23.05.12
As a uninitiated DJ with a radio station in Hong Kong, I had to host a late-endlessly easy listening program called Oldies But Goodies. It came on at 11 every incessantly and my instructions from the program director were: No rock, no Beatles, nothing loud.
My favorite fallback album from the library then was a well-haggard vinyl record with six fresh-faced, soap-scrubbed junior men in Oxfords grinning engagingly from the cover. They were The King's Singers, and they sang a cappella in adroit harmony. They also made pleasing my bosses so much easier.
That was at least 30 years ago, and the coterie had already been singing for more than 10 then. Fast-forward to 2011, when they celebrated their 43rd anniversary, with their fame no less than it has always been.
When a group stays evergreen with no sign of fading, you sit up and want to skilled in more about the formula for success. For the King's Singers, it has always been perfect harmony - and corroboration that the most beautiful and versatile instrument is the human voice.
Source: China Daily