WATCH: Wolverhampton's Beverley Knight lends voice to NHS campaign song
Performers have joined together with Wolverhampton singer Beverley Knight and TV star Dr Ranj Singh to lead a viral campaign backing the NHS.
A team of singers, musicians, producers, gospel and community choirs, and video editors from across the UK have come together to remotely record a cover of ‘Lean On Me’ by Bill Withers.
The idea first came together via brothers Dominic and Alexander Lyon from Young Guns Entertainment, who brought together friends in the industry to coordinate and produce the song and video.
Wolverhampton's Beverley Knight has become an ambassador, bringing on board Joss Stone to lend her vocals to the track.
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Beverley said: “I was asked to come on board by Dom and Al who I had worked with previously and as someone who has at least a third of my entire family working for the NHS, I didn’t only feel compelled, I felt that it was an absolute obligation to get on board and to try to help others as much as I can.”
NHS Relief have also recruited doctor, television presenter, author and columnist - Dr Ranj Singh - who has joined to lend his weight and support from the perspective of a member working with the NHS on the frontline.
He added: “The NHS is a big part of my life and I know how important it is and how important it is right now. Anything we can do to boost morale and make people on the frontline feel more appreciated is vital, because they're doing an incredible job for all of us. This is a really lovely thing to do for them in return.”
The song has been recorded across 30 studios by producer Ben Mitchell and Billie Godfrey, with more than 100 voices, all in isolation, and is the first time a track and video has been coordinated using remote studios on this kind of global scale.
The song also features vocals from Stephen Bowman from Blake - who suffered severely from Covid-19 for three weeks - but emerged just in time to perform on the track.
