On 12 March 2007, it was purchased for £ 479 million by a joint venture company, headed by David Richards, John Singers, an American investment banker ; and two Kuwaiti investment companies, Investment Dar and Adeem Investment.

Rolling Stone editor David Fricke wrote that if one wanted to play a single recording that would " epitomize and encapsulate the famed Muscle Shoals Sound ", that record would be " I'll Take You There " by The Staple Singers.

More recently they have included authors Zadie Smith and Salman Rushdie, politician Charles Clarke, journalist Johann Hari, the original members of the Grammy Award-winning a cappella group King's Singers, folk musician John Spiers and comedian David Baddiel.

Uriah Heep recruited bassist Trevor Bolder ( ex-David Bowie, Mick Ronson ) and, after having auditioned David Coverdale ( Deep Purple, Whitesnake ), Ian Hunter and Gary Holton ( Heavy Metal Kids ), brought in John Lawton, formerly of Lucifer's Friend and the Les Humphries Singers, with whom they turned away from fantasy-oriented lyrics and multi-part compositions back toward a more straightforward hard rock sound typical of the era.

* Jens, Tina L. " In His Daughter's Darkling Womb " in Singers of Strange Songs: A Celebration of Brian Lumley, Scott David Aniolowski ( ed.

Noted performers who have covered " Here, There and Everywhere " include Beegie Adair, Clay Aiken, David Benoit, George Benson, Peter Breinholt, Petula Clark, Perry Como, Count Basie Orchestra, John Denver, Céline Dion ( for a George Martin / Beatles tribute album ), Episode Six, Jose Feliciano ( instrumental ), Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders ( instrumental ), Bobbie Gentry, Stéphane Grappelli, Ofra Harnoy, Emmylou Harris, The Flying Pickets, Jay and the Americans, The Lettermen, Locksley, Kenny Loggins ( on Kenny Loggins Alive ), Claudine Longet, John McDermott, Carmen McRae, Olivia Ong, Maaya Sakamoto, George Shearing, The Singers Unlimited, Sissel, Göran Söllscher, Marina Verenikina, and Andy Williams.

Singers who mix rock and pop elements with the traditional songs of the Land of Israel are usually achieving tremendous popularity and considered as leading acts in Israeli music today, singers such as Rita, Shlomo Artzi, Achinoam Nini, Ivri Lider, Aviv Gefen, Dana Berger, Evyatar Banai, Harel Skaat, Ninet Tayeb, Shiri Maimon, Dana International, Sharon Haziz, Mika Karni Roni Duani, David D ' or, Metropolin and many more.

* David Hayes, Music Director of The Philadelphia Singers and Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies at Mannes College The New School for Music

The Demography of Cecil Sharp ’ s Somerset Folk Singers " in Historical Journal: 43 ( 2000 ): 3: 751-75, and " Cecil Sharp in Somerset: Some Reflections on the Work of David Harker " in Folklore 113 ( 2002 ): 11-34 ), were a devastating deconstruction of Dave Harker ’ s " orthodoxy ", charging Harker with having misrepresenting the data and distorted statistics for ideological reasons.

While they were the " Testimonial Singers ", David switched to guitars.

Singers included Zelie de Lussan, Marie Roze, Ben Davies, David Ffrangcon-Davies, Durward Lely and Charles Manners.

The Twilight Singers also performed " On The Corner " on the Late Show with David Letterman on April 26th.

The sessions have been directed over the past two decades by Richard Marlow ( former organist and choirmaster of Trinity College, Cambridge ), Sir David Willcocks ( former choirmaster of King's College, Cambridge and The Bach Choir, London ), Herbert Bock, and most recently by David Hill ( of the BBC Singers, the Bach Choir ) and James Litton ( former director of the American Boychoir ).

The most notable recording artists of the fledgling Asian jazz label, Candid Records Philippines, are the Filipino-British singer-songwriter, Mishka Adams, who had since been migrated to the mainstream Candid U. K. label ; the guitarist-composer, Johnny Alegre with his jazz group, AFFINITY ( whose album was launched in London's PizzaExpress Jazz Club in 2005 ); and Mon David, who won the London International Jazz ( Singers ') Competition in 2006.

Singers who sang live in the studio include Jamie Cullum, Liam Gallagher, David Gray, Jamelia, Texas, Ronan Keating, Bryan Adams, Il Divo, Melanie C, and Russell Watson.

In addition, he recorded albums with Vince Guaraldi for whom he also did some arranging for the Peanuts television specials, Bill Evans, Dizzy Gillespie, Ronnie Cuber, Bob Brookmeyer, Lionel Hampton, Bob Berg, Cecil Payne, Bobby Shew, Phillipe Catherine, Ivan Paduart, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra, Art Farmer, Charles McPherson, David Sánchez, Sheila Jordan, Jane Monheit, King's Singers and Kathleen Battle among others.

Among the world-class stars who have performed here are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter, Wilhelm Kempff, Maurizio Pollini, Yehudi Menuhin, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Martha Argerich, Uto Ughi, Mozarteum Camerata, Ivo Pogorelić, Andras Schiff, Luciano Berio, F. P. Zimmermann, François Thiollier, Paul Badura-Skoda, the King's Singers, Rudolf Buchbinder, Cyprien Katsaris, Joseph Silverstein, Pietro De Maria, Viktoria Mullova, Ulf Hoelscher, David Geringas, Arnulf von Arnim, Timothy Park, Monika Leskovar, Boris Andrianov, Salvatore Accardo, Fazil Say and Hyun-Sun Kim.

In an interview with David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky cites T-Bone Slim as one of his favourite " Wobbly Singers ".< ref >

The Ray Charles Singers are also known for a series of 30 choral record albums produced in the 1950s and 1960s for Essex, MGM, Decca and Command labels.

The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's " farewell concert appearance ", and the concert saw The Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, Bobby Charles, Neil Young and The Staple Singers.

Versions of " This Is My Song " have been recorded by Ronnie Aldrich, the Ray Charles Singers, Ray Conniff and the Singers ( from the This Is My Song album / 1967 ), James Darren, Percy Faith, Connie Francis ( live version ), Bobby Hendricks, Engelbert Humperdinck ( whose " Release Me " succeeded Clark's version of " This Is My Song " at # 1 UK and kept Secombe's version at # 2 ), Morgana King, The Lettermen, James Last, the Patrick Linder and Thilo Wolf Big Band, Mantovani, Lena Martell, Al Martino, Paul Mauriat, Jane McDonald, Jim Nabors, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Vale and Andy Williams.

The song has been recorded by Shirley Collins & Davy Graham ( also by herself and with The Young Tradition ), Marty Haugen, Anonymous 4, Joan Baez, Martyn Bates ( of Eyeless in Gaza ) and Max Eastley, Joan Osborne, Baltimore Consort, Angelo Branduardi ( Italian version titled " Il ciliegio ", French version " Le cerisier ", Spanish version " El cerezo "), the Clancy Brothers ( as " When Joseph Was an Old Man "), Judy Collins, José Feliciano, Emmylou Harris, Mary Hopkin ( as B-side of the single " Mary had a Baby / Cherry Tree Carol "), the King's College Choir, Cindy Kallet, Magpie Lane, Colin Meloy, the Chad Mitchell Trio, Nowell Sing We Clear, Pentangle, Peter Paul and Mary, Jean Ritchie, Casey Stratton, Bob Rowe, John Rutter with the Cambridge Singers, the Poor Clares from New Orleans titled " Cherry Tree Carol " on their album Songs for Midwinter, by the English musician Sting on his 2009 album If on a Winter's Night, by Annie Lennox on her 2010 album A Christmas Cornucopia and by Kerfuffle as " Cherry Tree Carol " on their Midwinter album Lighten the Dark.

Orbison became one of the first recording artists to popularize the Nashville Sound, a trend of country and pop crossover music that used session musicians dubbed the A-Team: guitarists Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Bob Moore ; pianists Floyd Cramer or Hargus " Pig " Robbins ; drummer Buddy Harman ; and backup vocals by the Jordanaires or the Anita Kerr Singers.

* April 11 – The New Musical Express poll winners ' concert takes place featuring performances by The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Kinks, the Searchers, Herman's Hermits, The Anita Kerr Singers, The Moody Blues, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Donovan, Them, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones.

** The Anita Kerr Singers

While at Verve, Kai further experimented with various ensembles, made solo albums, and even an album of country music with the Anita Kerr Singers.

** Anita Kerr for " A Man and a Woman " performed by the Anita Kerr Singers

Reeves played at the sports arena Njårdhallen, Oslo on April 16, 1964 with Bobby Bare, Chet Atkins, the Blue Boys and The Anita Kerr Singers.

The original A-Team includes bassist Bob Moore ; guitarists Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Ray Edenton, and Harold Bradley ; drummer Buddy Harman ; pianists Floyd Cramer and Hargus " Pig " Robbins ; fiddler Tommy Jackson ; steel guitarist Pete Drake ; harmonicist Charlie McCoy ; saxophonist Boots Randolph ; and vocal groups The Jordanaires and The Anita Kerr Singers.

** Anita Kerr for " A Man and a Woman " performed by the Anita Kerr Singers

** Anita Kerr for We Dig Mancini performed by the Anita Kerr Singers

With the Anita Kerr Singers as backup and accompanied by pianist Floyd Cramer, Arnold's rendition became an international success.

His replacement was Louis Nunley, formerly of the Anita Kerr Singers.

* Anita Kerr Singers

* " Forever ", by The Little Dippers ( later known as the Anita Kerr Singers )

Other early remixes were of Lloyd Cole, Dave Howard Singers, Bang Bang Machine, Stump, Higher Intelligence Agency, Sven Vath and Rising High Collective.

Performing at the recording session were Ellington on the piano and doing the narration, 16 of his orchestra members, four vocalists including the Swedish singer Alice Babs, and five choirs: the AME Mother Zion Church Choir, the choirs Of St Hilda's and St. Hugh's School, the Central Connecticut State College Singers, and the Frank Parker Singers.

Other popular exhibits were the various auto manufacturers, the Midway ( filled with nightclubs such as the Old Morocco, where future stars Judy Garland, The Cook Family Singers, and The Andrews Sisters performed ), and a recreation of important scenes from Chicago's history.

Other major awards and honors she received during her career were the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Medal of Honor Award, National Medal of Art, first Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award, named " Ella " in her honor, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement, UCLA Spring Sing.

Prior to being renamed the Vanyar, the First Kindred were referred to in manuscripts as the Lindar (' Singers ').

In ancient times they named themselves Lindar, or " Singers ", because they were known for their fair voices.

Then, he is unexpectedly backed up by a small choir of male singers, all dressed as Canadian Mounties ( several were regular Python performers, while the rest were generally members of an actual singing troupe, such as the Fred Tomlinson Singers in the TV version ).

* Anointed Mims Singers, recording artists who were formerly called Melvin & The Allstars.

Very comfortable in performing their arrangements and songs they perfected on their radio show and performances before joining the Au Go Go Singers, and knowing that Jack Rollins and Charlie Joffe offered the tour based on the Singers ' performance, most of the Bay Singers were hesitant to add another member, but ultimately gave in to Stills.

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R & B singing group.

Dionne's mother, aunts and uncles were members of the Drinkard Singers, the renowned family gospel group and RCA recording artists that frequently performed throughout the New York metropolitan area.

Her first televised performances were in the mid-and late 1950s with the Drinkard Singers on local television stations in New Jersey and New York City.

Among the earliest of the urban folk vocal groups was the Almanac Singers, who were formed specifically for the purpose of popularizing protest music for political ends and whose shifting membership during the early 1940s included Guthrie, Seeger and Lee Hays.

Singers such as Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss and the bluegrass performer Ralph Stanley were featured on the album.

The songs were first published in 1872 in a book entitled Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, by Theodore F. Seward.

In 1871 the student choir went on a fund-raising tour in Europe ; they were the start of the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

The Genesis Gospel Singers were the most widely-known gospel band.

African American spirituals were popularized in the 1890s by Orpheus McAdoo's Jubilee Singers.

Singers like Wilson Pickett and Percy Sledge were especially popular, and inspired South African performers to enter the field with an organ, a bass-and-drum rhythm section and an electric guitar.