Batt was originally looking for an acid-rock band, bass player and a singer capable of singing "jazz and blues in an interesting way".
Others paint him as an opportunist, capable of singing different tunes inside and outside the country and who, in his effort to gain the position he so recently lost as the anointed successor to Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's prime minister since 1981 became deeply compromised.
The Kendal four-piece have many remarkable strings to their bow: two lead singers capable of singing both in falsetto and baritone, an intrinsic understanding of rhythm and groove, a gift for visceral and poetic lyrics.
Give their bellies a poke, and they rhapsodize (with movable lips) like a barbershop quartet, each creature capable of talking, singing, and harmonizing with its friends (Babies "R" Us, 24-30 Union Square East; $12.99).
Capable of singing a phone book and making it go platinum, James Taylor possesses that unique midas touch.
The Life of Ceolfrith, written in about 710, records that only two surviving monks were capable of singing the full offices; one was Ceolfrith and the other a young boy, who according to the anonymous writer had been taught by Ceolfrith.
He is capable of singing in many voices at once, sounding like Noël Coward in one moment and the God of Abraham in the next.
In the early 15th century, wealthy establishments had small choirs capable of singing the turba parts.
Capable of singing anything from Cavalli to Wagner, he may be destined for stardom.
Singers are usually not capable of singing wide leaps, that is to say, notes that are far apart in range.
