Phil Collins - King of the Wild Frontier, Radio 4FM, preview - Telegraph It's hard to imagine singer (and drummer, and actor) Phil Collins in a Davy Crockett hat but, as pop historian Patrick Humphries discovers, the link is the Battle of the Alamo. Humphries is a keen historian of the battle (March 6, 1836) in which 180 Texans fought 6,000 Mexicans, and that's how he got to know Collins, avid collector of Alamo memorabilia; documents, letters, rifles, swords, uniforms. Davy Crockett, soldier and politician, fought in it and probably died (although there's a legend to the contrary). Humphries explores Crockett mythology with a great-great-great-grandson, also called Davy. Phil Collins - King of the Wild Frontier will be broadcast on Radio 4FM on Saturday 28 January at 10.30am