How Phil Collins Turned Heartache into Hits: From “Easy Lover” to Iconic Anthems

Today’s featured artist, Phil Collins is a favorite.

And he may well be the greatest hit machine of any decade. In fact he was such a prolific hit machine at one point he averaged a hit song every 3 months for 7 years including Solo career and fronting the band Genesis. ..but today we focus on one of he best songs... Easy Lover a song that he was producing for Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire and then in the middle of the recording session, it became a surprise duet and it was just a rough demo but when they came back to record it for real, they couldn’t top the rough spur of the moment demo so they kept it. He can also thank his cheating ex-wife for the hit. It would become one of many hits he wrote about that subject. Lambasting his ex made him a lot of money… You’ll see what I mean next.

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