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Special birthday album release today

6th, October, 2008

Special birthday album release today

Universal Music commemorates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 60th birthday year by issuing a special triple cd set.

Polydor Records celebrates the 60th birthday of Andrew Lloyd Webber, with the release of 60. This amazing 3 CD, 60 track set spans the whole of Andrew’s illustrious career and includes hits from all of his most famous musicals – _Jesus Christ Superstar_, _Cats_, _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_, _Starlight Express_, _Evita_, _Sunset Boulevard_ and of course _The Phantom Of The Opera_. The album features hit recordings, hits from cast albums – all sung by a diverse range of superstar and original artists.

From Elvis Presley singing ‘It’s Easy For You’ (the song that Andrew and Tim Rice wrote especially for him) to Barbra Streisand, Sarah Brightman, Shirley Bassey, John Barrowman, Michael Crawford, Madonna, Tom Jones and rocker Alice Cooper (singing ‘King Herod’s Song’) this collection really has it all.

For over 40 years Lloyd Webber has provided the world it’s musical soundtrack. Not only in the realm of musical theatre, but in the charts across a variety of genres – including pop, classical, rock and jazz. In 2006 Andrew Lloyd Webber pioneered television casting for musical theatre with the hit BBC series _How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?_ which won an international Emmy. He repeated this success with _Any Dream Will Do_ which cast the title role of _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_ and this year with _I’d Do Anything_.

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