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used by Andrew Lloyd Webber and

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Nigel Wright for their 1992

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Biography

Lloyd Webber is more widely known as a composer of musical theatre. "

" itself was an early 1990s Eurodance

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of the most famous tune in the

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version of the game ''

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"). ''Tetris'' was the free game bundled with the Game Boy. "Tetris" was popular at the time, and the single reached number 6 in the

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. Doctor Spin itself may be considered a one-hit wonder ("Tetris" was their sole entry on the UK Singles Chart, and there is no evidence of any other releases under that name). However, Lloyd Webber and Wright themselves have worked together on many other successful projects. Wright produced Bombalurina's 1990 hit cover of "

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, article retrieved 29 October 2006 (which Lloyd Webber was also involved with), and has subsequently worked on a number of Lloyd Webber's cast

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Discography

Singles

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Biography

Discography

Singles

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