Another bloke who could do the same kind of thing was Peter Dawson.

Coincidentally, I was listening to Peter Dawson this morning - his were some of the old 78rpm records I used to listen to as a child on my grandparents' gramophone in the early 50s. I still love his voice, and he was a fine bass-baritone singer. He was renowned for diction and I was told once that he used to turn his back to the audience at a concert, take out his teeth and then sing! Whether that's true or not I don't know - but it's a great story!