Hits (Phil Collins album) US as of July 2012. There are other greatest hits compilations of Phil Collins songs. Most recently, a collection of Collins more romantic songs were released on a two-disc compilation titled "". A live collection, "Serious Hits... Live!", was released in 1990. 1999's "", 2005's "Platinum Collection" and 2014's "R-Kive" were greatest hits collections by Collins' original group, Genesis. Finally, Collins recorded many of his most popular songs as big band recordings on the album "A Hot Night in Paris" with The Phil Collins Big Band. The compilation's cover features stylized versions of the cover art for Collins' first six
Phil Collins the lesser-known London band the Action, whose drummer he would copy and whose work introduced him to the soul music of Motown and Stax Records. Collins was also influenced by the jazz and big band drummer Buddy Rich, whose opinion on the importance of the hi-hat prompted him to stop using two bass drums and start using the hi-hat. While attending Chiswick County School for Boys, Collins formed a band called the Real Thing, and later joined the Freehold, with whom he wrote his first song, "Lying Crying Dying". Collins began a career as a child actor while at the