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Knighted in 1992 and created a life peer in 1997. Started playing the violin aged three. Had written nine musicals by the time he had left school. Has owned a race horse. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best New Musical for "The Beautiful Game." He was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Musical Production of 2003 for both "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and "Tell Me on A Sunday," both performed in London's West End. He was awarded the 2000 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best New Musical for "The Beautiful Game" with Ben Elton at the Cambridge Theatre. Shares birthday with legendary composer Stephen Sondheim. Has won Broadway's Tony Award three times: in 1980, as Best Score (Musical), his music with lyrics by Tim Rice, for "Evita;" in 1983, as Best Score, his music with lyrics by T.S. Eliot, for "Cats;" and in 1995, as Best Original Musical Score, his music with lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, for "Sunset Boulevard." He was Tony-nominated eight other times: in 1972, as Best Score, him as Composer and Rice as Lyricist, for "Jesus Christ Superstar;" in 1982, as Best Score, his music with Rice's lyrics, for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat;" in 1986, as Best Score, with collaborators Black and Richard Maltby Jr., for "Song & Dance;" in 1987, as Best Score, his music with lyrics by Richard Stilgoe for "Starlight Express;" in 1988, as Best Book (Musical) with collaborator Stilgoe and Best Score (Musical), with collaborators Stilgoe and Charles Hart for "The Phantom of the Opera;" and in 1990, as Best Score (Musical), his music with lyrics by Black and Hart, and Best Book (Musicl) for "Aspects of Love." Wrote song "It's Easy For You", recorded by Elvis Presley during his last session in October 29, 1976. It was released in Elvis' last album "Moody Blue" in 1977.