Instead, it was released as a single in the summer of 1972. 'Join Together' was recorded for the album, but didnt make the cut. "These children come from families with issues including stress or crisis," Mr Tudehope said.Ĭholmondeley has supported children in Canterbury for 85 years and has cared for more than 25,000 children since the organisation was set up in 1925. Many of the songs Townshend wrote for Lifehouse ended up on the 1971 Whos Next album. It was then re-recorded free of charge at Montage Studio in Auckland last month.Ĭholmondeley Children's Charity, which provides short term and emergency residential care for children aged 3 to12, will benefit from all proceeds raised by Join Together 2011. Tom Fox, from The Sound Room, modernised the original song by giving it an up-to-date tune. "He has been great to work with and is a heck of a good guy." "He had instant enthusiasm and commitment to the project," Mr Tudehope said. "We are doing this to re-engender the feeling around the 1974 games and to raise money for a worthy cause."Īfter an 11 year career as a professional musician, Stephenson left music behind about 20 years ago.īut, when he was contacted by Christchurch man Mark Tudehope, who had the idea of re-recording Join Together, he was quick to get on board. Stephenson has fond memories of the positive vibe Join Together created around the Commonwealth Games held at a newly-built QEII Stadium in Christchurch. It was released at the height of Allen's career, after he had won a RATA award for Best Male Vocalist, released two albums and earned a number one hit for a memorable cover of Top of the World by the Carpenters. The tune made it to number two on the NZBC's Pop-o-Meter Top 20, but was unable to beat Helen Reddy's Delta Dawn for the top spot. "Join Together was one of those songs that just came together pretty quickly, and I guess people liked the sound of it." "Entries were whittled down to six top songs which were shown on TV, one a week for six weeks and the public decided a winner. "The games, in conjunction with Studio One ran a competition to find a theme song for the games," he said. The 1974 Commonwealth Games anthem, Join Together, by Steve Allen has been re-recorded with a modern tune and new lyrics to raise money for Cholmondeley Children's Charity in Christchurch.Īllen, real name Alan Stephenson, now a real estate agent in Napier, won a competition with the original version of the song in 1973.
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