In The 1970s Wombles with Mike Batt

The pop charts in the 1970s were full of so many things. So a group dressed up in Womble costume playing instruments and singing is just so natural. The group were just a few guys dressed up and the music of the Wombles came from musician Mike Batt.

Mike Batt was broke when he was asked to write a song for the new TV series The Wombles, which was all bout creatures om Wimbledon Common that cleared rubbish. He was offered in 1973 £200 to make the song.but he decided he would ask them for the musical rights instead. That mad him a wealthy man.

Mike also wrote the No.1 song Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel in 1979 and had a hand in the hits for Steeleye Span with All Around My Hat and Lilac Wine by Elkie Brooks

Mike also wrote the TV theme to BBC Seaside Special called Summertime City which was a big hit too in the 1970s.

Mike Batt Interview

The Wombles started as a book and then became a very popular TV cartoon before crossing over in the charts. Mike Batt wrote and produced the main theme which he extended to make it a No. 4 single in 1973.

The furry creatures continued to have huge chart success with more singles in the next year. The No. 3 hit was Remember You're A Womble which everybody sang along to. The silly creatures continued to chart with  Banana Rock.

The Wombles had several Gold singles and LPs and even had a small hit in the U.S.. The next UK hit was the French style hit Minuetto Allegretto In November that year we were treated to a classic Christmas song with Wombling Merry Christmas.