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The Wombles (band)

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319:, Batt stated: "I kept the momentum going by changing the style of the records. I used it as an exercise in teaching myself to arrange music...The Wombles were perfect for me because the very necessity to have to change from single to single, style to style...meant I could be as adventurous as I wanted. It was uncool but it was fun, and fun is often uncool...People remember it now with a lot more affection than I got for it at the time." 1607:
as a novelty, but he could actually play and arrange at a staggering level, and that really excited me as a young musician. He wasn't just knocking out 'novelty' songs, they were beautifully crafted vignettes and the number of hits The Wombles had cemented that fact, and hammered it home that Batt was one of the best songwriters our country had to offer".
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was recorded for their independently released eighth album. Lead singer Scott Doonican, in a local radio interview, stated that "Mike Batt was the soundtrack to my childhood. He was, in my mind, the English equivalent of Brian Wilson. I think many of his generation initially, unfairly, wrote him off
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Although Batt was sensitive about the legacy of the band for a long time, more recently he has talked of their music with pride. In a 2008 interview, he said: "It is hard to be taken seriously with the Wombles hanging around my neck like a furry anvil." In a programme with
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A song called "Wombling U.S.A.", written specifically to break into the American market, was recorded in 1975 but was not released until 2000 when it was included on the cassette version of "
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When appearing as a band, the Wombles were always played by experienced musicians dressed in full costume. Batt continued to perform as Orinoco, regularly accompanied by drummer
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and commissioned Batt to write the theme song. He waived the flat fee for writing a single song and instead secured the rights to write songs under the name 'The Wombles'.
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on the BBC in 2010 Batt pointed out that, in balance, the Wombles also served as a "furry balloon" as it gave him his first chart success. In 2021, interviewed by
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amongst others. A rather tongue-in-cheek representation of the anti-celebrity in the form of
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jokingly referred to them as the "furriest (and possibly the tidiest) act... are natives of
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to poke fun at a host of British and American celebrities and politicians, including
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tapes from The Wombles' recording sessions so that the band's music could not be
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dressed as Wellington. Both had previously recorded with Batt. On one edition of
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group, featuring musicians dressed as the characters from the children's TV show
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Tim and Andy Renton, who had worked with Batt in the latter incarnation of
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The band released several albums and singles. All four studio albums went
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Wellington Womble – "Rainmaker" / The Wombles – "Wombling in the Rain"
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commercial. Later released as a single it reached 57 on the charts".
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The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums
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Underground, Overground – The Ultimate Wombles Collection
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Charts, peaking as high as No. 55 during August of 1974.
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I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Merry Christmas Every Day
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joining them as a guest guitarist for the final song.
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wrote and also performed many commercially successful
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Tobermory (Simon Chandler-Honnor) – piano, keyboards
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In 2011, the band played at 440: 395:Madame Cholet (Rex Morris) – saxophone 196:, and four of the singles reached the 2118:Musical groups disestablished in 1976 1919:"Wombles re-form to play Glastonbury" 1831:from the original on 14 December 2021 1827:. Word In Your Ear. 12 January 2021. 1654:. Omnibus Press. pp. 1203–1204. 1578:The Yorkshire-based comedy folk band 535:Format: 12" vinyl/CD/Compact Cassette 263:also donned the costumes, along with 7: 1707:Phil Hardy & Dave Laing (1988). 1580:The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican 414:Eric Bulger – keyboards, saxophone, 2108:Bands with fictional stage personas 2113:Musical groups established in 1973 1254:"Superwomble" / "The Orinoco Kid" 426:Simon DeMarco - the local postie, 183:acquired the television rights to 14: 1627:McCormick, Neil (10 April 2008). 680:The Wombles (3 Record Collection) 408:Amy Adkins – percussion, violin, 142:. 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Index

Wimbledon Common
Novelty
bubblegum pop
pop rock
CBS Records
Mike Batt
Chris Spedding
Clem Cattini
Jack Rothstein
Eddie Mordue
Robin Le Mesurier
novelty pop
The Wombles
Elisabeth Beresford
Mike Batt
singles
albums
theme tune
British Hit Singles & Albums
Wimbledon Common
The Glastonbury Festival
Filmfair
The Wombles
gold
Top 10
UK Singles Chart
I Wish It Could Be a Wombling Merry Christmas Every Day
Billboard Hot 100
Cilla Black
Bernard Cribbins

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