Taken at the 1975 Ivor Novello Awards in London, Wombles music creator Mike Batt celebrates winning an Ivor for The Wombling Song which had been the most-performed British song of the previous year. Joining him is Michael Freegard who was the PRS Chief Executive at the time and Great Uncle Bulgaria, who is getting stuck into the buffet - what a free-loader.
Mike Batt and the Wombles will be performing at this year's Glastonbury festival - delighting a new generation of fans with hits such as The Wombling Song, Remember You're A Womble and Minuetto Allegretto.
Besides the Wombles, Mike Batt launched and developed the career of Katie Melua - his songs The Closest Thing To Crazy and Nine Million Bicycles being mult-million selling hits. In a long and successful career, Mike has worked with Art Garfunkel (writing Bright Eyes for him), Steeleye Span (All Around My Hat), the Kursall Flyers (Little Did She Know), Elkie Brookes (Lilac Wine), Barbara Dickson (Caravans), David Essex (A Winter's Tale), Cliff Richard, Tim Rice and many more.
Batt is still the only composer to have won two consecutive Ivor Novello Awards for for Best Film Music - Caravans in 1978 and Bright Eyes from the film Watership Down in 1979.
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Besides the Wombles, Mike Batt launched and developed the career of Katie Melua - his songs The Closest Thing To Crazy and Nine Million Bicycles being mult-million selling hits. In a long and successful career, Mike has worked with Art Garfunkel (writing Bright Eyes for him), Steeleye Span (All Around My Hat), the Kursall Flyers (Little Did She Know), Elkie Brookes (Lilac Wine), Barbara Dickson (Caravans), David Essex (A Winter's Tale), Cliff Richard, Tim Rice and many more.
Batt is still the only composer to have won two consecutive Ivor Novello Awards for for Best Film Music - Caravans in 1978 and Bright Eyes from the film Watership Down in 1979.
www.mikebatt.com
Enter our competition to win The Wombles back catalogue here!
