Chris Collingwood (born October 3, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and artist. He is best known as the former lead vocalist and founding member of the power pop band Fountains of Wayne. Early Life and Education Collingwood was born in Britain and grew up in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from The Hill School. He attended Williams College alongside his future Fountains of Wayne bandmate Adam Schlesinger. The two collaborated several times prior to the formation of Fountains of Wayne. Fountains of Wayne In 1995, Collimgwood and Schlesinger formed Fountains of Wayne. They recorded one album, titled Fountains of Wayne, before recruiting Jody Porter and Brian Young, a year later in 1997. Though Collingwood and Schlesinger shared cowriter credit for all original Fountains of Wayne material, for most of their career together, they wrote their songs separately. The band won a Grammy for their song Stacy's Mom, in 2004. They split up in 2013. Schlesinger died in 2020 and the surviving band members had an online reunion shortly after. Influences Collingwood's major influences are The Beatles, The Zombies, The Hollies, Aztec Camera, Squeeze, and Blue Öyster Cult. Discography Studio albums Fountains of Wayne (1996) Utopia Parkway (1999) Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) Traffic and Weather (2007) Sky Full of Holes (2011) References External links Fountains of Wayne Look Park Official website Chris Collingwood on Twitter Look Park Official Facebook 1967 births American rock guitarists American male guitarists British emigrants to the United States British rock guitarists British male guitarists Williams College alumni Living people Musicians from Pittsburgh People from Sellersville, Pennsylvania Writers from Northampton, Massachusetts Fountains of Wayne members The Hill School alumni Guitarists from Pennsylvania 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania