Phil Collins is a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer, best known as the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis and as a solo artist. Born and raised in West London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a solo career in the 1980s releasing a series of successful albums, including Face Value (1981), and No Jacket Required (1985).
He has sold an estimated 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010,
Shooting promotional films for the singles Rain & Paperback Writer at Chiswick Park Gardens in May 1966
Angus Young, from AC/DC, captured in a small street outside a press meeting in Copenhagen in 1977
Early shot of The Fall at Central Station Car Park, Manchester in the summer of 1978
This photo session was for No.1 Magazine (long since extinct) on a Eurythmics press day, they’d been doing interviews all day.
Ian Dury was an English rock and roll singer-songwriter, bandleader, artist, and actor who first rose to fame during the late 1970s.
David Gilmour is a guitarist, vocalist and writer with the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, but is also renowned for his solo work.
Squeeze are a British band formed in Depford, London in 1974 that came to prominence during the new wave period of the late 1970s.
Prince was a musical innovator known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant dress sense and unique vocal range.
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