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About
Phil Collins:
Phil
Collins' ascent to the status of one of
the most successful pop and adult-contemporary singers
of the '80s and beyond was probably as much of a
surprise to him as it was to many others. Balding
and diminutive, Collins was almost 30 years old
when his first solo single, "In the Air Tonight"
became a #2 hit in his native U.K. (the song was
a Top 20 hit in the U.S.).
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Between
1984 and 1990, Collins had a string of 13 straight
U.S. Top Ten hits. Long before any of that happened,
however, Collins was a child actor/singer who appeared
as "the Artful Dodger" in the London production
of Oliver! in 1964. (He also has a cameo in A Hard
Day's Night, among other films.) He got his first
break in music at the end of his teens, when he
was chosen to be a replacement drummer in the British
art-rock band Genesis
in 1970. (Collins maintained a separate jazz career
with the band Brand X, as well.) Genesis
was fronted by singer Peter Gabriel. They had achieved
a moderate level of success in the U.K. and the
U.S., with elaborate concept albums, before Gabriel
abruptly left in 1974. Genesis auditioned 400 singers
without success, then decided to let Phil Collins
have a go. The result was a gradual simplifying of
Genesis' sound and an increasing focus on Collins's
expressive, throaty voice. "And Then There
Were Three" ... went gold in 1978, and Duke
was even more successful.
Collins
made his debut solo album Face
Value in 1981, which turned out to be
a bigger hit than any Genesis album. It concentrated
on Collins. Phil
Collins' voice, often in stark, haunting contexts
such as the piano-and-drum dirge "In the Air Tonight"
which sounded like something from John Lennon's
debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
During
the '80s, Phil Collins balanced his continuing solo
work with Genesis with enormous success. In 1992,
Genesis released "We Can't Dance"
and began an extensive tour. Upon its completion,
Collins released Both
Sides in 1993, and the record became
his first album not to produce a major hit single
or go multi-platinum. In 1995, he announced that
he was leaving Genesis permanently.
The
following year, he released Dance
into the Light. Although the album
was a flop, its subsequent supporting tour was a
success. The Hits collection followed in
1998, and a year later Phil Collins made his first
big band record, Hot
Night in Paris.
Walt Disney asked him in to compose the songs to
their latest animated feature "Tarzan",
the resulting single, "You'll be in my Heart", was
a major US hit and earned him a prestigious Oscar
award. They even threw in another Grammy and a Golden
Globe. He is currently working on three new Disney
projects including the soundtrack for the movie
"Brother
Bear" that was released October
21, 2003.
With
his album - titled "Testify",
a smash hit ("Can't Stop Loving You") to add to
his collection, and a continued interest in all
aspects of his past, Phil Collins has proved that
there is no substitute for talent. Not bad for an
Artful Dodger from Chiswick. Phil was inducted into
the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in June 2003 at the
34th Annual Award and Induction Ceremony in New
York City. Phil Colling will also be embarking on
a world tour in 2004 which he is calling the "First
Final Farewell Tour" with dates in Europe,
The United States and other venues soon to be annouced.
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