King's Singers

The King's Singers is an English a capella vocal group, which was founded in 1968 by members of the King's College Choir in Cambridge. The repertoire ranges from the Middle Ages via Renaissance music, Bach and Burt Bacharach to pop music. Often their own arrangements are performed.

The King's Singers is one of the world's most popular vocal groups. Most performances take place in the US and Europe. Their style is characterized by academically trained performance, with a harmonic blend and balance of the different voices, pure tone production, perfectly executed rhythms and often humorous texts. Over the years, 21 people have been part of the ensemble. Although they sing only a capella during concerts, some recordings feature accompaniment, for example a single guitar or a lute, sometimes a larger instrumental ensemble such as on Out of the Blue (1974). Keep on Changing from 1975 is a pop album with vocal arrangements of various contemporary hits from that period.

1970 The King's Singers
1971 By Appointment
1973 Deck the Hall: Songs for Christmas
1974 The King's Singers Madrigal Collection
1974 Out of the Blue
1975 Keep on Changing
1976 The King's Singers Swing
1977 Sing Flanders & Swann and Noël Coward
1980 New Day
1980 Victorian Collection
1984 Madrigal History Tour
1986 The Beatles Connection
1989 America
1993 Good Vibrations
1993 Here's a Howdy Do!