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10/30/12 Phil Collins - Wikipedia, the f ree ency clopedia 1/21 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Collins Phil Collins Phil Collins before a Forest National concert in 2007. Background information Birth name Philip David Charles Collins Born 30 January 1951 Hounslow, (then Middlesex, now London), England, United Kingdom [1] Genres Progressive rock, rock, pop, pop rock, soft rock, jazz fusion, R&B, big band Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, actor Instruments Vocals, drums, percussion, guitar, piano, keyboards, violin Years active 1968–2011 Labels Virgin, Atlantic Associated acts Genesis Brand X Flaming Youth The Phil Collins Big Band Website philcollins.co.uk Phil Collins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philip David Charles " Phil " Collins , LVO (born 30 January 1951) [2] is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist, and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist. Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise". Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, originally in a band called The Real Thing with Andrea Bertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins played drums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) in Flaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970, he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recorded two albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer. His solo career, heavily influenced by his personal life, brought both himself and Genesis commercial success. According to Atlantic Records, Collins's total worldwide sales as a solo artist, as of 2000, were 150 million. [3] Collins has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including seven Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards—winning Best British Male three times, an Academy Award, and two Golden Globes for his solo work. [4][5] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. Collins is one of only three recording artists (along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson) who have sold over 100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and (separately) as principal members of a band. [6] When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins had more top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s than any other

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Phil Collins

Phil Collins before a Forest National concert in

2007.

Background information

Birth name Philip David Charles Collins

Born 30 January 1951

Hounslow, (then Middlesex,

now London), England, United

Kingdom[1]

Genres Progressive rock, rock, pop, pop

rock, soft rock, jazz fusion, R&B,

big band

Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, actor

Instruments Vocals, drums, percussion, guitar,

piano, keyboards, violin

Years active 1968–2011

Labels Virgin, Atlantic

Associated

acts

Genesis

Brand X

Flaming Youth

The Phil Collins Big Band

Website philcollins.co.uk

Phil CollinsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30

January 1951)[2] is an English singer-songwriter, drummer,pianist, and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist forBritish progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.

Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the UnitedKingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010,either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimesdealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In theAir Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "AgainstAll Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day inParadise".

Collins's professional music career began as a drummer,originally in a band called The Real Thing with AndreaBertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins playeddrums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) inFlaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970,he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recordedtwo albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backingvocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only twosongs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Crymealbum and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by thePound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel'sdeparture in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer.

His solo career, heavily influenced by his personal life,brought both himself and Genesis commercial success.According to Atlantic Records, Collins's total worldwide

sales as a solo artist, as of 2000, were 150 million.[3] Collinshas won numerous music awards throughout his career,including seven Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards—winningBest British Male three times, an Academy Award, and two

Golden Globes for his solo work.[4][5] He was inducted intothe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in2010.

Collins is one of only three recording artists (along with PaulMcCartney and Michael Jackson) who have sold over100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and

(separately) as principal members of a band.[6] When hiswork with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as hissolo career is totalled, Collins had more top 40 hits on theBillboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s than any other

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(http://philcollins.co.uk)artist.[7] In 2008, Collins was ranked the 22nd mostsuccessful artist on the "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time

Artists".[8]

Contents

1 Early life

2 Early career3 Genesis era

4 Solo career

4.1 Early solo recordings (1981–1983)

4.2 Mid-career - Massive worldwide success (1984–1992)

4.3 Later solo work and Genesis reunion (1993–2008)

4.4 Going Back and retirement (2009–2011)

5 Drums and other equipment

6 Career as producer

7 Films, theatre and television8 Personal life

8.1 Family8.2 Fortune

8.3 Court case8.4 Health problems

8.5 Honorary degrees9 Activism10 Discography

10.1 Genesis10.2 Brand X

10.3 Studio albums10.4 Number one singles

11 See also12 Notes

13 References14 External links

Early life

Collins was born and raised in Hounslow,[1] London, the son of Winifred M. "June" (née Strange), a theatrical

agent, and Greville Philip Austin Collins, an insurance agent.[9][10] He was given a toy drum kit for Christmas whenhe was five. Later, his uncle made him a makeshift one that he used regularly. As Collins grew older these were

followed by more complete sets bought by his parents.[11] He practiced by playing alongside the television andradio, and never learned to read and write conventional musical notation; instead, he uses a system he devised

himself.[12]

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Early career

His professional training began at 14 when he entered Barbara Speake Stage School.[13] He began a career as achild actor and model, and won his first major role as the Artful Dodger in the London production of Oliver!. Hewas an extra in the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, one of hundreds of screaming teenagers during the TV concertsequence and seen fleetingly in a close-up. He was also in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as one of the children who

storms the castle at the end of the film, but it was cut.[14] He also auditioned for the role of Romeo in Romeo and

Juliet (1968),[15] a role won by fellow Artful Dodger actor Leonard Whiting.[16] Collins was among the last threefinalists for the role of I.Q. on the American children's television show The Bugaloos (he lost out to English

actor/musician John McIndoe).[17]

Despite the beginnings of an acting career, Collins continued to gravitate towards music. While attending ChiswickCommunity School he formed a band called the Real Thing and later joined the Freehold. With the latter group, he

wrote his first song titled "Lying Crying Dying".[18]

Collins's first record deal came as drummer for Hickory, who changed their name to Flaming Youth by the time of

their sole album, Ark 2 (1969).[19] A concept album inspired by the recent media attention surrounding the moonlanding, Ark 2 (with Ronnie Caryl, Brian Chatton and Gordon (Flash) Smith), failed to make much commercialsuccess despite positive critical reviews. Melody Maker featured the album as "Pop Album of the Month",

describing it as "adult music beautifully played with nice tight harmonies".[20] The album's main single, "From NowOn", failed on the radio. After a year of touring, band tensions and the lack of commercial success dissolved thegroup. In 1970, the 19-year old Collins played percussion on the George Harrison song "The Art of Dying".

Harrison credited him in the liner notes to the remastered CD version of the album released in 2000.[21]

Genesis era

Main article: Genesis (band)

In 1970, Collins answered a Melody Maker classified ad for "...a drummer sensitive to acoustic music, and

acoustic twelve-string guitarist".[22] Genesis placed the ad after having already lost three drummers over two

albums.[23] The audition occurred at the home of Peter Gabriel's parents. Prospective candidates performed tracksfrom the group's second album, Trespass (1970). Collins arrived early, listened to the other auditions while

swimming in Gabriel's parents' pool, and memorised the pieces before his turn.[24]

Collins won the audition. Nursery Cryme was released a year later. Although his role remained primarily that ofdrummer and backing vocalist for the next five years, he twice sang lead vocals: once on "For Absent Friends"(from Nursery Cryme) and once on "More Fool Me" (from Selling England by the Pound).

In 1974, while Genesis were recording the concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Brian Eno (who iscredited with "Enossification" for electronic vocal effects on the track "Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging")

needed a drummer for his album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy).[25] Collins was sent to fill the gap, andplayed drums in lieu of payment for Eno's work with the band. Collins later contributed drums to the Brian Eno1975, and 1977 art rock releases Another Green World and Before and After Science.

In 1975, following the final tour supporting the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Gabriel left the groupto pursue a solo career. Collins became lead vocalist after a lengthy but ultimately fruitless search for Gabriel's

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The music video for "Land of

Confusion" featured the members of

Genesis in puppet form, with the

single cover (parodying the With the

Beatles album and using puppets

from the satirical TV show Spitting

Image).

replacement (where he sang back-up with the over 400 hopefuls that reportedly auditioned).[26] To facilitateCollins's new role as the group's lead singer/frontman, Genesis recruited former Yes and King Crimson drummerBill Bruford to play drums during live shows, although Collins continued to play drums during longer instrumentalsections. Bruford's drumming can be heard on the track "The Cinema Show" on the live album Seconds Out.Bruford was soon replaced by ex-Frank Zappa band member Chester Thompson, who became a mainstay of theband's live line-up through the following decades. Collins, however, continued to be the band's exclusive drummeron all of the group's studio recordings.

The first album with Collins as lead vocalist, 1976's A Trick of the Tail, reached the American Top 40, andpeaked high as No.3 on the UK charts. Said Rolling Stone, "Genesis has managed to turn the possible catastrophe

of Gabriel's departure into their first broad-based American success."[27] Following the recording of Genesis's nextalbum Wind and Wuthering guitarist Steve Hackett left the group to pursue his own solo career. The groupdecided to continue as a trio for recording with Mike Rutherford playingguitar and bass in the studio, although the lineup was regularly augmentedby Chester Thompson and American guitarist Daryl Stuermer for concerttours.

Collins simultaneously performed in a jazz fusion group called Brand X.The band recorded their first album, Unorthodox Behaviour, withCollins as drummer, but because Genesis was Collins's priority, therewere several Brand X tours and albums without him. Collins creditsBrand X as his first use of a drum machine as well as his first use of a

home 8-track tape machine.[28]

Collins also performed on Steve Hackett's first solo album, Voyage ofthe Acolyte, on which he sang lead vocals and played drums. As thedecade closed, Genesis began a shift from their progressive rock rootsand toward more accessible, radio-friendly pop-rock music. The album...And Then There Were Three... featured their first UK Top 10 and US

Top 40 single, "Follow You Follow Me".[29][30]

In the 1980s, while Collins developed as a songwriter and established aparallel career as a solo artist, Genesis recorded a series of highlysuccessful albums including Duke, Abacab, Genesis, and InvisibleTouch. The latter album's title track reached No.1 on the American Billboard singles chart, the only Genesis songto do so. The group received an MTV "Video of the Year" nomination in 1987 for the single "Land of Confusion"(which featured puppet caricatures created by the British satirical team Spitting Image) but lost out to Peter

Gabriel's solo hit, "Sledgehammer".[31] Reviews were generally positive, with Rolling Stone's J. D. Considinestating, "every tune is carefully pruned so that each flourish delivers not an instrumental epiphany but a solid

hook."[32]

Collins left Genesis in 1996 to focus on his solo career.[18] The last studio album with him as the lead singer was1991's We Can't Dance, it was supported by an extensive tour across the world in 1992. He and Gabriel reunitedwith other Genesis members in 1999 to re-record "The Carpet Crawlers" for Genesis's Turn It on Again: TheHits. When in the mid-2000s discussions of a possible Genesis reunion arose, Collins stated that he would prefer to

return as the drummer, with Gabriel handling the vocals.[33] Eventually Turn It On Again: The Tour was announcedfor 2007, with the Collins/Rutherford/Banks line-up.

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In March 2010, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio was asked to pay tribute to Genesis, one of his favourite bands,upon being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to Anastasio's speech, Phish appeared andperformed two Genesis songs, "Watcher of the Skies" and "No Reply At All". Collins and his Genesis band-mates(minus Peter Gabriel) attended the ceremony but they did not perform.

Solo career

Early solo recordings (1981–1983)

The dominant theme running through Collins's early solo recordings (although never specifically mentioned in hissongs) was the acrimonious breakdown of his first marriage and then-recent divorce. Two songs he wrote on theGenesis album Duke, "Please Don't Ask", and the Top 20 hit "Misunderstanding", dealt with failed relationships.One year earlier, he had played drums and sung backing vocals on John Martyn's Grace and Danger, an albumwhose main theme is also marriage break-up. With the recording of his first solo album, Face Value, Collins

attributed his divorce as his main influence,[34] as can be inferred from songs such as "If Leaving Me Is Easy".

Collins made his live debut as a solo performer, appearing at the invitation of producer Martin Lewis at theAmnesty International benefit show, The Secret Policeman's Other Ball at the Theatre Royal in London inSeptember 1981, performing two songs from Face Value including "In the Air Tonight" and "The Roof is Leaking"accompanying himself on piano. Face Value became a surprise international success topping the charts in at leastseven countries and hitting the top ten of the Billboard 200 eventually going triple-platinum in the US. Hits from thealbum included "In the Air Tonight", "I Missed Again" and "If Leaving Me Is Easy". In 1982, he produced ABBAmember Frida's solo album, Something's Going On, which helped to spawn the title track, "I Know There'sSomething Going On", which became a hit.

Much like Face Value, many of the songs from Collins's 1982 follow-up album, Hello, I Must Be Going!, camefrom Collins's marital problems with his first wife such as "I Don't Care Anymore" and "Do You Know and Do YouCare". Collins’s early albums had a dark presence, usually heavy on the drums. Regarding Face Value, he says, "Ihad a wife, two children, two dogs, and the next day I didn't have anything. So a lot of these songs were written

because I was going through these emotional changes."[35] There were occasional poppier influences–Face Value's"Behind the Lines", for example, was a jazzy remake of a Genesis song he co-wrote. Face Value was a critical andmulti-platinum success, and saw Collins’s profile increase further. Hello, I Must Be Going! gave him a UK No.1for his cover of the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love". The album went triple-platinum in the United States, like itspredecessor. The Supremes' cover was his first Top 10 US hit (it also hit the Top 10 of Billboard's Adult

Contemporary chart). The album also reached No.2 on the UK album chart, spending well over a year there.[29]

Two years before, Collins had played drums on Peter Gabriel's third self-titled record (often referred to as Melt),the first record to feature the "gated reverb" sound, which was used on the song "Intruder". Gabriel reportedly"didn't want any metal on the record" and asked Collins to leave his cymbals at home, to concentrate on the soundof his kit more heavily than usual. Studio engineer Hugh Padgham augmented the drum sound by using amicrophone normally intended for studio communication rather than recording and feeding it through a signalprocessor called a noise gate. This allowed the reverberation added to the drums to be suddenly cut off before itnaturally decayed. The result was the arresting "gated reverb" which became Collins's signature sound. This was thesame 'big drum sound' used on such songs as "In The Air Tonight", "Mama" by Genesis, and Anni-Frid "Frida"Lyngstad's "(I Know) There's Something Going On."

Mid-career - Massive worldwide success (1984–1992)

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Collins changed his musical style with the release of the ballad, "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)",which was the main theme song for the movie of the same name in 1984. The more pop-friendly and radio-

accessible single became Collins's first solo single to reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100.[30] Later thatyear, Collins contributed to production on Earth, Wind & Fire singer Phillip Bailey's debut album, Chinese Wall,collaborating with Bailey on the hit duet, "Easy Lover". Collins featured on Band Aid's "Do They Know It'sChristmas", it reached number one in the U.K, he played drums and sang on the song. Collins released his mostsuccessful album, the Diamond-certified No Jacket Required, which reached number one in U.S. in the summer of1985. It contained the U.S. number one hits "One More Night" and "Sussudio" as well as the Top ten hits "Don'tLose My Number" and "Take Me Home", it also contains the less known yet equally robust "Who Said I Would",and "Only You Know and I Know". The album featured Sting, Helen Terry and ex-bandmate Peter Gabriel asbacking vocalists. He also recorded the successful song "Separate Lives", a duet with Marilyn Martin, and a US

number one, for the movie White Nights.[30] Collins had three US number one songs in 1985, the most by any

artist that year.[30] No Jacket Required went on to win several Grammy awards including Album of the Year.

No Jacket Required received criticism that the album was too safe, despite its upbeat reviews and commercialsuccess. A positive review by David Fricke of Rolling Stone ended, "After years on the art-rock fringe, Collins hasestablished himself firmly in the middle of the road. Perhaps he should consider testing himself and his new fans'

expectations next time around."[36] "Sussudio" also drew criticism for sounding too similar to Prince's "1999", a

charge that Collins did not deny.[37] Nevertheless, the album went straight to #1 in the US and UK. In 1985,Collins was invited by Bob Geldof to perform at the Live Aid charity event. Collins had the distinction of being theonly performer to appear at both the UK concert at Wembley Stadium and the US concert at JFK Stadium inPhiladelphia; he performed his solo songs Against All Odds and In the Air Tonight. He accomplished this byperforming early in the day at Wembley as both a solo artist and alongside Sting, then transferring to a Concordeflight to the US enabling him to perform his solo material, and drum for Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton inPhiladelphia. While being a guest on major artists' hit recordings, Collins continued to enjoy solo success even whileon tour with Genesis (supporting their successful album Invisible Touch) besides from his number-one duet withMarilyn Martin in 1986, Collins would score two more hits from movies with the singles, "Two Hearts" (No.1 US,No.6 UK), and "Groovy Kind of Love" (No.1 UK, No.1 US), the latter two from the soundtrack of his feature

film, Buster.[29][30]

In 1989, Collins produced another successful album, ...But Seriously, featuring the anti-homelessness anthem"Another Day in Paradise", with David Crosby on backing vocals. (Collins later went on to co-write, sing and playon the song "Hero" on Crosby's 1993 album Thousand Roads.) "Another Day in Paradise" went to Number 1 onthe Billboard Charts at the end of 1989 and won Collins Best British Single at the 1990 Brit Awards, and the 1991Grammy Award for Record of the Year, it also was one of the most successful singles of all time in

Germany.[38][39] In the process, it became the last No.1 US pop hit of the 1980s. The album ...But Seriouslybecame the first No.1 US album of the 1990s and the best-selling album of 1990 in the UK. Other songs included"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" (No.4 US, No.15 UK), "Do You Remember?" (not released in theUK, but a No.4 hit in the US), and "I Wish It Would Rain Down" (the latter featuring Eric Clapton on guitar) (No.3

US, No.7 UK).[29][30] Songs about apartheid and homelessness demonstrated Collins’s turn to politically-drivenmaterial. This theme recurred on his later albums. A live album, Serious Hits... Live!, followed, which reached topten around the world. In September 1990, Collins performed "Sussudio" at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards

in Los Angeles.[40]

Later solo work and Genesis reunion (1993–2008)

Collins's record sales began to drop with the 1993 release of Both Sides, a largely experimental album that,

according to Collins, included songs that "were becoming so personal, so private, I didn't want anyone else's

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Phil Collins via a Genesis

concert in 1992.

Collins performing in Barcelona,

Spain in July 2004

according to Collins, included songs that "were becoming so personal, so private, I didn't want anyone else's

input".[41] Featuring a less polished sound and fewer up-tempo songs than his previous albums, Both Sides was asignificant departure. Collins used no backing musicians, performed all the vocal and instrumental parts at his homestudio, and used rough vocal takes for the final product. The album was not well received by radio. Its two biggesthits were "Both Sides of the Story" and "Everyday". Collins worked on the album completely independently of hisrecord company, and took them by surprise when he delivered them a completed album that they were unaware hewas making.

Collins officially parted ways with Genesis in 1996 to focus on his solo career (Genesis would produce one albumwithout Collins—...Calling All Stations...—before going on hiatus). Collins attempted a return to pop music withDance into the Light, which Entertainment Weekly reviewed by saying that "(e)ven Phil Collins must know that

we all grew weary of Phil Collins".[42] It included minor hits such as the title track and the Beatles-inspired "It's inYour Eyes". Although the album went Gold in the US, it sold considerably less than his previous albums. Despitethis, the subsequent tour regularly sold out arenas.

In 1996, Collins formed the Phil Collins Big Band. With Collins as drummer, the band performed jazz renditions ofvarious Collins and Genesis hits. The Phil Collins Big Band did a world tour in 1998 that included a performance atthe Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1999, the group released the CD A Hot Night in Paris including big band versionsof "Invisible Touch", "Sussudio", and the more obscure "The Los Endos Suite" from A Trick of the Tail.

A compilation album ...Hits was released in 1998 and sold very well,returning Collins to multi-platinum status in America. The album's sole newtrack, a cover of the Cyndi Lauper hit "True Colors", received considerable

play on US Adult Contemporary stations while peaking at No.2.[43] Some ofCollins's earlier hits (e.g. "I Missed Again", "If Leaving Me Is Easy", etc.) andother successes were not included in this compilation.

Collins's next single, "You'll Be in My Heart", from the Disney animated movieTarzan, spent 19 weeks at No.1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart –the longest time ever up to that point. The song won Collins an AcademyAward for Best Song. It was his third nomination in the songwriters' category,after being nominated in 1985 and 1989. Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on 16 June

1999.[44]

In 2002 Collins released Testify. Metacritic's roundup of album reviewsfound this record to be the worst-reviewed album at the time of itsrelease, though it has since been "surpassed" by three more recent

releases.[45] The album's "Can't Stop Loving You" (a Leo Sayer cover)was yet another #1 Adult Contemporary smash hit for Collins. Testifysold 140,000 copies in the United States by year's end, although a

successful worldwide tour followed.[46]

That same year Collins accepted an invitation to drum for the "houseband" at a concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. In

2003 announced his last solo tour[47] – the "First Final Farewell Tour", atongue-in-cheek reference to the multiple farewell tours of other popularartists. In 2006 he worked with Disney on a Broadway production of

Tarzan, a musical which received generally mixed reviews. In 2007 Collins reunited with his Genesis bandmates

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Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford for Turn It On Again: The Tour, a tour of Europe and North America. During thetour Genesis performed at the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium. Following the band's performance,presenter Jonathan Ross had to apologise to viewers watching the televised version as Collins had used a swearword while singing "Invisible Touch".

Going Back and retirement (2009–2011)

In October 2009, it was reported that Collins was to record a Motown covers album. He told a Germannewspaper, "I want the songs to sound exactly like the originals", and that the album would feature up to 30

songs.[48] In January 2010, Chester Thompson said that the album had been completed and would be releasedsome time soon. He also revealed that Collins managed to play the drums on the album despite the adverse effects

of his recent spinal operation.[49] It was the first solo album Collins had recorded which consisted entirely of songswritten by other people.

Going Back was released on 13 September 2010, entering the UK charts at number 4, rising to number one the

following week.[50] In early summer 2010, Collins played six concerts entirely dedicated to the music from GoingBack. These included a special programme, Phil Collins: One Night Only, which was broadcast on ITV1 on 18September 2010. Collins also promoted Going Back with his first and only appearance on the BBC's foremostmusic series Later... with Jools Holland, broadcast on 17 September 2010.

As of January 2011, Collins has spent 1,730 weeks in German music charts – 766 weeks of them with Genesis

albums and singles and 964 weeks with solo releases.[51]

Citing health problems and other concerns, Collins announced on 4 March 2011 that he was taking time off from

his career, prompting widespread reports of his retirement.[52] Days later, on 7 March, his UK representative told

the press, "He is not, has no intention of, retiring."[53] However, later that day, Collins posted a message to his fans

on his own website, confirming his intention to retire to focus on his family life.[54][55] In July 2012, Collins greatest

hits collection ...Hits, re-entered the US charts, reaching number 6 on the Billboard 200.[56]

Drums and other equipment

Collins uses Gretsch drums and Sabian cymbals. Drums (all single headed concert toms except for the snare): 20"Bass Drum, 18" Floor Tom, 16" Floor Tom, 15" Mounted Tom, 12" Tom, 10" Tom, 8" Tom, 14"x4" Snare, 14"Phil Collins Special.

Cymbals: HH Medium Crash 20" – HH Extra Thin Crash 17" – Hi-Hats 15" – HH China 20" – HH Medium-Thin

Crash 16" -HH China 22" – HH Raw Bell Dry Ride 21".[57]

Until 1986, Collins played Paiste and Zildjian cymbals. Other drums he's used over the years are Premier, Noble &Cooley, Pearl, Fibes and Simmons electronic drums. He uses a Ludwig Speed King pedal and Pro Mark sticks.

Other instruments which have become synonymous with Collins's sound (particularly in his post-1978 Genesis andsubsequent solo career) include the Roland CR-78 and Roland TR-808 drum machines, Sequential Circuits

Prophet-5 synthesizer,[58] the Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, Oberheim DMXdrummachine (as heard on Sussudio), Korg Wavestation, Korg Karma, Korg 01/W, Korg M1R and Korg Tritonsynthesizers, Roland JD800, Roland JV1080 and Roland D50 synthesizers, Emu Emulator 2 and Emu Emulator 3sample workstations, Sequential Circuits Prophet VS synthesizer and the Roland VP330 vocoder (as heard on In

the air tonight).

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the air tonight).

Career as producer

For his solo career and his career with Genesis, Collins produced or co-produced virtually all of his singles andalbums, the notable exceptions being "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (produced by Arif Mardin),and his cover of "True Colors" (produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.)

Collins also maintained a career as a producer for other artists throughout the 1980s, usually working on outsideprojects at the rate of one artist per year. His first outside work as a producer was the 1981 album Glorious Foolfor John Martyn; he followed that up by producing Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad's 1982 album Something's GoingOn, which contained the international hit "I Know There's Something Going On."

1983 found Collins producing two tracks for Adam Ant, both of which hit the UK charts: "Puss 'N' Boots" and"Strip". ("Strip" was a minor US hit as well.) In 1984, he produced Phillip Bailey's album Chinese Wall, from whichthe hit Bailey/Collins duet "Easy Lover" was drawn. This album also contained the Bailey hit "Walking On TheChinese Wall".

In 1985, Collins produced several tracks on the Eric Clapton album Behind The Sun. The following year, heproduced (in collaboration with Hugh Padgham) one track for Howard Jones, the international hit "No One Is toBlame".

Returning to work with Clapton, Collins was one of the producers on his 1987 album August. The UK top 20single "Behind The Mask" was drawn from this album, and this particular track credited production to "Phil Collinsin association with Tom Dowd."

In 1988, Collins and Lamont Dozier collaborated as writers and producers of the Four Tops top 10 UK hit "LocoIn Acapulco", which was taken from the soundtrack of the film Buster, in which Collins starred. Finally, in 1989,Collins was one of the producers of the Stephen Bishop album Bowling in Paris, which included the US AdultContemporary hit "Walking on Air", produced by Collins and Padgham.

Films, theatre and television

The majority of Collins's film work has been through music. Four of his seven American number one songs camefrom film soundtracks, and his work on Disney's Tarzan earned him an Oscar. Collins even sang German, Italian,Spanish and French versions of the Tarzan soundtrack for the respective film versions. Collins's acting career hasbeen brief. As a child, he appeared in three films, although two of the films were for brief moments as an extra.Besides the aforementioned A Hard Day's Night (1964), Collins's first lead role was in a children's film Calamitythe Cow (1967).

Collins wrote and performed the title song to Against All Odds in 1984. The song became the first of his sevenAmerican number one songs and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song. Collins was not invited toperform the song at that year's presentation, although he was in the audience as the song's composer. Collins hadarranged his US tour to accommodate the possibility of appearing on the telecast in the event his song wasnominated for an Oscar. It is believed that the producers of that year's Academy Awards show were not aware ofhis prominence as a musical performer. A note to Collins's label from telecast co-producer Larry Gelbart explainingthe lack of invitation stated, "Thank you for your note regarding Phil Cooper [sic]. I'm afraid the spots have already

been filled". Collins instead watched Ann Reinking perform his song.[59] For a long time afterwards, he would

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Collins provided the voices to both

Muk and Luk in the 1995 animated

feature Balto.

introduce his performance of "Against All Odds" at his concerts by saying: "Miss Ann Reinking's not here tonight,so I guess I'll have to sing my own song".

As a vocalist, Collins sang Stephen Bishop's composition "Separate Lives" for the film White Nights (1985) as aduet with Marilyn Martin. The single of the recording became another number one hit for Collins. The song itselfwas nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song (a category that honours the composer, not the vocalists).Bishop's song had parallels to some of the songs on Collins's first two albums. Writer Stephen Bishop noted that he

was inspired by a failed relationship and called "Separate Lives" "a song about anger".[60] When the song was beingnominated for an Academy Award, in interviews about the original snub by the Academy for "Against All Odds",Collins would jokingly say "the hell with him – I'm going up too," referring to if Bishop's song were to win the

award.[61]

Collins's first film role since becoming a musician came in 1988 with Buster about the Great Train Robbery, whichtook place in England in August, 1963. The film received good reviews and Collins contributed four songs to thefilm's soundtrack. His rendition of "Groovy Kind of Love", originally a 1966 single by the Mindbenders, with lyricsby Toni Wine and music by Carole Bayer Sager, but with the melody of the Rondo section of Muzio Clementi's"Sonatina in G major", op. 36 no. 5 reached number one. The film also spawned the hit single "Two Hearts", whichhe wrote in collaboration with legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier; the two artists would go on to win aGolden Globe for Best Original Song and receive an Oscar nomination in the same category, the second suchhonour for Collins; "Big Noise", written by Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier, which included Collins on vocals(although the song was not released as a single, an instrumental version of this song appeared as the B-side to thesingle version of "A Groovy Kind Of Love".) The final song, "Loco In Acapulco", was another collaborationbetween him and Dozier, with the vocals performed by the legendary Motown group the Four Tops. Film criticRoger Ebert said the role of Buster was "played with surprising effectiveness" by Collins, although the film's

soundtrack proved more successful than the film did.[62]

Collins had cameo appearances in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) andthe AIDS docudrama And the Band Played On (1993). He starred in1993's Frauds, which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes

Film Festival.[63] He supplied voices to two animated features: Amblin'sBalto (1995) and Disney's The Jungle Book 2 (2003). A long-discussed but never completed project was a film titled The ThreeBears; originally meant to star him alongside Danny DeVito and BobHoskins, he often mentioned the film, though an appropriate script never

materialised.[64]

Collins performed the soundtrack to the animated film Tarzan (1999) forthe Walt Disney Company. Collins won an Academy Award for "You'llBe in My Heart", which he performed at that year's telecast as well as

during a Disney-themed Super Bowl halftime show. The song, which he also recorded in Spanish among other

languages, became his only appearance on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.[43] Disney hired him, along with TinaTurner, in 2003 for the soundtrack to another animated feature film, Brother Bear, and had some airplay with thesong "Look Through My Eyes".

On television, he twice hosted the Billboard Music Awards. He also appeared in an episode of the series MiamiVice, entitled "Phil the Shill", in which he plays a cheating con-man. He also guest starred in several sketches withThe Two Ronnies. Most recently, he had a cameo appearance on the television series Whoopi.

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Phil Collins as he appears in the video

game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Stories

In 2001, Collins was sought out by the satirist Chris Morris, and appeared in the Brass Eye 'Paedophile Special'endorsing a spoof charity called 'Nonce Sense'. At one point Collins, dressed in a matching baseball cap and t-shirtemblazoned with the name of this fictitious charity, stares into the camera and declares: "I'm talking Nonce-sense."

In 2005, Collins's work on Brother Bear was expanded as Disney used the song "Welcome" as the theme for WaltDisney's Parade of Dreams, the main parade celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland.

In 2006 Disney's Tarzan was adapted for Broadway. Collins contributed 11 new songs and instrumental pieces,and was deeply involved in the production. Unlike the film, where Collins sang all the material, the characters sangon stage.

Collins made an appearance as himself in the 2006 PlayStation Portableand PlayStation 2 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, setin 1984. He appears in three missions in which the main character mustsave him from a gang that is trying to kill him, the final mission occurringduring his concert, where the player must defend the scaffolding againstsaboteurs while Phil is simultaneously performing "In the Air Tonight."After this, the player is given the opportunity to watch this performanceof 'In the Air Tonight.' "In the Air Tonight" was also featured in thesoundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and it was alsofeatured in the film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film ForTheaters, the 2009 movie The Hangover and the 2007 Gorillacommercial for Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate. The advertisement alsohelped the song re-enter the New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart atnumber three in July 2008, the following week reaching number one,beating its original 1981 No.6 peak. Phil Collins had several ties to the hitshow Miami Vice with 5 songs used in the course of the series as well ashaving starred in the episode "Phil The Shill."

Phil Collins was portrayed in the hit cartoon South Park in the episode "Timmy 2000" holding his Oscarthroughout, referring to his 1999 win for "You'll Be In My Heart", which defeated "Blame Canada" from SouthPark: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. He was seen again in the episode "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime".

Phil Collins appears briefly in the Finnish animated sitcom Pasila in the episode "Phil Collins Hangover". The musicof this episode is a pastiche of Phil Collins' "Another Day In Paradise".

Personal life

Family

Collins has been married three times. He married Canadian Andrea Bertorelli in 1975. They met as students in a

drama class in London.[65][66] They had a son, Simon Collins, and Collins adopted Bertorelli's daughter JoelyCollins, a Canadian actress. They divorced in 1980, after she started an affair with their painter and decorator.Collins later appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops singing his 1981 solo hit "In The Air Tonight" with a pot of

paint and brush positioned near his piano.[67]

Collins met his second wife, Jill Tavelman, in 1980. They were married from 1984[68] to 1996. They had one

daughter, Lily Collins, born in 1989.[69] Collins openly admits that some of their divorce-related correspondence

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was by fax (one, about access to their daughter, was reproduced in the Sun), but denies that this took her by

surprise.[66] Collins paid Jill £17M as final settlement.[67]

Collins married his third wife, Orianne Cevey, in 1999 after a five year romance.[67] They have two sons, Nicholasand Matthew. They bought Sir Jackie Stewart's former house located in Begnins, Switzerland, overlooking LakeGeneva. Announcing their separation on 16 March 2006, they were divorced on 17 August 2008. Collins

reportedly paid Cevey £25M in settlement.[67] Collins has said he will continue to live in Switzerland to be near thechildren. He is currently residing in Féchy, while also maintaining homes in New York and Dersingham, Norfolk,

England.[67][70] In 2008, Collins was quoted in People Magazine: "Marriage is a difficult proposition. But I haven't

given up on it, either."[71] Collins, however, stated in 2010 that he had no intention of marrying again.[72]

Fortune

Collins was estimated to have a fortune of £115 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2011, making him one of

the 20 richest people in the British music industry.[73]

Court case

Main article: Phillip Collins Ltd v Davis

On 29 March 2000, Phil Collins launched a case against two former musicians from his band to recoup £500,000($780,000) in royalties that were overpaid. Louis Satterfield, 62, and Rahmlee Davis, 51, claimed their contractentitled them to 0.5 per cent of the royalties from Serious Hits... Live!, a live album recorded during Collins'sSeriously, Live! World Tour tour in 1990. Their claim was they were an integral part of the whole album, but

Collins responded the two should only receive royalties from the five tracks in which they were involved.[74] Insteadof asking for a return of what Collins considered overpayment, he sought to recoup the funds by withholding futureroyalties to Satterfield and Davis, which amounted to less than an annual sum of £12,500 ($20,000) each.

On 19 April 2000, the High Court ruled that the two musicians would receive no more royalty money from PhilCollins. The amount that Collins was seeking was halved, and Satterfield and Davis (who originally brought the suitforward in California) would not have to repay any of it. The judge agreed with Collins's argument that Satterfield

and Davis should have been paid for only the five tracks on which they performed, including the hit "Sussudio".[75]

Health problems

Collins reported losing his hearing in his right ear in 2000 due to a viral infection. In September 2009, it wasreported that Collins could no longer play drums, due to a recent operation to repair dislocated vertebrae in his

neck.[76] A statement from Collins on the Genesis band website said, "There isn't any drama regarding my'disability' and playing drums. Somehow during the last Genesis tour I dislocated some vertebrae in my upper neckand that affected my hands. After a successful operation on my neck, my hands still can't function normally. Maybein a year or so it will change, but for now it is impossible for me to play drums or piano. I am not in any 'distressed'

state; stuff happens in life."[77]

Honorary degrees

Collins has received several honorary doctorates in recognition of his work in music and also for his personal

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interests. In 1987, he received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University.[78] In 1991, he

received an honorary doctorate of music at the Berklee College of Music.[79] Then on 12 May 2012, he receivedan honorary doctorate of history at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, for his research and collection of TexasRevolution artefacts and documents, which has led him to own one of the world's largest private collections of

Alamo-related artefacts.[80] His passion for the Battle at the Alamo has also led him to write the book The Alamo

and Beyond: A Collector's Journey, published in 2012.[81]

Activism

Collins was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1994 in recognition of his work on behalf of the

Prince's Trust.[82] He is also a member of the Fraternal Order of Freemasonry and initiated at SOHO Lodge No. 3

in London.[83] [84] Collins has stated he is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals (PETA). In 2005, he donated an autographed drumstick in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky

Fried Chicken.[85]

Collins also has a long-standing interest in the Alamo. He has collected hundreds of artefacts related to the famous1836 battle in San Antonio, Texas, narrated a light and sound show about the Alamo, and spoken at related

events.[86] He has completed a book entitled "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey" published by

Statehouse Press, based in Buffalo Gap, Texas.[87]

Collins has often been mentioned erroneously in the British media as being a supporter of the Conservative Partyand an opponent of the Labour Party. This derives from the famous article in the Sun, printed on the day of the1992 UK general election, titled "If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out thelights", which claimed that Collins was among several celebrities who were planning to leave Britain in the event of a

Labour victory.[citation needed] Shortly before the 2005 election (when Collins was living in Switzerland), NoelGallagher is reported as saying: "Vote Labour. If you don't and the Tories get in, Phil is threatening to come

back."[88] However, Collins has since stated that although he did once claim many years earlier that he might leaveBritain if most of his income was taken in tax, which was Labour Party policy at that time for top earners, he hasnever been a Conservative Party supporter and he left Britain for Switzerland in 1994 purely because he met awoman who lived there. He said of Gallagher: “I don’t care if he likes my music or not. I do care if he starts telling

people I’m a wanker because of my politics. It’s an opinion based on an old misunderstood quote.”[89] Despite hisclaim that he did not leave Britain for tax purposes, he was one of several super-rich figures living in tax havens who

were singled out for criticism in a report by the charity Christian Aid in 2008.[90] Questioned about his politics byMark Lawson in an interview broadcast in 2009, Collins said: "My father was Conservative but it wasn't quite thesame, I don't think, when he was alive. Politics never loomed large in our family anyway. I think the politics of the

country were very different then."[91]

Collins founded the Little Dreams Foundation in February 2000, which aims to "realise the dreams of children in thefields of sports and art" by providing future prodigies aged 4 to 16 years with financial, material, and mentoring

support with the help of experts in various fields.[92]

Collins supports the South African charity the Topsy Foundation, which provides relief services to some of SouthAfrica's most under-resourced rural communities through a multi-faceted approach to the consequences of HIV

and AIDS and extreme poverty. He donates all royalties earned in South Africa to the organization.[93][94]

Collins is a patron of the charity Children in Hunger, a small UK based charity working to combat child poverty in

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Brazil.[95]

Discography

Genesis

Main article: Genesis discography

Brand X

Unorthodox Behaviour (1976) US #191

Moroccan Roll (1977) - UK #37[96] US #125Livestock (1977) US #204Product (1979) US #165

Do They Hurt? (1980) US #204

Is There Anything About? (1982) - UK #93[96]

Studio albums

1981: Face Value

1982: Hello, I Must Be Going!1985: No Jacket Required

1989: ...But Seriously1993: Both Sides1996: Dance into the Light

2002: Testify2010: Going Back

Number one singles

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Year SinglePeak positions

UK US

1982 "You Can't Hurry Love" 1 10

1984 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" 2 1

1985

"Easy Lover" (With Philip Bailey) 1 2

"One More Night" 4 1

"Sussudio" 12 1

"Separate Lives" (With Marilyn Martin) 4 1

1988"A Groovy Kind of Love" 1 1

"Two Hearts" 6 1

1989 "Another Day in Paradise" 2 1

"In the Air Tonight" re-entered the New Zealand charts in 2008 at No.3 and then peaked at No.1, after featuring ina Cadbury Gorilla advertisement.

See also

List of awards and nominations received by Phil CollinsTouring and studio musicians of Phil Collins

List of Notable Freemasons

Notes

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2. ^ GRO Register of Births MAR 1951 5e 137 EALING – Philip D. C. Collins, mmn = Strange

3. ^ "Phil Collins Celebrates TESTIFY with Weekend Today Performance and NYC In-Store", Atlantic Records pressrelease. 15 November 2002.

4. ^ Brit Awards: Phil Collins (http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/phil-collins) Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2011

5. ^ Past Winners: Phil Collins (http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=phil+collins&title=&year=All&genre=All) Grammy.com. Retrieved 24 November 2011

6. ^ See List of best-selling music artists for information and references of sales figures.

7. ^ Anderson, John (7 January 1990). "Pop Notes". Newsday.

8. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary" (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml) . Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml.Retrieved 5 November 2010.

9. ^ "Phil Collins Biography (1951-)" (http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Phil-Collins.html) . Filmreference.com.http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Phil-Collins.html. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

10. ^ GRO Register of Marriages SEP 1934 3a 706 BRENTFORD – Grevelle Collins to Winifred M. Strange

11. ^ Coleman, Ray. Phil Collins: The Definitive Biography, Simon & Schuster. London. 1997. pp.29–30. ISBN 0-684-81784-5

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12. ^ Classic Albums: Face Value DVD, Eagle Home Entertainment, 2001.

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14. ^ Film details (http://www.chittybangbang.com/chittybangbang-film.html) at chittybangbang.com. Retrieved 21July 2009.

15. ^ Coleman, p.51.

16. ^ "The Guide to Musical Theatre" (http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_o/oliver.htm) . The Guide toMusical Theatre. http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_o/oliver.htm. Retrieved 26 March 2010.

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18. ̂a b Hewitt, Alan. Biography (http://www.philcollins.co.uk/biog1.htm) at Collins' official website (UK). Retrieved9 January 2006.

19. ^ Joynson, Vernon (1995). The Tapestry of Delights(http://alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/uk6070s/tapestry.html?http://alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/uk6070s/f5z.html#Flaming%20Youth) . London: Borderline Books. Seeentry on "Flaming Youth".

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24. ^ Coleman, p.63.

25. ^ Thompson, 2004. p.117

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35. ^ Thompson, D. Turn It On Again: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Genesis, Back Beat Books. San Francisco.2004. p.181. ISBN 0-87930-810-9

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41. ^ Coleman, p.181.

42. ^ Browne, David. Dance into the Light review(http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/music/0,6115,294844_4_0_,00.html) . Entertainment Weekly. 1 November1996. Retrieved 10 February 2006.

43. ̂a b Billboard magazine, Phil Collins Chart History (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=4332&model.vnuAlbumId=555318) . Retrieved 13 January 2006.

44. ^ Phil Collins: The Hollywood Walk of Fame (http://hwof.com/star/recording/phil-collins/333) Retrieved 21November 2010

45. ^ Metacritic, All-Time High and Low Scores (http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/) . Retrieved 17 November2006.

46. ^ Thompson, p.260.

47. ^ Hear-it.org (http://www.hear-it.org/page.dsp?page=2649) . Retrieved 13 January 2006.

48. ^ "Phil Collins To Record Motown Covers Album | undercover.com.au, Music, News, Entertainment"(http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9314_Phil_Collins_To_Record_Motown_Covers_Album) .Undercover.com.au. 24 October 2009. http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=9314_Phil_Collins_To_Record_Motown_Covers_Album. Retrieved 26 March 2010.

49. ^ "Broadcast Yourself" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FC_gwdMTgM) . YouTube. 17 November 2009.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FC_gwdMTgM. Retrieved 26 March 2010.

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60. ^ Bronson, p.624.

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65. ^ GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1975 17 0245 SURREY MID E. – Philip D. C. Collins = Andrea Bertorelli

66. ̂a b "I'm Not So Ambitious As I Was"(http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090422182236/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/radiotimes.htm) , Radio Times,27 November 2002. reprinted at Collins' website in 2009; archived copy at archive.org.

67. ̂a b c d e "Phil Collins pays third wife a record £25million in divorce settlement"(http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/16/phil-collins-pays-third-wife-a-record-25million-in-divorce-settlement-115875-20699955/) . Sunday Mirror. 16 August 2008. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/16/phil-collins-pays-third-wife-a-record-25million-in-divorce-settlement-115875-20699955/.Retrieved 16 August 2008.

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69. ^ GRO Register of Births: APR 1989 17 1579 SURREY SW, Lily Jane Collins, mmn = Tavelman

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Official website (http://www.philcollins.com/)Phil Collins (http://www.atlanticrecords.com/philcollins) at Atlantic Records

Genesis' official website (http://www.genesis-music.com)Little Dreams Foundation (http://www.ldf.cc/EN/index.html) , project of Phil Collins and his former wife

Orianne, supporting young musiciansPhil Collins (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2015/) at the Internet Movie DatabaseTarzan (http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=405840) at the Internet Broadway Database

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