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Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, 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 number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist.
The band's longest-lasting and most commercially successful line-up consisted of keyboardist Tony Banks, bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. In the 1970s, during which the band also included singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett, Genesis were among the pioneers of progressive rock. Banks and Rutherford ...
The band's most recent lineup featured constant members Rutherford and Banks, alongside drummer and vocalist Phil Collins (who first joined in 1970), augmented for live shows by touring musicians, bassist and guitarist Daryl Stuermer, drummer Nic Collins and backing vocalists Daniel Pearce and Patrick Smyth.
Phil Collins will always love playing the drums, but years of rocking and rolling has taken its toll on his hands. “I’ve spent all my life playing drums. To suddenly not be able to do that is ...
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" is a song by English musician Phil Collins from his fourth solo studio album, ...But Seriously (1989). The song was a chart success in early 1990, peaking at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart; in the latter country, it was the most successful song of 1990.
Collins later said that he sang this at Charles, Prince of Wales' 40th-birthday party, not knowing that the Prince's divorce from his wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, would happen a short time later. [20] The Phil Collins Big Band played this live on tour. [20] "Take Me Home" is another song in which the meaning was originally very vague.
English musician Phil Collins has released 8 studio albums, 1 live album, 5 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 3 soundtrack albums, 2 box sets, 50 singles, 18 video albums, and 41 music videos. A Grammy and Academy Award-winning solo artist, Collins has sold more than 34.5 million albums in the United States, and 150 million records worldwide. [1]
"Can't Stop Loving You" was the lead single from English singer Phil Collins' solo album Testify, released in 2002. It also appears on Collins' 2004 album Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New. Although it received minor airplay, the song became Collins' eighth number-one Billboard adult contemporary hit. [7]