Bill Collins

Busy Bill Collins started out on drums as a child and went through almost every instrument in the rhythm section before realizing what he really wanted to do was stand up front and sing. As a vocalist, he was behind a series of solo releases on the Chestnut and Zah Zah labels and was also part of the duo act Collins & Collins with his sister, a vocalist who goes by the stage name of Tonee. Many people hear Collins' voice in the course of daily business, however, without even knowing it. Someone listening to the voice on a corporation's recorded answering machine "program" in 2...