<P> Following a number of roles over the next decade , Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Evita in 1978 , which brought her to the attention of the broader public . For this role , she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a musical . She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with `` Memory '' , a song from the show . In 1985 , Paige released `` I Know Him So Well '' with Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess , which remains the biggest - selling record by a female duo . She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess , followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced . Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996 , playing the lead role of Norma Desmond , to critical acclaim . She appeared in The King and I from 2000 to 2001 , and six years later she returned to the West End stage in The Drowsy Chaperone . She has also worked sporadically in television . </P>
<P> Following a number of roles over the next decade , Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Evita in 1978 , which brought her to the attention of the broader public . For this role , she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a musical . She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with `` Memory '' , a song from the show . In 1985 , Paige released `` I Know Him So Well '' with Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess , which remains the biggest - selling record by a female duo . She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess , followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced . Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996 , playing the lead role of Norma Desmond , to critical acclaim . She appeared in The King and I from 2000 to 2001 , and six years later she returned to the West End stage in The Drowsy Chaperone . She has also worked sporadically in television . </P>
who sang i know him so well with elaine page
who sang i know him so well with elaine page
Barbara Dickson
Barbara Dickson