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All proceeds from Six O’clock will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT). More than 2,000 teenagers are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every year, making it the most common cause of non-accidental death in teens and young adults. The TCT’s mission is to make sure that victims receive the best possible care and support during their treatment.

The Trust funds eight specialist cancer units in NHS hospitals and plans to open 14 more by 2012. It aims to give every young person with cancer - whether it’s leukemia, Hodgkin’s, or any other form of the disease - access to one of the units within the next five years. Each unit cost £2m to set up and all the money comes from donations.

“Teenagers are undergoing growth spurts, their cancers grow faster than those of other age groups, often putting them at greater risk,” said Lucy Jackson of the TCT. “More often than not they get a raw deal. They need specialist care because of the rarity and aggressiveness of the tumours they get and also for the particular psychological and social problems they experience. All donations from the Six O’clock downloads will go towards helping teenagers with cancer and making sure they get the very best treatment.”

More information about the TCT’s work is available at www.teenagecancertrust.org, where you can also buy tickets for a series of concerts headlined by Paul Weller, the Fratellis and, Muse and our very own Carparts at the Royal Albert Hall in April.

CREDITS

Composed by

Richard Watson - vocals

David Shaw

Musicians

Mike Rutherford - Clutch plate guitar

Kenney Jones - Wheel rim drums

Academy of Contemporary Music musicians

Nick Roberts

Kerry Edwards

Stacey Edwards

Sebastien Goodwin-Day

Tom Kent

National Symphony Orchestra musicians

Suzi Li - Fender bass

Phil Todd - Small transverse flute

Justin Pearson - Spike fiddle

Production

Paul "Dub" Walton

Harry Rutherford

Arrangement

Tim Woods

Management

Nick Rufford

Jeremy Hart

STAR PARTS

Kenney Jones

Born in 1948 in Stepney, East London, Kenney Jones is best known as a drummer with Small Faces, Faces and the Who. He shot to fame in 1965, aged just 17, when the Small Faces’ debut single Whatcha Gonna Do About It reached number 14 in the UK charts.

As part of the Sixties Mod scene, Small Faces went on to clock up a string of hits with songs such as Itchycoo Park, Tin Soldier and the concept album Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake. When Steve Marriott, the lead singer and guitarist, quit the band in 1969, Jones went on to found Faces with the remaining members, plus Rod Stewart on vocals and Ron Wood, of the Rolling Stones, on guitar, staying with the band until its split in 1976.

Three years later he found himself drumming for The Who after Keith Moon, the band’s original drummer, was found dead. In 2001 he formed a new band, the Jones Gang, with Rick Wills, of Foreigner, and Robert Hart, of Bad Company, and together they clocked up a number one chart hit, Angel, in the United States in 2006.

Mike Rutherford

Mike Rutherford, born in 1950 in Guildford, Surrey, is a founder member of Genesis and also fronted Mike and the Mechanics. He attended Charterhouse School, in Godalming, Surrey, where he formed Genesis with fellow pupils, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips and Chris Stewart. Rutherford started out as bassist then became the band’s guitarist, also experimenting with the double-neck guitar and various Moog synthesizers as the band moved from a more conventional pop sound into progressive rock.

Various members came and went over the years and Phil Collins joined the band initially as drummer in 1970 but became the lead singer when Gabriel left in 1975. As part of Genesis, Rutherford has sold more than 150million albums worldwide, including Nursery Cryme (1971), Foxtrot (1972), Duke (1980), Abacab (1981) and Invisible Touch, the band’s best selling album in 1986. Rutherford also recorded two solo albums before founding Mike and the Mechanics in 1985, which had a number one hit in the United States (number two in the UK) in 1989 with The Living Years. Last year, Genesis regrouped to tour Europe and North America and a live DVD is expected later this year.

Research by Emma Smith

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