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Phil Collins

Genesis Frontman 2.0 would go on to become one of the 1980s top pop superstars.

Biography

Phil Collins was one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s, scoring a string of 13 straight U.S. Top Ten hits between 1984 and 1990. Before any of that happened, however, he was chosen to be a replacement drummer in the British art rock band Genesis in 1970. When singer Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1974, Collins took over vocal duties. The result was a gradual simplifying of Genesis' sound. Collins made his debut solo album, Face Value, in 1981, which turned out to be a bigger hit than any Genesis album to date. ~ William Ruhlmann

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