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PHIL COLLINS

Philip David Charles Collins ( Chiswick , England, 1951) is a singer, songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor and one of the most active and most successful rock music. Collins has led the U.S. Billboard Top 100 vocals on eight occasions between 1984 and 1989, seven solo and one with Genesis .

From 1970 to 1996 was the band's lead singer Genesis, with the collaboration that has some sporadic since 2007. Their songs often deal with lost love, personal issues and drug use. Collins is one of the three singers (along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson ) which has sold over 100 million albums worldwide as solo artists and as leading members of a group. According to Billboard magazine with his work with Genesis with other artists and solo, Collins has the highest number of hits in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 the 80's . In 2008, Collins was listed as 22 th most successful artist The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists .

Collins When you got for Christmas toy battery never thought that he would be born important interest in music. Phil was then 5 years and this would be the first of many toys that Collins buy for your child. Learned playing alongside television and radio and as no one taught him to read and write conventional musical notation, devised his own system. Later, his uncle Mark Wade he built a battery that Phil uilizaría regularly.

Her training began with 14, when he entered Barbara Speake Stage School . He began working as an actor and model, getting his first major role as Artful Dodger production of Oliver! . Also participate in The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . He also auditioned for the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1968), who got his partner in Artful Dodger , Leonard Whiting . Collins would also be among the three finalists for the role of IQ in the U.S. televisisivo show The Bugaloos (who lost to fellow actor and musician John McIndoe ).

Despite the beginnings of a career focused film and television, Collins began to gravitate towards music. While attending Chiswick Community School , formed a band called The Real Thing and later joined The Freehold . With the latter group wrote his first song, entitled dying crying Lying .

's first recording was as Collins battery Flaming Youth. In 1969 (with Ronnie Caryl , Brian Chatton and Gordon "Flash" Smith ) recorded their only album Ark 2, inspired by the recent media interest on the moon. Not had much commercial success despite the positive reviews (Melody Maker featured him as the "Pop Album of the Month "). After a year on tour, tensions within the band and the lack of commercial success ended by dissolving the group. In 1970, a young Collins played percussion on the George Harrison song , The art of dying.

In 1970, Collins answered a classified ad in Melody Maker which sought to "... a sensitive battery of acoustic music, acoustic guitar and 12 string." The hearing was held at the home of Peter Gabriel's parents and consisted of playing some tracks from second album, Trespass (1970). As Collins arrived early, was able to memorize the parts by listening to others. A year later posted his third album, Nursery Cryme . Phil Collins be in charge of drums, percussion and vocals (lead vocals in For absent friends ) five years.

In 1974, while recording the album Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway , Brian Eno (credited in the album as Enossification by electronic vocal effects on the song Grand parade of lifeless packaging ) needed a battery for your album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) . Collins was sent in return to work of Eno in the band.

In 1975, Gabriel left the band to perform his solo projects. After the fruitless search for a replacement, Collins became the lead singer. The group recruited battery Yes and King Crimson , Bill Bruford for live performances, while Collins continued to play in sections of long duration. He was replaced by former band member of Frank Zappa , Chester Thompson, who usually accompany the group in live performance, while Collins, continued playing drums on all the studio recordings of the band. The first album from this new phase was A trick of the tail (1976), who finished third in the United lists Kingdom.

In March 1996, after 26 successful years with Genesis , Collins amicably decided to leave the training to devote more time to his solo career and his family.

Collins has occasionally collaborated with other musicians. Participated in the jazz-fusion group Brand X as a drummer, with whom he recorded his album Unorthodox Behaviour , and Steve Hackett accompanied on his album Voyage of the acolyte, in whom his voice and played drums. In Brand X knew better reflect its virtues as a virtuoso drums, editing nine albums (three of them live) from 1976 to 1983. In 1979 collaborated with Camel on your hard I can see your house from here on percussion.

has produced artists like Eric Clapton , Robert Plant , Brand X , 2pac and even Anni-Frid Lyngstad ABBA group. Apart from the music industry, Phil Collins appears in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories .

Since 1981 he developed his solo career parallel to his work with Genesis after signing with Virgin Records. The dominant theme that was reflected by his first solo recordings, but never specifying in particular, was the breakup of his first marriage and his recent divorce. Two songs he wrote for the album Duke of Genesis , Please do not ask, and the Top 20 Misunderstanding, made reference to broken relationships. A year later participated in drums and vocals on the album side of Grace John Martyn, whose main theme was about a marriage breakdown. His first solo album, Face value (1981), reflected the bitterness that caused the breakup of his first marriage, with songs like If Leaving Me Is Easy and In the air tonight . This album is autobiographical and shows a deep sadness for the pain they caused their separation.

Collins made his solo debut, invited by the producer Martin Lewis in benefit concert Amnesty International , The Policeman's Other Ball in Theatre Royal in London in September 1981, performing two songs Face value, In the air tonight and The roof is leaking , with himself on piano. Face value was an international success in the lists of at least 7 countries, and managed to enter the Top 10 the Billboard 200 , achieving triple platinum in the U.S. . The song on the album included In the air tonight , I missed again and If Leaving Me Is Easy . In 1982, the member was ABBA, Frida in his solo album Something's Going On , whose single I know There's Something going on became a success.

Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) was another album that gained great popularity and was taken from a single, You can not hurry love , which stood at the top of the charts in Britain. Some songs were related to marital problems with his first wife, as I do not care anymore and Do you know and do you care . Commenting on the obsessive use of letters about their personal experiences eentonces, said: "I had a wife, two children, two dogs, and the next day I had nothing. Thus many songs were written because I was under the influence of these emotional changes. "

Hello, I Must Be Going! He gave his first number 1 for his cover of You can not hurry love of The Supremes . The album went triple platinum in the U.S. , like its predecessor. You can not hurry love was his first Top 10 U.S. in , and the album went number 2 in the UK charts, remaining there for over a year.

Two years later Collins was on the third disc battery Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel III (often renamed Melt ), the first recording that uses the sound "gate reverb, which subsequently used in the song Intruder . Gabriel comment that "did not want any metal sound on the album" and asked to leave his dishes at home to concentrate on making the sound of your computer more powerful than usual. The studio engineer Hugh Padgham increased the power of drum sound using a microphone and through a signal processor. This allowed a reverb added to the battery that suddenly cut, decreasing progressively. The result was the reverberation of sound door that was a characteristic of Collins. It was the same sound as powerful battery used in songs like In the air tonight or Mama of Genesis and There's Something Going On Frida of .

Collins changed his musical style with the publication of the ballad Against all odds (take a look at me now) , which was the main theme film of the same name in 1984. This song is more pop and accessible to the radio stations became the first single of Collins in getting number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 . A year later, Collins helped produce singer Earth, Wind & Fire , Phillip Bailey, in his debut album, Chinese Wall , collaborating with him on the track Easy lover . Collins participated in the Band Aid song , Do They Know It's Christmas On drums and singing.

Collins published his most famous album, No jacket required, in early 1985. Contains hits like Sussudio, One more night , Do not lose my number and Take me home, as well as lesser known and equally interesting Who said I Would and Only you know and I know . collaborate on the album Sting, Helen Terry and his ex-partner Genesis, Peter Gabriel in vocal accompaniment. He also recorded another hit, Separate Lives, a duet with Marilyn Martin , No. 1 in U.S. for the film White Nights . Collins got three number 1 in 1985, more than any other artist that year. No jacket required won the Grammy Award as Best Album of the Year .

No Jacket Required received criticism that the album was too low risk, despite its commercial success. Sussudio was accused of resembling 1999 of Prince, a position he denied ever Collins. However, the album was number 1 in U.S. and UK . In 1985, Collins was invited by Bob Geldof to act Live Aid. Collins was the only participant who appeared at the concert at Wembley Stadium and the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia . He performed first thing in Wembley solo and with Sting , and moved quickly to Concorde U.S., being able to perform again in solo and battery with Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton in Philadelphia . Collins have two hits for movies with the singles Two hearts (1988) and groovy kind of love (1988), the latter for the soundtrack of the film in which he also played the role main Buster, theft century.

In 1989, Collins produced another successful album, ... But Seriously , with the anthemic anti-homeless, Another day in paradise with David Crosby in vocal accompaniment ( Collins later co-write, sing and would play the drums in the song Hero Crosby album 1993, Thousand Roads.) Another day in paradise got number 1 in the Billboard charts late 1989 and won a Grammy Award for Best Album of the Year (1990). ... But Seriously got number 1 on the U.S. charts. Other notable songs were Something Happened on the Way to Heaven (No. 4 in U.S. and 15 UK) Do you remember? (No. 4 in U.S. ) and I Wish It Would Rain Down with Eric Clapton on guitar (# 3 in U.S. and number 7 in the UK .) The songs against apartheid and in defense of the homeless demonstrated the political sensitivity of his songs, which continue in their jobs posteriors. Subsequently released a live album, Serious Hits ... Live!

discs sales Collins began to fall with the publication in 1993 of Both sides, a more experimental album, according to the statement by Collins , included songs "which were becoming so individual, so private, he did not want anyone else to participate in them. " With a sound less refined and less fast-paced songs, Both sides assumed a starting point significant. Collins not rely on backing musicians, performed all the vocal and instrumental in his private studio, and used rough vocal takes for their final product. The album was not well received by the radio. His first two singles were Both sides of the story and Everyday . Collins worked on the album with complete independence from his record, catching it by surprise when Collins gave them an album they did not know who was making.

Collins attempted a return to a more pop music Dance into the light , with critics like Entertainment Weekly magazine , who wrote "even Phil Collins must know that people are tired of Phil Collins " . The album included minor hits such as Dance into the light, and inspired by The Beatles , It's in your eyes . Even got to be gold in U.S. , sales were considerably lower than their previous work, despite its continuous and regular sold-out tours.

In 1996, Collins formed The Phil Collins Big Band . With Collins on drums, the band made several jazz-style versions of hits from Collins and Genesis . The Phil Collins Big Band toured in 1998, including a performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival . In 1999, the group released the CD A hot night in Paris , with versions of Invisible touch, Sussudio and The Los Endos Suite .

was published a compilation of hits in 1998 Hits, which sold very well, returning Collins to be multi-platinum in the U.S. . The album includes only one new song, a cover of True colors of Cindy Lauper, getting the number 2 on the charts U.S. Adult Contemporary stations. Some early successes Collins, as I missed again or If Leaving Me Is Easy were not included in the collection.

The next single Collins, 'll be in my heart , film Cartoon Disney, Tarzan , spent 19 weeks at No. 1 lists Billboard's Adult Contemporary , the first song that got it. The song won an Academy Award for Best Song . It was his third nomination in the category of composers, having achieved in 1985 and 1989. Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 1999. In addition to the composition of the soundtrack to the film alluded Tarzan (1999), did the same with that of Brother Bear , Both produced by the Disney .

In 2002 Collins published Testify. Most critics agree that it is their weakest album until then. Can not stop loving you (a cover of Leo Sayer ) was number 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts . Testify sold about 140 thousand copies in the U.S. until late 2002, and was promoted by a successful tour. That same year

Collins accepted an invitation to play the drums a concert celebrating the 50 anniversary the ascent to the throne of Queen Isabella II of England . In 2003 adds there his last solo tour, The First Final Farewell Tour , a twister referring to the many farewell tours of other popular artists. In 2006 he worked with Disney in the production of the musical to Broadway , Tarzan, which was criticized by different sign. In 2007 Collins met with fellow Genesis , Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford after 15 years of separation, for the tour American and European Turn It On Again: The Tour , playing at Live Earth in Wembley . It later released a DVD and a CD of the tour.

In an interview with The Times , Phil Collins, who recently reunited with Genesis and toured worldwide, announced his final retirement from the music scene. Said currently more interested in his collection Battle of the Alamo in music. Although it says it is possible that if there is a good offer, reintentaría, but meanwhile, just wants to rest.

In September 2009 the British newspaper The Mirror published a story in which Collins said "never again to play the drums anymore" due to a serious injury to his cervical vertebrae. However, the same Collins in a statement said everything about his health. His words were: "There is no drama about my 'disability' and play the drums. Somehow during the last tour Genesis I dislocated some vertebrae of the neck and that affected my hands. After a successful operation in the neck, my hands still can not work normally. Maybe in a year or so that changes, but for now I can not play drums or piano. I'm not in any state of 'distress', in life things happen. "

After several years of inactivity at the end of the tour with Genesis in 2007, Phil Collins returned to the scene with record company a new album which was released in September 2010. This new musical work Collins has the name Going back, in which Collins remakes of classic songs R & B Motown seal . In the words of Collins, "it really started for fun, and I chose the songs of Motown that I like, the darkest, the least known." According musicians near Collins (including and Chester Thompson Daryl Stuermer ) Collins worked in the recording of the album with the group The Funk Brothers and he even recorded the drum parts despite the adverse effects of the lesion in his vertebrae that compromised part of mobility in their hands (as Collins, had to glue the sticks to your hands with masking tape to touch la batería).

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Canciones recomendadas :

In the air tonight , This must be love , Behind the lines , Hand in hand , I missed again , You know what I mean , If leaving me is easy (Face value)

I don't care anymore , I cannot believe it's true , Do you know, do you care? , You can't hurry love , It don't matter to me , Thru these walls , Don't let him steal your heart away , Why can't it wait 'til morning (Hello, I must be going!)

Sussudio , Long long way to go , I don't wanna know , One more night , Don't lose my number , Who said I would , Inside out , Take me home (No jacket required)

Hang in long enough , That's just the way it is , Do you remember? , Something happened on the way to heaven , I wish it would rain down , Another day on paradise , All of my life , Find a way to my heart (...But seriously)

Both sides of the story , Can turn back the years , Everyday , Survivors , We fly so close , We wait and we wonder (Both sides)

Dance into the light , That's what you said , Lorenzo , It's in your eyes , The same moon , No matter who (Dance into the light)

True colors , Easy lover , Two hearts , Against all odds (take a look at me now) , Separate lives , A groovy kind of love (Hits)

Son of man , Strangers like me , You'll be in my heart , Two worlds (Tarzan OST)

Wake up call , Come with me , Testify , The least you can do , Can't stop loving you , You touch my heart (Testify)

Look through my eyes , Great spirits , No way out , On my way (Brother Bear OST)

Girl (why you wanna make me blue) , (Love is like a) Heatwave , Uptight (everything's alright) , Papa was a Rolling Stone , Loving you is sweeter than ever , You really got a hold on me , Going back (Going back) Videos

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In the air tonight , I missed again, If Leaving Me Is Easy , and direct Hand in hand, the album Face value :

In the air tonight - Phil Collins

I missed again - Phil Collins

easy If Leaving Me - Phil Collins

Hand in
hand (live) - Phil Collins

You Can not Hurry Love , the popular version of the song by The Supremes , I do not care anymore , and three direct Through These Walls, I Can not Believe It's True and Don 't let him steal your heart away , album Hello, I Must Be Going! :

You can not hurry love - Phil Collins

I do not care anymore - Phil Collins

Through These Walls (live) - Phil Collins

I Can not Believe It's True (live) - Phil Collins

Do not let him steal your heart away (live) - Phil Collins

Sussudio, One more night , Do lose my number, Take me home, and direct Who Said I Would , album No jacket required:

Sussudio - Phil Collins

One
more night - Phil Collins

Do not lose my number - Phil Collins

Take me home - Phil Collins

Who said I would (live) - Phil Collins

That's the way it is , Something happened on the way to heaven , Do you remember? , I wish it would rain down y un directo de Another day in paradise , del álbum ...But seriously :

That's the way it is - Phil Collins

Something happened on the way to heaven - Phil Collins

Do you remember? - Phil Collins

I wish it would rain down - Phil Collins

Another day in paradise (live) - Phil Collins

Everyday , Both sides of the story y We wait and we wonder , del álbum Both sides :

Everyday - Phil Collins

Both sides of the story - Phil Collins

We wait and we Wonder - Phil Collins

Dance into the light , The Same Moon , in a duet with Laura Pausini , No Matter Who and It's in your eyes, from the album Dance into the light :

Dance Into The Light - Phil Collins

The Same Moon - Phil Collins feat. Laura Pausini

No matter who - Phil Collins

It's in your eyes - Phil Collins

Against All Odds (Take a look at me now , Easy Lover, sung with Philip Bailey , Two Hearts, and direct Groovy Kind of love and Separate Lives sung Amy Keys, singles who are in the collection Hits:

Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins

Easy Lover - Phil Collins feat. Philip Bailey

Two hearts - Phil Collins

A groovy kind of love (live) - Phil Collins

Separate lives (live) - Phil Collins feat. Amy Keys

You'll be in my heart y Two worlds , de la banda sonora original de la película Tarzan :

You'll be in my heart - Phil Collins

Two worlds - Phil Collins

The least you can do , Can't stop loving you , Wake up call y Come with me , del álbum Testify :

The least you can do - Phil Collins

Can't stop loving you - Phil Collins

Wake up call - Phil Collins

Come with me - Phil Collins

Look through my eyes y No way out , de la banda sonora de la película Brother Bear :

Look through my eyes - Phil Collins

No way out - Phil Collins

Heatwave , original de Martha and The Vandellas , Going back , original de Carole King , y Girl (why you wanna make me blue) y Papa was a Rolling Stone , originales de The Temptations , del álbum Going back :

(Love is a like a) Heatwave - Phil Collins