Tim Rice

Lyricist, writer, and broadcaster, born in Buckinghamshire, SC England, UK. He studied at Lancing College, then took up law, but left a lawyer's firm to join the EMI recording company. He has co-written lyrics on many award-winning records, has appeared on numerous radio and TV quiz shows, and written several books. He is best known for writing the lyrics to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1968), followed by Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) and Evita (1978). Later works include the lyrics for Chess (recorded 1984), Cricket (1986), Starmania (1991), and Beauty and the Beast (1997). He was knighted in 1994.

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Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist for musical theatre, a radio presenter, television gameshow panelist and an author.

Rice was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, and he was educated at Aldwickbury school, St Albans School and Lancing College. Rice was made a Disney Legend by the company in 2002 for his work on Aladdin and The Lion King respectively.

His lyrics have been widely recognised for their innovation and clarity of expression , varied in style from the pseudo-historical Evita to the simple children's lyrics for The Lion King soundtrack.

He was a co-founder and editor of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles from 1977 to 1996. Rice often jokes that he is most recognised in America for his appearance in the film About A Boy.

Rice was famously interviewed by Dom Joly in the cult British sketch show Trigger Happy TV. Whilst discussing Rice's autobiography somewhere near Kensington Church Street in London, Dom feigns a severe migraine, prompting Rice to ask "are you OK? Dom attempts to continue the interview but after some moments he wanders off declaring, "I'm sorry I can't do this anymore, it's not my scene" - leaving Rice to ponder, "is that normal?"

Rice was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1999. His daughter is best-selling author, Eva Rice.