Frank Collins is a UK composer, singer and arranger who was a leading light with the bands The Excels, Arrival, and Kokomo. He wrote Arrival's 1970's top ten hit record, "I Will Survive" (not the Gloria Gaynor version) a band that included keyboard/vocalist Tony O'Malley, vocalists Dyan Birch and Paddy McHugh, saxophonist Mel Collins, guitarist Neil Hubbard (Roxy Music / The Grease Band) guitarist Jim Mullen, bass player Alan Spenner, percussionist Jody Linscott, and drummer Terry Stannard.

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  • Frank Collins is a UK composer, singer and arranger who was a leading light with the bands The Excels, Arrival, and Kokomo. He wrote Arrival's 1970's top ten hit record, "I Will Survive" (not the Gloria Gaynor version) a band that included keyboard/vocalist Tony O'Malley, vocalists Dyan Birch and Paddy McHugh, saxophonist Mel Collins, guitarist Neil Hubbard (Roxy Music / The Grease Band) guitarist Jim Mullen, bass player Alan Spenner, percussionist Jody Linscott, and drummer Terry Stannard. Collins has worked as session singer and backing singer for Bryan Ferry, Terrence Trent D'Arby,, Marianne Faithful, Ian Dury, Alvin Lee, Gloria Gaynor, Alison Moyet, Marc Bolan, B.B. King, and Bob Dylan. In May 2008, Collins was part of the temporarily reformed 1970's jazz funk band Kokomo, with Tony O'Malley, Mel Collins, Neil Hubbard, Mark Smith, Adam Phillips, Andy Hamilton, Bernie Holland, Glen Le Fleur, Paddy McHugh, and Dyan Birch, that also included performances by Eddy Armani and Franke Pharoah.
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  • FRANK COLLINS photo by Acabashi aka Jack Slipper © 2009.
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  • Frank Collins is a UK composer, singer and arranger who was a leading light with the bands The Excels, Arrival, and Kokomo. He wrote Arrival's 1970's top ten hit record, "I Will Survive" (not the Gloria Gaynor version) a band that included keyboard/vocalist Tony O'Malley, vocalists Dyan Birch and Paddy McHugh, saxophonist Mel Collins, guitarist Neil Hubbard (Roxy Music / The Grease Band) guitarist Jim Mullen, bass player Alan Spenner, percussionist Jody Linscott, and drummer Terry Stannard.
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  • Frank Collins (composer-singer)
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