Edwyn Collins is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on August 23, 1959 in Scotland, United Kingdom. Scottish musician and singer whose hit song “A Girl Like You” was featured in the movies Empire Records and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.
He collaborated with Franz Ferdinand’s frontman Alex Kapranos on his solo record Losing Sleep.
Collins co-founded the band the Nu-Sonics in 1976 in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden. The band changed its name to Orange Juice in 1979. Collins and his friend Alan Horne founded the record label Postcard Records that year to release the band’s singles. The band’s debut single, “Falling and Laughing” was issued in February 1980. Although critically acclaimed, the single only sold 2,000 copies.
Roddy Frame, the frontman for the new wave group Aztec Camera, has maintained a long-term friendship with Collins, since they were both signed to Postcard Records in the 1980s. Collins and Frame collaborated on the Aztec Camera album Stray, including a live performance of the song “Consolation Prize”.
He had a son with his wife Grace Maxwell.
