Oshawa, Ontario born, James Collins moved to Toronto to pursue a film and music career.
As a singer, Collins has had three Top 40 hits – "Do You Mind If We Talk About Bill", which peaked at Number 31 on the Canadian national BDS Hot Adult Contemporary chart and "Missing You at Christmas (That's All)", peaking at number 17 on the Canadian national BDS AC chart.
Collins' ballad "Good Enough (To Love)" also peaked at number two on Quebec's provincial ADISQ Le Palmares Top 25 Pop Adult chart.
The song peaked at Number 13 on the national Pop Adult chart (BDS) and was featured on the Canadian gold selling Now Christmas 2.
[citation needed] You can find many of James Collins' television and film credits (including Dream Scenario, Undercover Grandpa, Welcome To Derry, SurrealEstate, Private Eyes, The Listener, My Babysitter's a Vampire Cooking Up Love, Nightmare Alley...etc) on IMDB here... https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384498/?ref_=fn_all_nme_1 With over 100 songs written or co-written, here's a partial list of Collins' released songs, over the years... 1989 - The Tears I Cry - Carol Medina (Written by James Collins, Carol Medina) # 9 on RPM's Top 40 National Adult Contemporary Chart 1990 - So Good For You - Carol Medina (Written by James Collins) #15 on RPM's National Top 40 Adult Contemporary Chart 1991 - Wait Til My Heart Finds Out - Carol Medina (Written by James Collins & Don Breithaupt) #30 on RPM's National Top 40 Adult Contemporary Chart 1993 - Love Me Just Enough - Carol Medina (Written by James Collins & Don Breithaupt) Extensive Canadian National airplay.
Included on Mucho Mombo compilation 2000 - "Before You Never Call Me Again" - Temperance (Written by James Collins & Dave Pickell) Top 75 Pop Adult chart BDS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vdhR-iC1E8 2007 - "I Just Can't Wait Till Christmas Time" - James Collins - # 17 National BDS Top 50 BDS Pop Adult Chart 2007 - Spellbound" by Sherrie Lea (Written by James Collins & Nick Fiorucci) Bubbled Under Top 75 Hit Radio Chart BDS (The Record) / Top 10 Dance *Featured in a Degrassi episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TifeTy7jTKw 2007/2008 - "Deeper Into You" by Johnny Hazzard (Written by James Collins, Rob DeBoer and Tony Grace) *Licensed for an episode of "True Blood.
Ex-Soap Opera star, Thom Bierdz (Young & The Restless) broached James about helping him write a song about his murdered mother at the hands of his younger brother.