Mike Batt
As the man who gave the world the children's characters The Wombles - and the
series of irritating hit singles that came with them - Mike Batt's contribution
to music history might be considered spurious. The Wombles' phenomenal success
(eight hit singles and four gold albums during the 1970s) dwarfed everything
else he did, but Batt's long career has also involved collaborations with Elton
John and Justin Hayward, West End musical The Hunting of the Snark, ambitious
solo albums with the London Symphony Orchestra, many production credits and a
catalogue of non-Wombles hit songs, ...
