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Over 30 Stars & Celebrities from Music, Stage & Screen team up with Debbie Curtis to record this 2 track Single

Now on Pre-Release Order at iTunes : Release Date 8th December 2013

Also at Amazon MP3 from 8/12 : (Video Releases 15th December)

In Aid of VIVA! Registered Charity Number 1037486‘An International Voice For Animals’

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/talk-to-the-animals-single/id730566929

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Track 1: Talk To The AnimalsFrom the Original Doctor Dolittle Film Starring Rex Harrison

With ‘The Debbie Curtis Radio Big Band’ isrc GBWCA1300026 PPL id 639075498

Track 2: All The SameOriginal & Contemporary, Written By Debbie Curtis & Chris Baker

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Video Trailers Now Live At YouTube : User DCRBB

The VoicesIn No Particular Order!

Jerome FlynnActor & Singer : Robson & Jerome, Unchained Melody, Ripper Street, Game Of Thrones, Soldier Soldier, Aint Misbehavin, Badger, Best, Tommy Cooper in Jus’ Like That, Rude Tales, …………..

Hazel O’ConnorSinger, Songwriter, Actress : Breaking Glass, Eighth Day, D-Days, Will You, Jangles, Fighting Back………..

Dave SpikeyComedian, Actor, Writer, Film Producer : Phoenix Nights, Dead Man Weds, 8 out of 10 Cats…………

Hayley MillsActress Bafta & Golden Globe : Tiger Bay, The Parent Trap, Wild at Heart……………….

Carol RoyleActress : Life Without George, Heartbeat, Blake’s 7, Casualty, The Professionals……………..

Sophie Shaw (Daughter of Actor Martin Shaw : Judge John Deed, The Professionals…Actress & Singer : Blue Harlem, Ronnie Scott’s, Doctors, Holby City, Piccadilly Cowboy, West End………...

Josef BrownActor & Dancer : Currently In Neighbours. An Officer & A Gentleman, Dirty Dancing………..

Cindy JacksonBest Selling Author & TV Personality, Cosmetic Surgery Addict, Guinness Book Of Records Holder

Jenny SeagroveActress : Jo Mills In Judge John Deed, A Woman Of Substance, Local Hero……………..

Jilly JohnsonSinger, Model, Novelist : Blonde On Blonde, Daily Mirror’s 1st Topless Model, Double Exposure……

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Anneka SvenskaTV Presenter, Actress, Animal Expert : Eden in Out There, Brainiac, Eastenders…………….

Uri GellerMystical Spoon Bending Psychic, Magician & TV Personality

Dale Vince OBEThe New Age Traveller, now Green Energy Tycoon, who founded & runs Ecotricity!

Simon O’BrienActor, Radio Presenter : Damon Grant In Brookside, Fraggle Rock, Do I Know That, Grange Hill

David HamiltonRadio & TV Presenter : Radio 1 (Diddy David Hamilton) …… 12,000 + Radio Shows, 1000+ TV

Janey Lee GraceRadio/TV Presenter, Singer : Co Host BBC Radio 2 ‘ Steve Wright In The Afternoon’ Cola Boy, George Michael, Boy George, Kim Wilde……………….

Sonya FitzpatrickTV/Radio Personality, Pet Psychic : Animal Planet’s The Pet Psychic, Animal Intuition…………….

Macka BReggae Artist : Roots Ragga, Here Comes Trouble, Squeeze Me… The Wailers, Lee Perry, Burning Spear…

Jared PaulUSA Slam Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Legendary On & Off Stage

Virginia McKennaOlivia Award, BAFTA & Golden Globe Actress : A Town Like Alice, Carve Her Name With Pride, Born Free, The King and I ……………………

CJ de MooiActor, Quizzer, Model : BBC TV ‘Eggheads’ panellist and renowned knowledge challenger! First Movie Forthcoming…………………

David Van DaySinger & Media Personality : Guys N Dolls, Dollar, Bucks Fizz, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here ……

Sue MoxleyTV Presenter, Model, Beauty Editor, Singer. Sun Columnist, Sue Moxley Brand Makeup, So Would You Dump Me Now …………………

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Alan FordActor. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Bill, Exorcist’ The Beginning, The Long Good Friday, Law & Order, Knowing Me Knowing You………………….

Owen PaulSinger ‘My Favourite Waste Of Time’ Mike & The Mechanics, Ex Simple Minds

Vince HillLegendary Crooner, Song Writer, Drama Writer, Edelweiss, Tolpuddle, Parade Of The Pops, The Rivers Run Dry, Take Me To Your Heart Again, Roses Of Picardy…………..

Harry StoneMusical Theatre, Actor. The Tempest, Cole Porter in ‘You’re the Top’ West Side Story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, (Jeremy) Oklahoma, Eastenders………………..

Sue CookTV & Radio Presenter. Capital Radio, BBC Nationwide, Breakfast Time, Children In Need, Out Of Court, Crimewatch, Pebble Mill At One………………………

Ziggie Sky WardMusical Theatre, Actress & Singer : Backing Vocalist for DCRBB, Touring Shows, TV Commercials, London Palladium, Her Majesty’s, ………………………

Bob KingsleyVoiceover Artist : The recognizable voice of countless Radio & TV Commercials for over 30 years………..

Liza GoddardActress, TV Personality : Skippy The Bush Kangaroo, Take Three Girls, Take Three Women, Ooh..You Are Awful, The Brothers, Minder, Yes Honestly, Pig In The Middle, Doctor Who, Wild West…………….

Kerry EllisThe First Lady Of West End Musicals! Musical Theatre Actress & Singer : My Fair Lady, We Will Rock You, Les Miserables, Wicked, Oliver, Miss Saigon, Chess, The War Of The Worlds, Rent, Wicked In Rock, The Born Free Tour…………………….

Polly BrowneSinger : Pickettywitch, That Same Old Feeling, Sweet Dreams………….

Anthony HaighwayDirector of Wolf Watch UK. Famous for his home estate with rescued wolves.

Trevor Weeks MBEWildlife Wefare & Rescue Specialist, ITV1 British Animal Honours Local Charity of the Year 2013…..

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Ellie HarrisonArtist & Campaigner

Susan JamesonActress : Coronation Street, Take Three Girls, New Tricks, Grandpa In My Pocket, Close and True, Doctor Who, All In Good Faith, To Serve Them All My Days ………………….

Alexandra BastedoActress : Eastenders, The Champions, Batman Begins, Beyond Reasonable Doubt…………..

Victoria EisermannModel & TV Personality : Magazines & TV commercials etc. Perhaps now best known as the first person ever to be kicked off of Big Brother!

Pola PospieszalskaPolish Pop Singer & Songwriter now based in London!

Sarah-Jane HoneywellTV Presenter, Actress, Dancer, Acrobat/Aerialist, Singer : Cbeebies, Love & Magic, Believe In Magic…….

Terry Ackland-SnowFilm Set & Production Designer : Batman, Harry Potter, Aliens, Rocky Horror Picture Show……………..

Juliet GellatleyFounder & Director of VIVA! The beneficiary charity of this production!

The Musicians

Glenn Tilbrook (Guitar On Talk To The Animals)Singer, Songwriter, Musician : Squeeze – Up The Junction, Black Coffee In Bed, Cool For Cats……………

Mark White (Trumpet Solo’s on Talk To The Animals & All The Same)BBC Big Band, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Robbie Williams, Rod Stewart, Jamie Cullum……

The Debbie Curtis Radio Big Band (Talk To The Animals)The UK’s Top Big Band Orchestra :-Trumpets: Martin Shaw, Bob Cutting, Mark White, Richard FreemanSaxes: Loren Hignell, Mark Allaway, Ronnie Mackie, Horace Cardew, Eddie MordueTrombones : Andy Flaxman, Cliff Hardie, David Pearce, Robin TurnerPiano : Andy Rumble. Bass: Paul Morgan. Drums : Bob Howard : Percussion Colin Watson

All The Same : Debbie Curtis, Chris Baker, John Clements, Barry Everitt, Mark White

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Debbie CurtisOrganiser : www.debbiecurtis.co.uk

Debbie and her staff at DCRBB Music have spent 10 months putting ‘Big Band Aid’ together, contacting the celebs, organising recording dates and travelling a zillion miles up and down and across the UK with a portable studio to record each of the contributors individually, in dressing rooms, hotels, offices and homes. Debbie wore out a set of car tyres, burned out an alternator and blew up her air conditioning in the process!

Debbie did her first gig with her father Eddie’s big band aged just 7, by 18 she had turned professional and was working with the legendry Ten Years After guitarist Alvin lee on her first solo album with her then band Platinum Blonde! Debbie went on to release a jazz funk album with backing band the Gangsters Of The Groove and had success with a number of singles released from the album. She has studied Fine Art and Music, specializing in music from 1938 – 1950 and Cuban Rhythm’s, she later went on to study The Psychology of Criminal Profiling, which she says gave her some great food for thought when it came to writing lyrics.

Debbie is a Big Band MD, arranger, conductor and composer for film, theatre and television. She is a talented pianist, guitarist, arranger and score writer for Big Bands and small ensembles.

Debbie took over her father’s Big Band, now The Debbie Curtis Radio Big Band, when he passed away and performs and records in venues including The London Palladium, Pinewood Studios, Shepperton, BBC TV and Radio and also at international events.

Debbie has worked with many artists including Joan Rivers, Jools Holland, Jonathan Ross, Chris Evans, Glen Tilbrook, Corey Conradi to name but a few and has recently composed, produced and edited the TV Music and Theme for the television series History of The World starring Warren Clarke.

Her other interests include the spiritual side of life, which she says is all about leading a good ethical and moral life. Debbie is an avid supporter of animal charities and animal welfare, often speaking out against the unethical treatment of animals – she has a small menagerie and is a vegetarian, she has also written for The National History Press on Big Band and Dance Band history, and at present has just begun to study for a Private Pilot’s License.

VIVA!The Beneficiary www.viva.org.uk

Viva! campaigns for a vegetarian/vegan world because most farmed animals spend their short and miserable lives in the filth of factory farms and are killed with sickening barbarity – see here

We expose this abuse by secretly going inside these shameful places and filming the suffering – publicising it with nationwide campaigns that bring about change.

Viva! monitors the latest research from all over the world on the environment and development issues and argues for change with hard science.

Viva! organises demonstrations and imaginative local campaigns to ensure the public know what’s happening in their area.

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Viva! provides all the information and support necessary to help people change their diet because the best way to protect animals is to stop eating them.

Viva! needs your support to end the shame of animal suffering, to protect the planet and stop the killing.

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The LyricsTalk to The Animals Original Lyrics & Music : Leslie Bricusse. Arrangement : Eddie Curtis & Debbie Curtis. Lyrics Adapted By Debbie CurtisProduced By Nigel Ward & Debbie Curtis

If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it,Jerome Flynn Chattin' with a chimp in chimpanzee,Susan Jameson Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah,Owen Paul Carol Royle

What a neat achievement it would be,Hazel O’Connor

If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages,Hayley Mills Sue Cook & Debbie Curtis

Maybe Take an animal degree,Harry Stone I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle, Liza Goddard David Van Day

Alligator, guinea pig, and flea,Dave Spikey & CJ de Mooi

I would converse in polar bear and python,Jerome Flynn Alan Ford

And I would curse in fluent kangaroo,Hazel O’Connor If people ask me "can you speak rhinoceros?"Sophie Shaw I'd say "of courserous, Why can't you?"Trevor Weeks Bob Kingsley If I conferred with our furry friends, man to animal,Jerome Flynn Jerome Flynn & Debbie Curtis

Think of the amazing reparteeZiggie Sky Ward

If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals,Uri Geller David Van Day

Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals,Jerome Flynn, Carol Royle, Sophie Shaw & Debbie Curtis

And they could sing and speak to meKerry Ellis

If I consult with the quadrupeds

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Bob Kingsley

Think what fun we’d have, Asking for the crocodiles for tea!Simon O’Brien David Hamilton

Or maybe lunch with three lions, walrus and sea lionsVirginia McKenna Dave Spikey & Debbie Curtis

What a lovely place the world would be!Hayley Mills Sue Moxley

If I spoke slang to orang-utans, the advantagesMacka B Any fool on earth could plainly see!Janey Lee Grace & Debbie Curtis

Discussing Eastern art and dramasUri Geller

With intellectual llamasSusan Jameson

That’s a big step forward you’ll agree!Virginia McKenna

I’d learn to speak, in antelope and turtleHazel O’Connor

And Pekinese would be extremely goodJuliet Gellatley

If I were asked to sing in hippopotamusOwen Paul

I’d say “whynotamous?” and I would!Vince Hill

If I could parlay with pachydermsCJ de Mooi

It’s a fairy tale worthy of Hans Anderson and GrimmJerome Flynn & Hazel O’Connor & Debbie Curtis

And one who walks with the animals, talks with the animalsKerry Ellis

Grunts and squeaks and squawks with the animals, Ha HaJerome Flynn, Liza Goddard, Dale Vince, Terry Ackland-Snow & Debbie Curtis Vince Hill

And they would sing with meOwen Paul & Ziggie Sky Ward & Debbie Curtis

And if you just stop to think of it, there's no doubt of itBob Kingsley Alexandra Bastedo

Our attitudes are so last centuryDavid Hamilton

If I could walk with the animalsSophie Shaw

Talk with the animalsJaney Lee Grace

Grunt and squeak and squawk with the animalsJerome Flynn, Hazel O’Connor, Harry Stone, Liza Goddard, CJ de Mooi, Anthony Haighway & Debbie Curtis

And they would say ‘Set me Free’Jerome Flynn, Hazel O’Connor, Ellie Harrison & Debbie Curtis

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All The SameWords & Music By Debbie Curtis & Chris Baker : Slam Poetry By Jared PaulProduced By Chris Baker & Debbie Curtis

It’s all the same birdsHarry Stone

All the same beesPaulina Pospieszalska

It’s all the same fruitCindy Jackson

From the same treeSue Moxley

It’s all the same heart, beating withinHarry Stone

It’s all the same skinSarah-Jane Honeywell

It’s all the same footprint, Left in the sandJosef Brown

It’s all the same mammal, All the same manJuliet Gellatley Jilly Johnson

It’s all the same pathway, All the same bendsJenny Seagrove Annika Svenska

All the same endsVictoria Eisermann & Ziggie Sky Ward

So what’s the difference between us allAll

It’s nothing much and it’s very smallPolly Browne

They have a right to be, as much as weAll

It’s all the same lifeDavid Van Day & Debbie Curtis

It’s all the same eyes, all the same glowPolly Browne & Ziggie Sky Ward

Seeing the sun, watching the snowJenny Seagrove

It’s all the same rainbow for them to followDavid Van Day

Its all the same world, for their tomorrowJosef Brown & Sarah Jane Honeywell

Imagine Your Dog, Imagine Your CatButchered Like Cattle, Then Hung From A RackImagine Your Cat, Imagine Your DogLiving Hell On Earth, In A Factory Farm

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Debeaked like a chicken, alive and awakeWith no anaesthetic but a searing hot blade.It’s all the same life, so why don’t we care?Why’s torture wrong for our pets but for livestock it’s fair?Its a factory farm,Jared Paul

Where ever you run, you can’t hideAll

Let your conscience be your guidePolly Browne

Love is the message so get on boardAll

It’s all the same lifeHarry Stone, Chris Baker

It’s all the same earthPaulina Pospieszalska

All the same skyAnneka Svenska

All the same cloudsDavid Van Day & Harry Stone

That go drifting, drifting by, In the blink of an eye, So why let them die?Chris Baker, Debbie Curtis, Polly Brown, Harry Stone

It’s all the same birds, It’s All the same beesJosef Brown,

We’re from the same treeJosef Brown, Chris Baker, Debbie Curtis

It’s all the same birds, All the same bees, We’re from the same treeIt’s all the same birds, All the same bees, We’re from the same treeIt’s all the same birds, All the same bees, We’re from the same treeAll

Endorsements

Abi Titmuss, Aled Jones, Ann Widdecombe, Ben Zephaniah, Bonnie Langford, Boris Johnson, Carla Lane, Craig Revel Horwood, Dame Ellen MacArthur, David Essex, Denise Welch, Des O’Connor, Doris Day, Elkie Brookes, Ellie Harrison, Harry Connick Jr, Hugh Laurie, James Taylor, Jane Asher, JK Rowling, Joanna Lumley, Lynda Bellingdon, Martin Clunes, Mary McCartney, Michael Crawford, Michaela Strachan, Mika, Nick Rhodes, Nick Heyward, Sir David

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Jason, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Roger Moore, Steven Berkoff, Twiggy, Yazz, Zoe Tyler.

The aim of ‘Debbie Curtis Big Band Aid’ is to raise awareness of the ethical treatment of animals. All those involved have freely given their

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CONTACTTelephone: As This Document is Public : Please Email In The First Instance

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