The son of a Jewish Tailor in London's working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education and never learned musical notation but his music teacher at school declared him to be a genius. He gained a scholarship to St Martin's School of Art at age 16 and started work as a set painter in the theatre...See full bio »
1973Scalawag
(music: "When Your Number's Up You Go" / lyrics: "When Your Number's Up You Go")
1973Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(TV movie)
(music: "This Is The Way It Allways Be", "Smudge's Song", "Bicycle Song", "Rules", "Danvers's Blessing", "Two Fine Ladies" / lyrics: "This Is The Way It Allways Be", "Smudge's Song", "Bicycle Song", "Rules", "Danvers's Blessing", "Two Fine Ladies")
1958The Duke Wore Jeans
(writer: "It's All Happening", "What Do You Do", "Princess", "Family Tree", "Happy Guitar", "Hair Down", "Photograph My Baby", "Thanks a Lot")
Songs should be like sneezes - spontaneous.
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Trivia:
Won Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Composer and Lyricist for "Oliver!," a show for which he also received two other Tony nominations: as Best Author (Musical) and as author of book, music and lyrics as part of a Best Musical nomination.
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