Chart entered : 28 January 1989
Chart peak : 2
Number of hits : 10
The success of the singing thespian amid acid house , hip hop and Stock Aitken and Waterman was proof of the enduring democratic nature of the charts.
Michael was born in Bromsgrove in 1962. His love of theatre was encouraged by his father and he went to Guildford School of Acting. After graduating in 1984, he worked in regional theatre for a while He came to prominence after winning an open audition to star in The Pirates of Penzance at Manchester Opera House in 1985. At the same time he had a brief part in Coronation Street. Later that year he joined the cast of Les Miserables in London and appeared on the cast recording released as an album. Illness cut short his run. He came into Andrew Lloyd-Webber's orbit when he replaced Steve Barton in The Phantom of the Opera in 1987.
"Love Changes Everything" was his first single, released primarily to promote Lloyd-Webber's forthcoming musical Aspects of Love in which he was to play Alex-Dillingham. Charles Hart and Don Black wrote the lyrics to Lloyd-Webber's music. Though I'll admit to a sneaky regard for Memory , Lloyd- Webber's mock-classical style is highly toxic to me and though Michael belts it out with gusto and seems like a good bloke , this is pretty unbearable. Still. my mum loved it.
I always thought he was a bit older, for some reason, like he was more my parents (born 52/53) age... share the disregard for Lloyd-Webber (and Tim Rice), both on a musical and personality level.
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