Phil Collins

Rock Singer

Birthday January 30, 1951

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace London, England

Age 73 years old

#5,197 Most Popular

About

Grammy Award-winning musician who gained fame as the lead singer and drummer of the progressive rock band Genesis and has sold over 100 million albums. 

Before Fame

At age five, he began playing the drums while watching television and listening to the radio. 

Trivia

He released more top forty hits on Billboard's Hot 100 in the 1980s than any of his contemporaries, and won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance for his single "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)." 

Family Life

He married Andrea Collins on September 27, 1975 and, after their divorce, he married Jill Tavelman on August 4, 1984. He married Orianne Cevey on July 24, 1999. He has three sons named Matthew, Nicholas and Simon and two daughters named Lily and Joely. 

Associated With

He appeared as an extra in the music video for "A Hard Day's Night," which featured Paul McCartney and the other members of The Beatles

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Phil Collins Highlights