Sir Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE DL (born 28 March 1943) is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician. 　　Stilgoe was born in Camberley, Surrey on 28 March 1943. He was brought up in Liverpool, where, as lead singer of a group called 'Tony Snow and the Blizzards', he performed at the Cavern Club. He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset and at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Footlights. 　　His son, Joe Stilgoe, is a jazz pianist and vocalist, performing in the musical-comedy review The Horne Section. 　　Stilgoe is known for his love of architecture (building and demolishing it) - having designed and built his own house more than once - and owns a mechanical digger.