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 | Andrew Lloyd Weber, as he is more commonly known, is the man who took modern musical theatre to the masses; putting together blockbuster musical productions, he brought the worlds of opera and pop music that much closer together; and he penned some of the most memorable tunes of the last three decades. |
 | This collaboration of Rice and Lloyd Weber stuck and was to bear very fruitful: in 1970, the duo produced Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock musical detailing the last week in the life of Christ and the dynamic relationship between him and the traitor Judas. |
 | Andrew Lloyd Weber is a living breathing institution of modern music and if you're put off by much of today's phony pop trash scene, and are looking to rediscover honest genuine music that lives and speaks and calls out to you, his vast back-catalogue is the perfect place to find it. |
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 | Lloyd Webber was born on March 22 1948 in South Kensington. |
 | Lloyd Webber first gained success at the age of nineteen, when he and Tim Rice were commissioned to write "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" for a high school in 1968. |
 | Lloyd Webber and Rice continued to collaborate and later produced "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1970) and "Evita" (1976), both of which were released as albums before being brought to the stage. |