Lionel Bart Net Worth is
$2 Million

Mini Biography

The son of the Jewish Tailor in London’s working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education rather than discovered musical notation but his music teacher at school announced him to be always a genius. He obtained a scholarship or grant to St Martin’s College of Artwork at age group 16 and began are a arranged painter in the theatre. When he noticed a notice requesting song writers it had been to improve his existence. His fresh name was influenced on the bus trip past St. Bartholomew’s Medical center (affectionately referred to as Barts). He published his 1st musical in 1958, Wally Pone of Soho. It had been not a achievement. However, the tunes he published for the first English rock’n’rollers Tommy Steele (Rock and roll Using the Caveman and Small White colored Bull) and Cliff Richard (Living Doll – at No. 1 for 6 weeks in 1959) brought Lionel his 1st taste of achievement. His 1st musical achievement was with “Fings Ain’t Wot They Utilized T’Be”. By the finish of 1959 both “Fings” and “SECURE Your Daughters” had been running effectively in London’s Western End. In June 1960 he opened up “Oliver!” which have been rejected by twelve promoters and needed to be financed by Bart himself. An instantaneous strike it received 16 drape calls in the starting night and got advanced product sales of 30,000 in the initial week. Oliver! was accompanied by various other fairly successful displays such as for example Blitz and Maggie May. Bart was simply 30 and getting £16 one minute! To financing his following musical “Twang!!” (predicated on the Robin Hood tale) he authorized away all privileges to Oliver! The brand new show flopped terribly and Bart approximated he dropped about one million pounds for the reason that and in the dropped privileges to Oliver! He submitted for personal bankruptcy in 1972 with debt of £73,000. From the past due 1970s his weighty drinking had induced diabetes. He halted drinking but 1 / 3 of his liver organ had been damaged. Lionel Bart passed away aged 68 after struggling cancer for six months.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Lionel Bart
Died	April 3, 1999, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
Profession	Lyricist, Film Score Composer, Oliver! Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me
Education	Central Saint Martins
Nationality	English
Siblings	Renee Gold
Awards	Tony Award for Best Original Score
Nominations	Tony Award for Best Musical, Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Oliver! Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, As Long As He Needs Me
Movies	Oliver!, The Duke Wore Jeans