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Infobox musical artist | name = Edwyn Collins| image = Edwyn Collins portrait.jpg| image_size = 200px| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Edwyn Stephen Collins| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1959|8|23|df=y|birth_place = Edinburgh , Scotland | death_date =| instrument = Singing|Vocals , electric guitar | origin =| genre = Alternative rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter , musician .| years_active =| label = Setanta Records|Setanta / Epic Records | associated_acts = Nu-Sonics , Orange Juice , The Drums | website = http://www.edwyncollins.com/ www.edwyncollins.com Edwyn Stephen Collins (born 23 August 1959) is an Ivor Novello Award winningcite web|url= http://entertainment.stv.tv/home/98117-edwyn-collins-clinches-comeback-with-ivor-novello-award/ |title=stv.tv article |publisher=Entertainment.stv.tv |date=2009-05-22 |accessdate=2009-07-26 Scotland|Scottish musician , playing mostly electric guitar -driven pop music|pop . Collins formed the musical group Nu-Sonics in 1976, which later became Orange Juice .cite web|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p45120/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Allmusic biography |publisher=Allmusic.com |date=1959-08-23 |accessdate=2009-07-26 He has since pursued a solo (music)|solo career as a musician, in addition to work as an illustration|illustrator , television actor and television producer|producer , and as a record producer . He is most noted for his 1994 song " A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)|A Girl Like You ".
Career
Orange Juice had a Number-8 hit record|hit single (music)|single with "Rip It Up", their only UK Singles Chart|UK Top 40 single and biggest commercial success. In 1985, Orange Juice disbanded; after some difficulty finding a record label with which to sign, Collins began his solo career a year later after signing with the Elevation subsidiary of Creation Records .
Collins released a 1994 single, " A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)|A Girl Like You ", which was a hit in both the United Kingdom|UK and the United States|U.S. and was featured in the film s Empire Records , The Secretary and '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle . "The Magic Piper (of Love)", a 1997 single that featured on the soundtrack of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery , was also released.
He built his own recording studio in 1994 and produced his own third solo album , Gorgeous George (album)|Gorgeous George . He has also worked extensively as a record producer with other musician|artists , including The Proclaimers , Vic Godard , A House , Space (English band)|Space , Robert Forster (musician)|Robert Forster , The Cribs , and Little Barrie . In 2005, Collins produced the album The New Fellas recorded by The Cribs.
In May 2009, he won the Ivor Novello award|Ivors Inspiration Award in recognition of his struggles following a double Cerebral hemorrhage|brain haemorrhage in 2005.
In addition to his music career, Collins has also produced and starred in the Channel 4 sitcom , West Heath Yard . Collins released his first book of illustrations with Morel Books in 2009.
On 2 October 2009, Collins's wife, Grace Maxwell, detailed her "running battle" with Warner Music Group and MySpace over his right to allow fans to listen to "A Girl Like You" for free on his MySpace page.cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/news/edwyn-collins/47628|title=Edwyn Collins' manager blasts MySpace and major labels over 'A Girl Like You' |publisher=NME |date=2009-10-02 |accessdate=2009-10-07
"Losing Sleep" was released on 13 September 2010 in the UK. It's Collins's first written and recorded album since his serious illness in 2005. It was recorded at his own West Heath Studios between November 2008 and May 2010 and produced by the former Orange Juice frontman and Sebastian Lewsley. He collaborated with The Cribs' Ryan Jarman and Johnny Marr , Franz Ferdinand (Band)|Franz Ferdinand 's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, The MagicNumbers singer Romeo Stodart, The Drums and Aztec Camera singer Roddy Frame.
Personal life
Collins was born in Edinburgh . He is married to Grace Maxwell, who is also his management|manager . The couple live in London and have one son, William, who maintains his father's MySpace page.cite news|author=Logged in as click here to log out |url= http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/07/edwyn_collins.html |title=article |publisher=Blogs.guardian.co.uk |date=2007-07-04 |accessdate=2009-07-26 | location=London
In a BBC 6 Music radio station|radio interview on 18 February 2005, Collins had said he felt unwell, but ascribed the nausea and Vertigo (medical)|vertigo to food poisoning . Two days later, he was admitted to intensive care in London's Royal Free Hospital after apparently suffering a major cerebral hemorrhage . After suffering a second haemorrhage he had an operation on 25 February 2005, which was followed by a lengthy programme of neurological rehabilitation owing to right-sided weakness and difficulty with speech.cite news|url= http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/0,,2150203,00.html |title='I was dead - and I was resurrected' |publisher=Music.guardian.co.uk |date= 2007-08-17|accessdate=2009-07-26 | location=London | first=Simon | last=Goddard The aphasia he suffered allowed him to repeat only four phrases, over and over again: "yes", "no", "Grace Maxwell" and "the possibilities are endless". http://www.metro.co.uk/music/840674-edwyn-collins-back-with-a-vengeance Edwyn Collins: Back with a vengeance at metro.co.uk
Collins released his sixth solo album in September 2007 on Heavenly Records entitled Home Again (Edwyn Collins album)|Home Again . The album was sound recording and reproduction|recorded before his illness but mixed after his discharge from hospital. Collins is still on the road to recovery, and he has returned to singing live, including playing a concert|gig at The Arts Theatre in London. A tribute song, celebrating his return, was recorded by the Indiepop band The Candy Twins .cite web|date=25 February 2007 |url= http://uk.youtube.com/watch? v=wZzN34nSYH4 |title=YouTube - The Candy Twins Edwyn Collins is Back (tribute song) |publisher=Uk.youtube.com |date=2007-02-25 |accessdate=2009-07-26 In November 2009 Collins walked on stage at London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom looking dapper in a black suit and leaning on a silver-topped cane, he spoke slowly to the crowd, his right arm curled up at his side. "But when he started to sing, his baritone proved as powerful as ever."cite news|url= http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/11/20/f-edwyn-collins-stroke-comeback.html |title=Musician, heal thyself |accessdate=2009-10-20 | work=CBC News
A BBC Scotland film documentary|documentary , Edwyn Collins:Home Again , was broadcast on 19 May 2008 and narrated by Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos . Filmed during 2007, it followed Collins's progress in recovering from his illness, and his first return to live performance at the BBC Electric Proms . He also performed at the Glastonbury Festival , broadcast on 28 June 2008 on BBC Two and at T in the Park on 10 July 2009. On 20 February 2010 he joined The Maccabees (band)|The Maccabees onstage at Brixton Academy for their encore, performing vocals on a rendition of "Rip It Up".
In 2010, he received an honorary masters degree from the Buckinghamshire New University in recognition of his “strong influences and contribution to the national and international music industry over the last three decades”.cite web|url= http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/educationnews/8363140.University_to_honour_Olympic_gold_hero/ |title=University to honour Olympic gold hero (From Bucks Free Press) |publisher=Bucksfreepress.co.uk |date=2010-08-31 |accessdate=2012-01-02 On 21 August 2010 he attended the Helmsdale Highland Games as the chieftain, an honour also previously bestowed on his grandfather. http://www.helmsdalegames.info/This_Years_Chieftain.html "This Years Chieftain 2010" Retrieved 26 September 2010
On 30 September 2010, Collins and his band broadcast three numbers live from the Royal Beacon Hotel in Exmouth for BBC Radio 2 's Radcliffe and Maconie Show . http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bch8n The Radcliffe & Maconie Show 30/09/10 at bbc.co.uk Music journalist , Stuart Maconie had earlier written his very first NME article, by reviewing Collins' 1987 gig at the Manchester International.cite book | first= Stuart | last= Maconie | year= 2004 | title= Cider With Roadies | edition= 1st | publisher= Random House | location= London | isbn= 0-09-189115-9 | page= 182
On 30 July 2011, Collins performed at the Indietracks festival at the Midland Railway, Butterley.
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