Editing Phil Collins (section)

==Early life==
Philip David Charles Collins was born on 30 January 1951 at [[Putney Hospital]] in the [[Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth]] (now the [[London Borough of Wandsworth]]), south-west London, England.{{sfn|Collins|2016|p=}}{{sfn|Coleman|1997|p=27}} His mother, Winifred June ({{nee|Strange}}, 1913–2011), worked in a toy shop and later as a [[booking agent]] at the [[Barbara Speake Stage School]], an independent performing arts school in [[East Acton]], while his father, Greville Philip Austin Collins (1907–1972), was an insurance agent for [[London Assurance Company|London Assurance]].{{sfn|Coleman|1997|p=31}}<ref name=PB86>{{cite web|url=http://www.philcollins.co.uk/playboy1086.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020901095400/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/playboy1086.htm|archive-date=1 September 2002|title=Phil Collins Interviews – Playboy, October 1986|date=October 1986|first=David|last=Sheff|access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref> Collins is the youngest of three children; his sister, Carole, competed as a professional ice skater and followed her mother's footsteps as a theatrical agent, while his brother, [[Clive Collins|Clive]], was a cartoonist.<ref name=PB86/><ref name=DE94>{{cite web|url=http://www.philcollins.co.uk/express94.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220063958/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/express94.htm|archive-date=20 December 2005|title=A case of mothers' pride|first=Victoria|last=Hinton|date=1994|work=The Daily Express|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> The family moved twice by the time Collins had reached the age of two; they settled at 453 Hanworth Road in the [[Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick]] (now the [[London Borough of Hounslow]]).{{sfn|Coleman|1997|p=28}}

Collins was given a toy [[drum kit]] for Christmas at the age of five, and later, his two uncles made him a makeshift set with triangles and tambourines that fitted into a suitcase.{{sfn|Coleman|1997|p=29}} These were followed by more complete sets bought by his parents as he grew older.{{sfn|Coleman|1997|pp=29–30}} Collins practised by playing along to music on the television and radio.<ref name=":0">''Classic Albums: Face Value'' DVD, Eagle Home Entertainment, 2001.</ref> During a family holiday at [[Butlin's]], a seven-year-old Collins entered a talent contest, singing "[[The Ballad of Davy Crockett]]"; he stopped the orchestra halfway through to tell them they were in the wrong [[Key (music)|key]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/10/children-growing-talent-show |title=Think your child has a future in showbiz? Read on ... |work=The Guardian|first=Gill|last=Sutherland|date=10 January 2009|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref>{{sfn|Coleman|1997|p=31}} [[The Beatles]] were a major early influence on him, including their drummer [[Ringo Starr]].<ref name="Hodgkinson 2002">{{cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|title=Home entertainment: Phil Collins|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2002/nov/15/artsfeatures6|access-date=30 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=14 November 2002}}</ref><ref name=battistoni>{{cite web|last=Battistoni|first=Marielle|title=Ringo Starr guards Beatles' legacy with new album 'Liverpool 8'|url=http://thedartmouth.com/2008/01/30/arts/ringo-starr-guards-beatles-legacy-with-new-album-liverpool-8|work=The Dartmouth|access-date=9 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808045416/http://thedartmouth.com/2008/01/30/arts/ringo-starr-guards-beatles-legacy-with-new-album-liverpool-8|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philcollins.co.uk/hitmen86b.htm |title=Phil Collins Interviews – Hitmen, 1986 – Part Two|work=Hitmen|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801174547/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/hitmen86b.htm|archive-date=1 August 2008}}</ref> Collins followed 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]].<ref name="Hodgkinson 2002" /> He was also influenced by the [[jazz]] and [[big band]] drummer [[Buddy Rich]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-salute-to-buddy-rich-by-john-kelman.php|title=A Salute To Buddy Rich|work=All About Jazz|first=John|last=Kelman|date=14 July 2004|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> whose opinion on the importance of the [[hi-hat]] prompted him to stop using two [[bass drum]]s and start using the hi-hat.<ref name=MD79/>

Collins received basic piano and music tuition from his father's aunt at around the age of 12.{{sfn|Coleman|1997|p=30}} He studied [[drum rudiment]]s under [[Lloyd Ryan]] and later under Frank King, and considered this training "more helpful than anything else because they're used all the time. In any kind of funk or jazz drumming, the rudiments are always there."<ref name=MD79>{{cite magazine|url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/modern-drummer-phil-collins-1979/|title=Phil Collins: On the Move|first=Susan|last=Alexander|date=March 1979|pages=10–12, 54|magazine=Modern Drummer|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> Collins never learned to read or write [[musical notation]] and devised his own system, which he regretted in later life. "I've always felt that if I could hum it, I could play it. For me, that was good enough, but that attitude is bad."<ref name=MD79/>

Collins attended Nelson Primary School until the age of 11.{{sfn|Coleman|1997|p=29}} He was accepted into [[Chiswick School|Chiswick County Grammar School]], where he took to football and formed the Real Thing, a school band that had Andrea Bertorelli, his future wife, and friend Lavinia Lang, as backup singers. Both women would have an impact on [[#Family and relationships|his personal life]] in later years.{{sfn|Coleman|1997|pp=29, 47}} Collins's next group was the Freehold, with whom he wrote his first song, "Lying, Crying, Dying",{{sfn|Collins|2016|p=55}} and played in a group named the Charge.{{sfn|Gallo|1978|p=120}} He was childhood friends with [[Jack Wild]], who would become famous for playing the [[Artful Dodger]] in the film ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968). June spotted Wild when he and Collins were playing football together in the park, and the boys both attended the Barbara Speake Stage School.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jack Wild obituary |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jack-wild-6107855.html |access-date=9 November 2023 |work=The Independent}}</ref>