Phil Collins

While other major artists trudge painfully through a handful of over promoted releases each decade this drummeractorsingerproducer has been constantly active in all manner of contradictory and unlikely projects  His history with Genesis is well documented from their arthouse beginnings to multiplatinum status as the band grew up lost Steve Hackett and then Peter Gabriel and ended up making videos with tongues firmly in their cheeks  Collins launched his solo career twenty nine years ago with Face Value 81 followed by Hello I Must Be Going 82 No Jacket Required 85 But Seriously 89 Both Sides 93 Dance Into The Light 96 and Testify 02 picking up numerous awards including 7 Grammys 2 Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe for Two Hearts  After leaving Genesis in 1996 he released a Hits album in 1998  Between Phils solo and Genesis recordings and excluding his other activities Phil has sold over 200 million records His acting CV reveals that he first trod the boards at 14 when he took the role of the Artful Dodger in a West End production of Oliver  He also made childhood cameos in the Beatles A Hard Days Night 64 and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 69  Since then hes starred with Julie Walters in Buster 88 took the lead role as the archvillain in Frauds 92 made a brief appearance in Spielbergs Hook 92 and played the Greek owner of a chain of gay bath houses in And The Band Played On 92  In addition to this Phil The Spiv turned up in a 1985 episode of Miami Vice and four years later he took the part of Uncle Ernie in The Whos rock opera Tommy He has written songs for the Disney Features Tarzan and Brother Bear  Youll Be In My Heart from Tarzan won a Golden Globe Award for Best Song Written For A Film  This song in addition to the soundtrack was also nominated in the Grammys and won for Best Original Song In A Movie  Phil also won an Oscar for the same song in March 2000