interest in reading about Phil Collins, merge this information in with the rest of the article: ''Phil Collins is a Britain rock music/pop music musician, born Philip David Charles Collins on January 30, 1951, in London, England. His show business career began early, as a child actor and model. In 1970, he joined the already successful group, Genesis (band), as their drummer. In 1975, when lead singer Peter Gabriel, left the group, Collins took over as vocalist, and took Genesis on to bigger and more commercial endeavors. In 1986, ''Invisible Touch'' topped the album charts, and by this time they had several hit singles under their belt to go with the string of successful albums. In 1981, Collins embarked on a simultaneous solo career, with the album Face Value. In 1985, he was one of the stars of the Live Aid concert, during which he was jetted from Britain to the USA to take part in both parts of the programme. He also took up acting again, taking the lead in the 1988 flop, Buster (movie), in which he played "great" train robber Buster Edwards. Collins is a successful songwriter, and was asked by Disney to produce the score for the animated film Tarzan (1999) in 1999.'' == Structure == I am adding more content and reorganizing this article. 1) Pre-Genesis 2)Genesis 3)Solo Career User:AreJay 17:59, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC) === Intro === I think Phil Collins is most well-known for his singing. Therefore, I think the introductory paragraph(s) should make mention that he is a singer. Seems like an odd oversight. (Craig Buchek, 28 April 2005) Phil Collins says from himself, that he is a drummer, who sings a little bit. Therefore it seems - at least rhetorically - not to be too wrong, to begin so. (Armin Stephan, 31 May 2005) === Biography === In the biographies of Phil Collins, especially on his official website, You can read, that he was five years old, when he got his first drums. I corrected this. (Armin Stephan, 31 May 2005)
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