“I was always in your face. People were always talking about me, usually not in a nice way. There was definitely too much of me.”
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is best known as the drummer and later lead vocalist of the rock band Genesis, and for his highly successful career as a solo artist. Between 1982 and 1990, Collins achieved three UK and seven US number-one singles as a solo performer. His work with Genesis, his solo material, and collaborations…
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He would come in with something he’d done the night before at home. He didn’t care if it was hissing. I got real confidence from him to actually use my home demos.
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2026· 22 entries
“He would come in with something he’d done the night before at home. He didn’t care if it was hissing. I got real confidence from him to actually use my home demos.”
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“in good faith for the public benefit”
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“When I drive down the street, I see the same things everyone else sees. It”
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Yahoo: How Phil Collins turned a moment of improvisation into the massive hit single that launched his solo career
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Yahoo: Phil Collins on the chances of releasing new music: “There are things which are finished”
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Published video “Phil Collins on covering The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows””.
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Published video “Phil Collins - Tomorrow Never Knows (Outtake)”.
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E! Online: Mary Steenburgen Reacts to Having Phil Collins in Her Family Tree
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Public attention spiked: 49,669 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.3× the usual 6,790, with 4 article edits. Coverage that week: “Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’
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The Guardian: Troy Jackson: the Maine lumberjack Democrats believe can beat Susan Collins
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Published video “Phil Collins on performing “You Know What I Mean” at Perkins Palace 1982.”.
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Published video “Phil Collins - You Know What I Mean (Live)”.
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Published video “Phil ‘performs’ “In The Air Tonight” for Collaro Show in 1981. #philcollins #80smusic”.
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Public attention spiked: 37,589 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.5× the usual 6,790, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Phil Collins, Oasis, Sade and Wu-Tang Clan among 2026 inductees
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The Guardian: Phil Collins, Mariah Carey and Lauryn Hill among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Karoline Leavitt, Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg, or Joy Behar say that Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, or a dozen other major artists "is just a musician"” Viet Spam.
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Published video “Phil Collins released “I Wish It Would Rain Down” as a single on this day in 1990”.
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Published video “Phil Collins released "In The Air Tonight" 45 years ago today. #PhilCollins #80sMusic”.
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Collins was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist
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Published video “Play “In The Air Tonight” this New Year’s Eve at 11:56:20PM #PhilCollins #NYE”.
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Published video “Phil Collins recording drums for “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” #PhilCollins #BandAid”.
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Published video “Phil Collins released "...But Seriously" as his fourth solo studio album on this day in 1989”.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “In early August 2025, former member of The Beatles Paul McCartney visited musician Phil Collins in a hospital and performed "Hey Jude" for him.” False.
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2023· 1 entry
Released album “Another Day in Fukuoka”.
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2022· 1 entry
Released album “At the Tower: Philadelphia Broadcast 1982”.
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2021· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘Everything just kept getting bigger!’ Genesis on prog, 80s stardom and Phil Collins’s health
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The Guardian: Musician Phil Collins can ‘barely hold’ a drumstick as health deteriorates
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Collins sold his Miami home in 2021 for $39 million.
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘He's staring into my soul’: how Phil Collins made teenagers YouTube stars
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The Guardian: Phil Collins' greatest solo songs – ranked!
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Released album “On The Air Tonight Radio Concerts”.
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2019· 6 entries
The Guardian: Take a look at me now: baby Jesus statue resembles Phil Collins
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Released album “Other Sides”.
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Released album “Remixed Sides”.
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The Guardian: Phil Collins review – life-affirming MOR ballads delivered against all odds
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The Guardian: In defence of Phil Collins: what is the genesis of all the hatred? | Bernard Zuel
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The additional digital only releases Other Sides and Remixed Sides followed
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2018· 2 entries
The Guardian: Aretha's late reply, Phil Collins' divorce notice – and other famous faxes
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Released album “Plays Well With Others”.
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2017· 1 entry
The tour was extended worldwide and ran until October 2019 for a total of 97 shows
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2016· 7 entries
Released album “The Singles”.
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Released album “Take a Look at Me Now…”.
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Bertorelli took legal action against Collins pertaining to his account of their relationship in his autobiography
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To release his memoir and completed the Not Dead Yet Tour
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Collins stated he regretted cheating on his second wife, and said that his three divorces indicated a "failure to co-exist happily and to understand my partners
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“failure to co-exist happily and to understand my partners.”
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In 2016, Collins stated he regretted cheating on his second wife, and said that his three divorces indicated a "failure to co-exist happily and to understand my partners."
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2015· 2 entries
That he had been teetotal for three years
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MusicRadar named Collins one of the six pioneers of progressive rock drumming
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2014· 2 entries
Readers of Rhythm voted Collins the fourth most influential progressive rock drummer for his work on the 1974 Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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Portnoy lauded his "amazing progressive drumming" back in the early and mid-1970s
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “New and Best”.
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2012· 5 entries
Released album “At Fukuoka Dome: Live”.
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Released album “Going Back / Testify”.
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Released album “Live at Montreux 2004”.
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Collins was estimated to be the second-wealthiest drummer in the world, surpassed only by Ringo Starr
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When he was awarded an MBE for services to art, with Phil stating, "I shared a bedroom with him when we were boys and he was always drawing
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2011· 3 entries
Released album “The Very Best of Phil Collins”.
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Released album “Diamond Hits 2011 Remastered”.
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Released album “The Lost Album & Demos”.
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2010· 7 entries
Released album “Going Back: Live At Roseland Ballroom, NYC”.
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Released album “Going Back”.
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Awarded Johnny Mercer Award (2010).
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Awarded German Radio Award (2010).
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Released album “A Little Bit of Something for the Weekend”.
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And will be inducted as a solo artist in November 2026
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Released album “The Essential Hit’s”.
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2009· 1 entry
“My father was Conservative but it wasn”
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2008· 1 entry
Cevey and her two sons moved to Miami, Florida
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2007· 1 entry
Were honoured at the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, performing "Turn It On Again", "No Son of Mine" and "Los Endos" at the ceremony in Las Vegas
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2006· 4 entries
Collins played a fictional version of himself in the PSP and PS2 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
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Worked with Disney on a musical production of Tarzan
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Cevey and Collins divorced
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Released album “Tarzan: The Broadway Musical”.
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “Finally… The First Farewell Tour”.
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Released album “NRJ La compilation - Volume 2”.
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Planet Rock listeners voted Collins the fifth greatest rock drummer in history
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2004· 6 entries
Released album “Love Songs: A Compilation… Old and New”.
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Released album “The Platinum Collection”.
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Released album “Bärenbrüder”.
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Released album “…Hits²”.
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Collins released two compilation albums, The Platinum Collection and Love Songs
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Released album “No Way Out”.
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2003· 5 entries
Released album “All Live!”.
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Released album “Björnbröder”.
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Released album “Brother Bear: An Original Disney Records Soundtrack”.
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Released album “In the Air Tonight”.
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Released album “Brother Bear”.
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2002· 3 entries
Released album “Testify”.
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Awarded Disney Legends (2002).
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Released album “The Very Best Of”.
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “2001 Diamond Collection”.
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Collins was one of several celebrities who were tricked into appearing in a controversial British comedy series, Brass Eye, shown on public service broadcaster Channel 4
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2000· 6 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Phil Collins wrote the song 'In the Air Tonight' after witnessing an incident in which a man refused to come to the aid of a drowning swimmer.” False.
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Original Song for You'll Be in My Heart (2000).
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Was voted as Big Band drummer of the year
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Became partially deaf in one ear due to a viral infection
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The song won Collins an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, both for Best Original Song
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Released album “Collection 2000”.
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1999· 8 entries
Released album “Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack”.
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Released ep “Son of Man”.
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Collins married Orianne Cevey, a Swiss national who worked as his translator at the start of his 1994 tour when she was 22 and he was 43
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Released album “Tarzán”.
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Released album “Tarzan”.
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Released album “Tarzan: Az eredeti film zenéje magyarul”.
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Released album “"Tarzan" Greatest Hits '2000, Platinum Collection '2000”.
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Released album “Golden Collection 2000”.
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “…Hits”.
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Released album “Live and Loose in Paris”.
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Released album “Best Ballads”.
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded MusiCares Person of the Year (1997).
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Released ep “You Ought to Know…”.
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1996· 3 entries
Released album “Dance Into the Light”.
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Released album “Dance Lessons: The DITL Demos”.
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Released album “Rarities, A’ & B’ Sides (1982–1996)”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released ep “Live From the Board: Official Bootleg”.
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1994· 5 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Phil Collins: A Closer Look – Both Sides Tour ’94”.
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In 1994, Collins stated that he had filed for divorce from Tavelman, which was finalised in 1996.
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Collins stated that he had filed for divorce from Tavelman, which was finalised in 1996
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Released album “Mega”.
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1993· 5 entries
Released album “Both Sides”.
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Released album “No Song of Mine: The Best of Collins”.
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Released album “Hand in Hand”.
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Released album “The Story So Far…”.
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Released album “Flying Hits 6”.
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1992· 3 entries
Awarded Echo Pop Award for the Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist (1992).
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Released album “On the Air Tonight”.
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Released album “Remembers the Past”.
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1991· 9 entries
Collins reconvened with Banks and Rutherford to write and record a new Genesis album, We Can't Dance
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Released album “Live USA”.
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Released album “Behind the Lines”.
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“Czy czujesz co tu się dzieje,Wszystko dookoła ciebie się zmienia,to jest w powietrzy, elektryczność.Wszyscy, tak, wszyscy się budzą.Witamy.”
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“Wszystko stanie się dla ciebie jasne,kiedy spojrzysz na świat innymi oczyma.Wszystko stanie się dla ciebie jasne,cokolwiek jest ci przeznaczone, odnajdziesz to.”
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“Możesz potrzebować pomocy, by odnaleźć drogę do domu,ci, którzy cię tu przyprowadzili już wszyscy odfrunęli,droga którą wybierasz jest pełna nadziei czy smutku,Sam podejmiesz decyzję.”
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“Ludzie żyją bez praw,bez godności,jak głośno człowiek powinien krzyczeć,by zasłużyć na prawo do wolności.Możesz zatrzymać ołowiane żołnierzyki,by segregować białych i czarnych,lecz kiedy kurz osiądzie,a krew przestanie się lać,jak będziesz spać w nocy?”
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“Jeśli grzecznie bym go zapytał, myślisz, że pokazałby mi jak się lata,bo kurz obciążył moje skrzydła i jestem zbyt zmęczony, by spróbować.”
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"Another Day in Paradise" won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year
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1990· 2 entries
Released album “Serious Hits… Live!”.
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Released album “Tokyo Seriously”.
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “…But Seriously”.
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Collins was among the musicians who donated their own clothes to Madame Tussaud's Rock Circus, an exhibition held at the London Pavilion celebrating the history of rock and pop music featuring its major figures recreated
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They have one daughter, Lily Collins (b. 1989), who became an actress.
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1988· 1 entry
Collins was the subject of an episode of the British TV series This Is Your Life
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1987· 3 entries
For "Land of Confusion", which features puppet caricatures from the satirical television programme Spitting Image
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Collins said of his fast playing in Brand X and early Genesis: "I actually can't play like that anymore"
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Collins was aware that his music had gained too much exposure and took a year off from writing and recording
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1986· 1 entry
It became the group's biggest selling album with six million copies sold in the US, and 1
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1985· 3 entries
Released ep “12″ers”.
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Released album “No Jacket Required”.
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Also appeared in an episode of the series Miami Vice, entitled "Phil the Shill", in which he plays a cheating con-man
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1984· 4 entries
Collins contributed to the production on Chinese Wall by Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist Philip Bailey, which included a duet from the two, "Easy Lover"
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Collins married American Jill Tavelman
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Appears in three missions in which the main character, Victor, must save him from Mafia-hired hitmen, who are trying to kill Collins because his manager refused to pay his $3 million debt to them
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And marked a turning point in his output
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Captured Live!”.
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1982· 3 entries
Released album “Hello, I Must Be Going!”.
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Promoting the Genesis live album Three Sides Live
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Released album “King Biscuit Tower Theater 1982 (live)”.
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “Face Value”.
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1978· 1 entry
Played drums and percussion on Andrew Lloyd Webber's album Variations
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1976· 2 entries
Collins brought in American drummer Chester Thompson, formerly of Frank Zappa and Weather Report, who became a mainstay of Genesis's and Collins's backing bands until 2010
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They also had a son, Simon Collins (b. 1976), who is the former vocalist and drummer of the progressive rock band Sound of Contact.
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1975· 3 entries
When both were 24, after which Collins legally adopted Bertorelli's daughter Joely (b
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Collins sang and played drums, vibraphone, and percussion on Hackett's first solo album, Voyage of the Acolyte; performed on Eno's albums Another Green World, Before and After Science, and Music for Films; and replaced d
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Collins assumed lead vocal duties for their most commercially successful era, spanning progressive rock into mainstream pop rock until his departure in 1996 to pursue solo projects
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1974· 1 entry
Collins played drums on "Mother Whale Eyeless", the 4th song of Eno's second album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) after Eno had contributed electronic effects to two songs on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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1973· 1 entry
And Hackett performed on the solo debut of ex-Yes guitarist Peter Banks
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1969· 1 entry
Collins and Caryl joined John Walker's backing band for a European tour, which included guitarist Gordon Smith and keyboardist Brian Chatton
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1967· 1 entry
Travelled the UK teaching people the "crunch" dance made popular by a Smith's crisps advertising campaign
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1965· 1 entry
Studied at Barbara Speake Stage School (1965).
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1964· 2 entries
Collins was cast as the Artful Dodger in two West End runs of the musical Oliver
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Studied at Chiswick School (1964).
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1951· 1 entry
Born 1951-01-30.
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