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In 2004, a home produced single and video released in support of Battersea Dogs Home, entered the UK national charts. Due to worldwide demand, Rockford’s Christmas Song has been re-released and has now won over MTV and HMVdigital.com (where it will be a recommended 49p download from 15.12.06).
Rockford is back!
Due to popular demand, “Christmas Morning (Rockford's Christmas Song)” is now available on line and in good high street music stores. Fans can also preview the great CGI animated video at Rockford's amazing new interactive website: www.rockfordsrockopera.com
To see Rockford’s Christmas video now FREE visit: http://www.rockfordsrockopera.com/video/rockfords-christmas.asp
Rockford and his Christmas song are not the manufactured creation of a multinational record company. The song was originally recorded for fun and with no budget in the home of Matthew Sweetapple to help Battersea Dogs Home at Christmas.
Then a music business legend came calling.
Music business guru (and the man behind bands such like Manfred Mann, Motorhead, Uriah Heep, and, not coincidentally, the immortal Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band), Gerry Bron, originally heard Rockford’s Christmas by chance and was immediately enchanted. “As soon as I heard Rockford’s songs and saw his videos I realised that we were dealing with a major creative force and I immediately wanted to sign him. Rockford however had other ideas – he wanted to star in his own Internet Rock Opera. He drives a hard bargain."
Forget Pop Idol. Think Pup Idol.
Fiona Healey-Hutchinson, Director of Fundraising at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, says: “We are delighted Rockford is back. Rockford is a fun alternative to the music that traditionally dominates the Christmas charts. Why go for a manufactured ‘Pop Idol’ when you can have an animated, ‘Pup Idol’ instead! Everyone here has fallen for his charms and with all profits going to the Home, we recognise his huge potential for raising funds for the Home.”
Rockford’s Rock Opera, with many more songs, videos and a narrated hour long story is available as a FREE audio stream and as a FREE podcast from: www.rockfordsrockopera.com.
Copies of Rockford’s Christmas CD and images of Rockford/Rockford’s Rock Opera are also available. A limited quantity are also available for prizes and good causes.
Note from the editor: This is one of the most fun and rewarding fundraising websites I've seen in a long time.
It's both work safe and apparently child safe and tells quite a magical story.
Check out Rockford's Rock Opera
About Battersea Dogs and Cats Home
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home provides temporary shelter, veterinary, behavioural and animal care to lost and abandoned dogs and cats, while finding them new homes, or reuniting lost animals with their owners. The mission of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is to rescue, reunite, rehabilitate and rehome the lost and abandoned dogs and cats which come into its care.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has three centres: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London, Battersea at Old Windsor in Berkshire and Battersea at Brands Hatch in Kent. For further information on Battersea Dogs Home log on to www.dogshome.org
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