Awards
- BRIT Awards 1983 – Life Achievement Award
- Tony Award 1993 – Best Original Score (music & lyrics) – The Who's Tommy (tie)
- Grammy Awards 1993 – Best Musical Show Album (as composer and lyricist of The Who's Tommy)
- Kennedy Center Honors 2008
- Honorary doctorate from University of West London, 2010
- Classic Album Award for Quadrophenia from the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards at The Roundhouse, 9 November 2011, London, England
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