Edwyn Collins

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

GB

Active from

1959-08-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

497,664

Total plays

3,829,787

Edwyn Collins (born 23 August 1959) is a Scottish musician from Edinburgh, Scotland. He formed the Nu-Sonics in 1976, which became Orange Juice in 1979. The group is perhaps best known for the No. 8 hit "Rip it Up", its only UK top 40 single. In 1985, Orange Juice broke up, and he has since then pursued a solo career. Edwyn Collins is best known for his 1994 hit, "A Girl Like You", which was featured in the films Empire Records and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project

   · 1996 · cited 18,867x

2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,612x

3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,951x

4. UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age

   · 2015 · cited 12,382x

5. The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans

   · 2020 · cited 9,170x

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Stephen

Family name

Collins

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Edinburgh

Occupation

singer

Languages spoken

English language

Award

honorary doctorate

Notable work

A Girl Like You

Genre

rock music

Instrument

guitar

Official website

www.edwyncollins.com

Image

Edwyn Collins portrait.jpg

Voice type

baritone

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