Corrie's Carla Connor hopes Frank Bruno's voice bags Christmas No1 for charity single

Former boxer Frank Bruno is conscionable 1 of the personage heavyweights adding his dependable to a festive azygous to rise wealth for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Frank, 63, who sings successful an awesome baritone voice, has precocious hopes for the screen of The Beatles’ All You Need is Love, saying: “I privation a No1 opus to adhd to my CV!”

Formidable arsenic mill brag Carla Connor successful Coronation Street, histrion Alison King, 51, told The Mirror: “My dependable is awful, but possibly they tin conscionable dub implicit that with Frank Bruno!

“It’s a large cause. If GOSH wasn't there, things would beryllium precise different. It's a beauteous happening to beryllium portion of. A spot of airy food astatine Christmas!”

The personage supergroup, besides featuring EastEnder Charlie Brooks, who play Janine Butcher; Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace from The Chase; Hear’Say vocalist and ex-Emmerdale prima Suzanne Shaw and panto favourite Christopher Biggins, among others, sang their hearts retired for the single, proceeds from which volition spell towards the hospital’s caller children’s crab centre.

It was peculiarly poignant for Anne Hegerty - The Governess connected the deed ITV quiz amusement - arsenic her small member was treated successful the world celebrated London children’s infirmary erstwhile helium was younger.

“He’s good present truthful they indispensable person fixed him,” she joked.

And she impressed her chap celebrities astatine the signaling astatine the Metropolis Studio successful Chiswick, West London, with her fabulous voice.

"It’s OK, I tin transportation a tune," Anne, 66, grinned, modestly. "I bash bask singing. Whenever I bash panto, which is astir each Christmas now, I ever go, ‘can I person a song?’. I sing successful the ablution mostly, truthful it's bully to travel on and sing successful a workplace for charity. And to beryllium taken adjacent somewhat earnestly alternatively than radical saying, ‘What are you doing here?’"

Ex-world heavyweight champ, Frank, added: “We are successful a satellite wherever determination are truthful galore appeals for fundraising each implicit the world, but Great Ormond Street is simply a peculiar spot for maine arsenic they execute miracles.

“This opus is simply a classical that has stood the trial of clip and now, hopefully, volition person a full caller audience.

“The video was amusive to marque - though I was struggling with the balloons going successful each the incorrect directions! It was a large enactment atmosphere.”

Charlie Brooks, 43, who brought her puppy, Flo, to the recording, agreed with his sentiments, saying: "I'm blessed to beryllium giving my clip and my voice, adjacent though they mightiness not beryllium thanking me!"

In the UK, crab is the biggest slayer of children aged 1 to 14 - claiming the lives of 5 children a week.

GOSH’s caller Children’s Cancer Centre, which is presently successful the readying stages, volition connection 20% much capacity, meaning a greater fig of children volition beryllium fixed life-saving treatment.

On-site accommodation volition besides beryllium built for parents and siblings of children successful the caller captious attraction unit.

And determination volition beryllium amended acquisition opportunities, with dedicated areas for antithetic property groups, truthful young patients don’t autumn down with their schoolhouse work.

The infirmary besides wants to springiness a lifeline to families facing fewer attraction options, with amended entree to objective trials and much effectual treatments with little semipermanent broadside effects.

Ex-Sugababes vocalist Jade Ewen, 36, who represented the UK successful the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest earlier joining the girlband, has worked with GOSH before.

Recalling a clip erstwhile she met immoderate children from GOSH backstage erstwhile she was playing Princess Jasmine successful Aladdin, she said: “I person a peculiar brushed spot for children.

“I retrieve 1 small miss whose implicit imagination it was to conscionable Princess Jasmine.

“She was an angel, I couldn’t halt hugging her. But the astir touching happening was watching her mum and dada seeing her unrecorded her dream. They couldn’t halt crying, it was truthful emotional.”

Christopher Biggins, 75, a semipermanent protagonist of the hospital, said: “Great Ormond Street is simply a fantastic organisation that needs truthful overmuch money.

“Nowadays, each foundation needs to bash something, arsenic raising wealth is truthful difficult.

“Years ago, it was casual to rise a cardinal pounds. But present it truly is difficult, and charities endure badly.

“But GOSH is specified a bully charity, truthful let’s anticipation we get a fewer pennies for them.”

Packing a punch with his entreaty for donations, Frank Bruno added: “I’m urging the British nationalist to download this song.

“It’s bully to assistance kids who request a spot of peculiar attention, particularly astatine Christmas, truthful let’s get down the song.”

Download The Celebs’ All You Need Is Love for 99p from Friday November 29 astatine https://li.sten.to/celebs24 . Every penny raised volition spell towards Great Ormond Street Hospital’s caller Children’s Cancer Centre. Find retired much astatine www.gosh.org/the-childrens-cancer-centre .