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The King's Singers: Tiny Desk Concert

The storied vocal ensemble brings close harmony singing to a diverse set list that includes a Beatles tune and a bawdy madrigal from the 1500s.
The King's Singers perform a Tiny Desk Concert on April 19, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR).

Fifty years ago, a group of six guys walked on a London stage to perform for the first time as The King's Singers. They were choral scholars and graduates from King's College, part of England's venerable

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