Composer
Edwyn Collins
Scottish musician
b. 1959
3 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1959
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Edwyn Stephen Collins (born 23 August 1959) is a Scottish musician, producer and record label owner. Collins was the lead singer for the 1980s post-punk band Orange Juice, which he co-founded. After the group split in 1985, Collins started a solo career. His 1994 single "A Girl Like You" was a worldwide hit.
In February 2005, Collins was hospitalised after two cerebral haemorrhages which resulted in aphasia, and he needed months to recover. He resumed his musical career in 2007. A documentary film on his recovery, The Possibilities Are Endless, was released in 2014.
Collins was the co-founder of the indie record label Postcard Records and co-founded a second label, Analogue Enhanced Digital, in 2011. Collins has also worked as an illustrator, television actor, television producer and record producer. He won an Ivor Novello Award, the Ivor Inspiration Award, in 2009.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- guitarist; songwriter; singer-songwriter; singer; composer; musician
- Education
- Bearsden Academy
- Recorded memberships
- Orange Juice
- Instruments played
- guitar
- Genres
- rock music
- Notable works
- A Girl Like You
- Awards
- honorary doctorate
- Official website
- http://www.edwyncollins.com/
- Birth name
- Edwyn Stephen Collins
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 44493340
- ISNI
- 0000000114714758
- GND ID
- 134349385
- Library of Congress ID
- no98112430
- MusicBrainz ID
- 14c0c282-e0c1-46fe-acd1-9a015ba721c5
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Piano, Vocal, Voice
- Genres represented
- pop, Rock
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Girl Like You | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Rip It Up | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Girl Like You, A | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 44493340. Portrait: alterna2 profile at Flickr website, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.