Mark Knopfler, Esq

Career: musician; former journalist Yorkshire Evening Post and teacher; fndr Dire Straits 1977; has produced: Bob Dylan, Randy Newman and others; albums with Dire Straits: Dire Straits (1978, reached UK no 5), Communique (1979, UK no 5), Making Movies (1980, UK no 4), Love Over Gold (1982, UK no 1), Alchemy - Dire Straits Live (live, 1984, UK no 3), Brothers In Arms (1985, UK no 1, formerly best ever selling UK album), Money For Nothing (compilation, 1988, UK no 1), On Every Street (1991, UK no 1), On the Night (1993), Live at the BBC (1995), Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (compilation, 1998), Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler (2005); solo soundtrack albums: Local Hero (1982, UK no 14), Cal (1984, UK no 65), Comfort and Joy (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), Wag the Dog (1998), Metroland (1999), Shot at Glory (2002); other albums: Stay Tuned (with Chet Atkins, 1986), Missing...Presumed Having A Good Time (as Notting Hillbillies, 1990, UK no 2), Neck And Neck (with Chet Atkins, 1990, UK no 41), Golden Heart (1996), Sailing to Philadelphia (2000), The Ragpicker's Dream (2002), Shangri-La (2004), All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris, 2006); has won Ivor Novello (incl Lifetime Achievement 2012), BRIT, MTV and Grammy awards