Phil Collins was born in Chiswick, London, England, to Winifred (Strange), a theatrical agent, Greville Philip Austin Collins, an insurance agent. He spent most of his early entertainment life as a young actor and model. He played the "Artful Dodger" in the West End production of "Oliver!" alongside the future movie screen "Artful Dodger," 杰克·瓦尔德. His interest in music and drumming began at school, where he drummed with a stage school band "The Real Thing," subsequently joining "Freehold" and "Flaming Youth." "Flaming Youth" recorded an album to some critical acclaim, although the group disbanded shortly afterward. Collins later successfully auditioned for Genesis, taking over vocals from 彼特·加布埃尔 when he left the band in 1975.
After separating from his first wife, Collins recorded his first solo album, "Face Value." The album was well received and Collins started to become a household name after the song "In the Air Tonight" was featured on the US TV show Miami Vice (1984). This instigated a guest appearance on the show playing a game show host. His third LP, "No Jacket Required," produced multiple chart hits and awards.
Collins is an active musician and entertainer, contributing and guesting regularly on many albums, ranging from 加里·布鲁克 and Camel (Peter Barden's old band) to 埃里克·克莱普顿. Collins also played as the drummer for the jazz fusion group Brand X and later formed his own big band to play swing and jazz music.
Collins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. With over 200 million album sales (when his solo career and Genesis career are combined), Collins is one of the most successful musicians of all time, as well as probably the most successful British pop star to have been consistently overlooked for the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British music.
Actress 莉莉·柯林斯 is his daughter (her mother is his second wife, Jill Tavelman).
He first rose to fame as the drummer (and later singer) of the progressive and pop rock band Genesis. He announced his departure from Genesis in 1996 after many successful years so that he could focus completely on his solo career. In 2007, he returned for his final tour with the band, which was dubbed the "Turn it on Again" tour after their 1980 single.
He was awarded Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order of the British Empire in the 1994 Queen's Honours List for his services to music and charity.
He became a trustee of the Prince's Trust in 1983. He was one of the guests at the wedding of 查尔斯王子 and 卡米拉·帕克.
He beat South Park (1997) creators 崔·帕克 and 马特·斯通 for the Best Original Song Oscar in 1999. In return, Parker and Stone ridiculed Collins in several South Park (1997) episodes.
He was chosen ahead of many other singers as a replacement for vocalist 彼特·加布埃尔 after Gabriel left Genesis for a solo career. Most fans readily accepted Collins because he had been singing backup to Gabriel for years in the band and knew the band's catalog very well.
He was the only artist to play at both of the main Live Aid (1985) concerts at both Wembley Stadium in London and 约翰·肯尼迪 Stadium in Philadelphia. He was able to accomplish the feat by getting on a Concorde and flying to Philadelphia as soon as he finished his set in London. Once in Philadelphia, he played drums for 埃里克·克莱普顿, performed a solo set and then, along with Tony Thompson of Power Station, he sat in for the late John Bonham during Led Zeppelin's performance.
On 21 November 2003, he performed at the BBC's annual Children in Need charity event.
He has a son, the singer and drummer Simon Collins (born 1976) and a daughter, actress 乔莉·柯林斯 (born 1973) with his first wife, Andrea Collins; a second daughter, the film actress 莉莉·柯林斯 (born 1989) with his second wife, Jill Tavelman and two sons, Nicholas Grev Austin (born 21 April 2001) and Mathew Thomas Clemence (born 1 December 2004) with his third wife, Orianne.
He plays the piano.
In 2000, 玛丽亚·凯莉 and Westlife had a British number one hit with a cover of his song "Against All Odds" (originally a hit for Collins in 1984). The song became a number one single again, this time for Steve Brookstein, in 2005. It was also recorded by 迈克尔·波尔, appearing on his albums "The Movies", "Stage and Screen" and "Seasons of Love", Barry Manilow on his album "The Greatest Songs of the Eighties" and Bonnie Tyler on her album "Heart Strings".
In 1999, he reunited with his former Genesis bandmates 彼特·加布埃尔, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett for a re-recording of the Genesis song "The Carpet Crawlers" (originally from their 1974 album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"), which appears on the Genesis compilation "Turn it on Again". It was the first time since 1982 the five performed together, when 彼特·加布埃尔 reunited with the band for a charity concert. Steve Hackett was also there but performed only in the encore.
He never topped the UK singles chart with Genesis but had solo number ones with "You Can't Hurry Love" (1983), "Easy Lover" (1985) (with 菲利普·贝利) and "A Groovy Kind of Love" (1988). He has had UK number one solo albums with "Face Value" (1981), "No Jacket Required" (1985), "But Seriously" (1989), "Both Sides" (1993), "Hits" (1998) and "Going Back" (2010). He has also had UK number one Genesis albums with "Duke" (1980), "Abacab" (1981), "Genesis" (1983), "Invisible Touch" (1986), "We Can't Dance" (1991) and "Live - The Way We Walk - Vol 2: The Longs" (1993).
He is of English descent. His paternal line can be traced back to his great-grandfather, Arthur James Collins, who was born c. 1854, in England.
Chester Thompson played drums on Genesis and Phil Collins solo tours - thus enabling Phil to go out front where the punters could see him.
He played drums on 罗伯特·普兰特's first two solo albums as well as accompanying Plant on his first solo tour. He sang backup vocals to Howard Jones on his 1986 single "No One Is To Blame". He also played drums and sang backup on 埃里克·克莱普顿's single "Bad Love" from his album "Journeyman" (1989).
He started to play drums at the age of five.
He is the son of talent agent June Collins. His mother discovered 杰克·瓦尔德, who was a childhood friend of Phil's and went on to play the Artful Dodger in 雾都孤儿 (1968), and Keith Chegwin, who also became an actor and British television presenter.
His favourite guitarist is 埃里克·克莱普顿, who played on his singles "If Leaving Me Is Easy" and "I Wish It Would Rain Down".
His music video for his 1990 single "I Wish It Would Rain Down" featured him fictionally winning an Academy Award. He later won one for his song "You'll Be in My Heart" from the soundtrack to 泰山 (1999).
He won the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Male Solo Artist in 1986 following the success of his multi-million selling album "No Jacket Required". He won the 1989 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist following the success of his singles "A Groovy Kind of Love" and "Two Hearts", both featured in the movie 痴情大丈夫 (1988). He was also the winner of the 1990 Brit Awards for British Male Solo Artist and British Single for "Another Day in Paradise" following the success of his multi-million selling album "But Seriously".
He had US number one singles with "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (1984), "One More Night" (1985), "Sussudio" (1985), "Separate Lives" (1985), "A Groovy Kind of Love" (1988), "Two Hearts" (1989) and "Another Day in Paradise" (1989). Genesis had a US number one single with "Invisible Touch" (1986).
His favorite Genesis album is "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway".
He was appointed Honourary Ambassador of Peace for the Harvey Ball Foundation along with 波姬·小丝, 成龙, A.V.T. Shankardass, 杰瑞·刘易斯, Prince Albert of Monaco, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Jimmy Buffett, 小戴尔·恩哈特, 达雷尔·沃尔特里普, 希瑟·迈尔斯, 小野洋子, 帕奇·亚当斯, Sergei Khrushchev and 温妮·曼德拉.
"Easy Lover" is a song written by Phil Collins, Nathan East and 菲利普·贝利. The song featured Phil Collins and 菲利普·贝利 on vocals. The song also appeared on 菲利普·贝利's album "Chinese Wall". The video for the song was filmed in London, starting off with 菲利普·贝利 riding to the studio in a helicopter, before Collins and 菲利普·贝利 sung the song in various places, including a studio and a local restaurant. Collins has also used the song in his Live shows and appears in his 1990 live album "Serious Hits... Live!", as well as his 1998 compilation album, Hits.
In January 1989, he was voted the fourth most popular radio artist for 1989 in France. First was 凯莉·米洛; second David Hallyday and third 麦当娜.
He is a fan of Earth Wind & Fire and used members of the group to perform the brass sections on many of his own songs (they also appear on the Genesis songs "No Reply at All" and "Paperlate").
By 2006, he had sold 130 million albums as a member of Genesis and over 100 million solo albums around the world. In the UK alone, Genesis had achieved 500 weeks on the albums chart and 187 weeks on the singles chart. He had also achieved 846 weeks on the albums chart and 235 weeks on the singles chart as a solo artist.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
He is credited with writing the music and lyrics of just three Genesis songs on his own. These are "Misunderstanding" and "Please Don't Ask" from the album "Duke" and "Man on the Corner" from the album "Abacab".
His song "In The Air Tonight" was originally proposed to appear on the Genesis album "Duke", but Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford decided against recording it. It became Collins' first solo hit instead and remains one of his most famous songs.
A popular tradition in Genesis live shows since the late 1970s is the "Drum Duet" between Collins and Chester Thompson, in which the two men compete in a drumming duel for several minutes.
He was a close friend of the singer-songwriter John Martyn and presented him with the lifetime achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards on 4th February 2008.
He was the winner of the 2008 Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Collins has an interest in the history of the Alamo located in San Antonio, TX. He visits there often and collects artifacts from the site. He provides narration to a "Battle of the Alamo" exhibit located just outside the grounds of the Alamo.
"Against All Odds" won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1985, and it was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Collins was the only nominee in the category not invited to sing his song on stage, and sat in the audience as 安·赖因肯斯 performed it. His perceived negative reaction shown on the telecast is considered to be one of the most awkward moments in the history of the ceremony, and has been a favorite reference for 丹尼斯·米勒 to relate someone reacting in a horrified fashion.
He announced in 2009 that he was no longer able to drum due to a spinal injury.
In 1988, at the height of his success as a solo artist and in Genesis, Collins was estimated to be one of the 100 richest men in Britain. In 2009, the Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $177 million.
Collins released the single "Another Day in Paradise" in 1989 to raise awareness of homelessness around the world. Some critics accused him of hypocrisy as a millionaire musician. However, he collected money for homeless charities from fans at concerts and then donated double the total takings out of his own money. It was not the first time Collins had referred to the issue in his lyrics. He had previously written about the subject in the Genesis song "Man on the Corner" for the 1981 album "Abacab".
Collins founded The Little Dreams Foundation in February 2000, which aims to "realise the dreams of children in the fields 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.
Collins supports the South African charity The Topsy Foundation, which provides relief services to some of South Africa's most under-resourced rural communities through a multi-faceted approach to the consequences of HIV and AIDS and extreme poverty, and he donates all royalties earned in South Africa to the organization.
He supports Tottenham Hotspur.
Collins is a patron of the charity Children in Hunger, a small UK based charity working to combat child poverty in Brazil.
An enthusiast of the Battle of the Alamo, he has published and issued a book called "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey".
He has a deep interest in the Alamo and is a connoisseur of Alamo collectibles. Has also written a book: "The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey".
In December 2006, he was living in New York, while preparing to tour Europe with Genesis in 2007.
Collins was the subject of a Spitting Image (1984) parody song. Titled "Hello, You Must Be Going", with lyrics by 伊安·西斯洛普 and Nick Newman, vocals and music by Philip Pope. The song portrays Collins as a man constantly inspired to write songs by his wives walking out on him, but also agonizes over losing his hair and his physical resemblance to 梅尔·史密斯, 鲍勃·霍斯金斯 and Eddie Shah. The song was released as a B-side to the 12-inch version of "The Chicken Song", a UK number one single in May 1986.
Many people say he bears a physical resemblance to 鲍勃·霍斯金斯. Both appeared in Steven Spielberg's 铁钩船长 (1991) (albeit without appearing in any scenes together), as well as Amblimation Studios' Balto (1995)_, where they both did voice-roles. And Collins' band Genesis provided a song for the soundtrack of Hoskins' movie 蒙娜丽莎 (1986), the ballad "In Too Deep". Ironically, when Collins was cast as Buster Edwards in 痴情大丈夫 (1988), the filmmakers had originally considered Hoskins for the part.
He is mentioned in the Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott song "When I Get Back to Blighty" in the lyric "White T-shirt and faded jeans, just an ordinary guy, but, prisoner to his tax returns, Phil Collins must die".
The often-repeated story that he left his second wife by fax derives from a front page headline in The Sun, "Phil: I'm Faxing Furious", which was broken by Andy Coulson. Coulson later became editor of the News of the World and became director of communications for British prime minister 戴维·卡梅伦, but was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2014 after being convicted of "conspiring to illegally intercept communications".
His everyman pop appeal saw him dubbed the "patron saint of ordinary blokes" by journalist Mark Lawson.
One of the UK's most popular television actors, 大卫·杰森, went out with Collins' older sister before was famous, according to Jason in his autobiography.
Collins was one of several star names who were seriously considered on a shortlist for the role of the D.J. (eventually played by alternative comedian 阿列克谢·赛尔) in Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks: Part One (1985) (source: "Doctor Who: The 1980s" by Howe-Stammers-Walker).
He made a cameo appearance as the passer-by in 乔治·哈里逊's, "When We Was Fab." Collins was holding one of 约翰·列侬's solo albums.
In June 2015, he purchased a gated 7-bedroom Miami Beach mansion for $33m, a property that had once been home to 詹妮弗·洛佩兹.
The gated reverberation on his drums
His technically complicated drumming in various time signatures
His romantic ballads
His distinctive singing voice and emotive delivery
He often uses a combination of live drums with drum machines and electric drums on his recordings
His fast bass drum technique
He often writes songs with just three chords
