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Ben Rogerson

“We played that what must have been 1000 times to work out what it was”: Phil Collins admits that there was one famous drum fill he just couldn’t unpick when he was recording his Motown covers album

Phil Collins - First Final Farewell Tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, United States on August 31, 2004 - Live performance.

He may not require a jacket, but Phil Collins has always worn his love of Motown on his sleeve.

Back in 1982, he had a big hit with a cover of the Supremes’ You Can’t Hurry Love, and he went on to work with Lamont Dozier – one of that song’s writers – on the Motown-esque Two Hearts, which he sang himself, and Loco In Acapulco, which was performed by the Four Tops (both songs featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film, Buster).

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