A talented teen musician’s first hit is soaring towards the top of the charts days after she lost her battle with cancer.
Georgina Anderson, 15, died in her parents’ arms at home just four months after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of liver cancer.
But the day before she died last Thursday her dream was realised when record giant Sony released her track Two Thirds Of A Piece to raise cash for cancer charities.
Now the song she wrote and performed which is tipped for the top by X Factor winner James Arthur is storming towards the top of the iTunes chart.
Last night it was number 17 but with a Facebook campaign and streams of celebrities pledging their support, hopes were growing that Georgina from Markse, near Middlesbrough, could go all the way, with some even mooting a Christmas No. 1.
Georgina had earlier released her version of Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me on YouTube, attracting more than 250,000 hits.
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Her grieving dad Paul said he felt a great comfort knowing her dream of releasing her own song had come true even though she is not here to enjoy its success.
He said: “She was very excited by it. It was a nice end if there is such a thing. But she really was modest and humble and just very grateful for what she had.
“She’d be very pleased because it is raising money for charity. Fifty per cent goes to the Teenage Cancer Trust and 50 per cent to Cancer Research UK.
“She would be delighted good work is carrying on after her death.”
During BBC’s Children In Need on Friday night Teesside’s X Factor winner James Arthur dedicated his performance to Georgina, while Simon Cowell also offered condolences in a tweet which said: “I just heard a very sad story about a brave girl called Georgina Anderson. You can buy her song on iTunes.”
For Paul, his 45-year-old wife Helen and Georgina’s 20-year-old brother Joe the track’s success has a special poignancy because it was the last time she was able to sing.
He said: “She recorded the song two or three days after she was diagnosed, it was the last time she was able to sing so it is very poignant.
“We did not realise it was going to be her last time so it makes it all the more emotional.”
Paul added: “We have found the warmth and love from so many different people very comforting.
“We would like her to be remembered as the beautiful girl she was.”
The song costs 79p on iTunes and 99p on Google Play.
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