Mike Batt “used to wish” he had a voice like Sir Elton John.
The 75-year-old conductor-and-songwriter – who was the musical brains behind children’s group The Wombles – got his big break when he responded to an advert placed by Liberty Records’ Ray Williams, which Elton and his writing partner Bernie Taupin also did, but he thinks their career trajectories were very different as they had such a different vocal sound.
