A book to raise funds for BBC Children in Need:
Remember the book “The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex” from Oct. of 2015 that Paul McCartney, One Direction and many other celebrity authors contributed to?
The cover of the book which lists the contributors:
The back cover of the book:
A small excerpt of Paul’s contribution. You will need to get the book to read the rest of his story and the other contributors….
From the Allbookstores.com website:
The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex
“One Direction’s collaboration with Sir Paul McCartney resulted in the creation of The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex, a children’s book aimed at raising awareness for the Children in Need charity. The book features One Direction as frogs and includes contributions from various celebrities, including Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, and Rod Stewart. The proceeds from the book’s sale go directly to support the Children in Need charity.”
AMAZON DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK:
“For the first time ever some of the most famous names in music, sport and show business have got together for a game of consequences to raise money for the BBC Children in Need Appeal. Each participating celebrity has written a section armed only with the information of the main character a half-girl, half-dinosaur called Fi-Rex and with only the final line of the previous part. This unique idea has resulted in a hilarious tale which twists and turns like no other from which we will raise thousands of pounds for BBC Children in Need.“
An additional internet description of the book:
“An incredible tale written as a game of consequences where each section has been written by different celebrity authors. As a result this fantastic story is hilarious, unique and thrilling all at the same time – and the celebrity guest authors show their true brilliant colours within each of their sections.“
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Sir Paul McCartney turns One Direction into frogs for Children In Need book | Contactmusic.com
AMAZON US:
The Curious Tale of Fi-Rex: 9780992872885: Amazon.com: Books
AMAZON UK:
PAUL McCARTNEY AND NICKY HOPKINS & CHILDREN IN NEED-AN EARLIER FUNDRAISING VENTURE!
Much is known about Nicky Hopkins marvelous session work with both John Lennon and George Harrison following the breakup of the Beatles. Not as much is known, especially in the United States about a charity single written by keyboard player Nicky Hopkins and Craig Mathieson in the late 80’s. Paul McCartney not only produced the track but played bass on it as well. It was recorded at Paul’s Sussex studio.
The proceeds of the single were to go to the BBC sponsored “Children in Need” project. The charity is for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK and the BBC has helped with this charity since 1980 and they have raised nearly a billion pounds in those years according to this Wikipedia source:
The drummer on the track was Woody Woodmansey who was the drummer for many early Bowie albums. With the death of David Bowie in January of 2016, Woodmansey became the last surviving member of the Spiders from Mars group ensemble.
I was able to locate and purchase a copy of this charity single at the Discogs music search service. This is the front cover of the 45:
Hope you enjoyed this blog piece about the BBC’s wonderful attempts through many significant musical personalities to raise funds for Children in Need!
Be healthy and be happy!
Buzz
Thanks for sharing! It took me years in the States, but I finally got a hold of this 45 last year and I really enjoyed it. I even asked Tom Frangione to play it on his show Way Beyond Compare on on Sirius XM’s Beatles Channel so others could hear it. I did not know about the book!