finetune artist: Michael Crawford

b. Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith, 19 January 1942, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. This actor and singer came to worldwide fame when he played the leading role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, The Phantom Of The Opera, in 1986. Crawford's father was a fighter pilot during World War II and died six months before his son was born. He sang in the school choir and later toured in the original productions of Benjamin Britten's Let's Make An Opera and Noyes Fluddle. While still a teenager he changed his name to Crawford (after seeing it on a biscuit box), and worked extensively in radio, and in films and television programmes for children. In 1964 he appeared in the late-night satirical BBC television series Not So Much A Programme, More A Way Of Life, and created the character of Byron, a "rocker" who was thought to be typical of the swinging 60s. He also made a number of movies including The War Lover, starring Steve McQueen, Two Left Feet, Richard Lester's The Knack ... And How To Get It, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and How I Won The War.

Listen to Michael Crawford at Finetune.

(2008) On Eagle's Wings
(2007) Songs From The Stage And Screen with The London Symphony Orchestra
(2006) Michael Crawford Sings Disney
(1999) A Christmas Album
(1998) In Concert
(1998) On Eagle's Wings
(1994) Michael Crawford's Favorite Love Songs
(1993) A Touch Of Music In The Night
(1992) Songs From The Stage And Screen with The London Symphony Orchestra
(1992) With Love
(1991) The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Weber

The Music of the Night
All I Ask of You
The Phantom of the Opera
Love Changes Everything
O Holy Night