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Mike Batt
LVO
Batt at Glastonbury in 2011.
Background information
Birth name
Michael Philip Batt
Born
(1949-02-06) 6 February 1949 (age 75) Southampton, England
Genres
Pop rock
pop
classical
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
musician
record producer
arranger
director
conductor
Instrument(s)
Vocals
piano
guitar
keyboards
Years active
1969–present
Labels
Epic
Sony
Dramatico
Website
www.mikebatt.com
Musical artist
Michael Philip Batt, LVO (born 6 February 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, director and conductor. He was formerly the Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry.
Having attained significant international recognition as a solo artist, his notable contributions in the UK include creating The Wombles pop act, writing many hits including the chart-topping "Bright Eyes", and the introduction of Katie Melua to the music scene.
He has also conducted many orchestras, including the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony and Stuttgart Philharmonic in both classical and pop recordings and performances.
Michael Philip Batt, LVO (born 6 February 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, director and conductor. He was formerly...
Georgia and raised in Belfast and London. Under the management of composer MikeBatt, she was signed to the small Dramatico record label. She made her musical...
their star now conspicuously ascendant, the band brought in producer MikeBatt to work on their eighth album, All Around My Hat, and their biggest success...
charts. The Wombles pop group was the idea of British singer and composer MikeBatt. The Womble motto is "Make Good Use of Bad Rubbish". This environmentally...
"Nine Million Bicycles" is a song written and produced by MikeBatt for the singer Katie Melua's second album, Piece by Piece. It was released as the...
next 27 years. She has also worked with many other artists, including MikeBatt (on his Hunting of the Snark album), Jack Bruce, Dave Greenfield & Jean-Jacques...
arranged and performed by MikeBatt, with vocals credited to "the younger Wombles, assisted by MikeBatt". According to Batt, the album is a simple compilation...
Katie Melua, released in 2003. British songwriter, producer and arranger MikeBatt signed Melua to his Dramatico recording and management label after she...
(B-Side: "Sail on a Rainbow") (US AC No. 29, UK No. 1) (a song written by MikeBatt). A version of "Bright Eyes" also appeared in the movie Watership Down...
South London, England. She first met Dramatico Entertainment chairman MikeBatt when she was 13 years old. He was auditioning female vocalists, and two...
producer-arranger MikeBatt, Hayward released Classic Blue, an album of pop standards written by other composers set to orchestration arranged by Batt. Classic...
Utopia with production, arrangement and additional orchestrations by MikeBatt and a guest appearance from Eric Clapton. Lemmy worked with several musicians...
Revisited (1996) – "For Absent Friends" MikeBatt – Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1998) – "Tiger in the Night" MikeBatt with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...
is a song recorded by Alvin Stardust in 1984, written and produced by MikeBatt. The song spent 11 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 7 in...
Yet to Come, followed in February 2021. On 2 September 2022, Tyler and MikeBatt released their duet "Into the Sunset" as a digital single. The track was...
sung by composer MikeBatt. Other artists who sang for The Dreamstone soundtrack included Bonnie Tyler, who recorded a duet with Mike entitled "Into the...
compositions by Octavio Vazquez (Gernika Piano Trio), René-Louis Baron and MikeBatt (performed by Katie Melua), and poems by Paul Eluard (Victory of Guernica)...
The writer and performer of the theme song is MikeBatt, with his first wife Wendy on vocals. MikeBatt also wrote the theme for The Wombles, also produced...
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