I had seen him walk that famous tightrope a few years before at the London Palladium. Michael Crawford was best known in Britain as Frank Spencer, the gormless high pitch voiced rather effeminate star of the BBC's smash hit comedy series Some Mothers Do ' Ave 'Em. True in 1969 he had co-starred with Barbra Streisand in the movie of Hello, Dolly! and was currently the lead in Barnum at the Victoria Palace. But he too knew how operatic the score was and worried that Steve would be out of his depth. Ian had already coached Steve and had a lot of time for him. One evening I picked Sarah up from her vocal lesson with Ian Adam. Cameron and David Caddick were also seriously worried whether Steve could sustain eight live performances a week. We were really pleased with his vocal in the studio but back home I had doubts, particularly about his diction. "I got Steve to sing 'The Music of the Night' on the unreleased orchestral track of 'Married Man,' the song I had originally written with Trevor Nunn. Abetted by the Ken Russell video, some press pundits had already presumed Sarah and Steve were our stars.
The single was now in the Top 10 and picking up massive radio play.
had done some work with Steve Harley and wasn't averse to him playing the Phantom. It was to lead to one of the most stunning successes in Broadway history: Today's selection - from Unmasked by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber picked Michael Crawford to play the part of the Phanton in his new musical, Phantom of the Opera.
Michael crawford debuts as the phantom - 5/10/19
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