JULIA FORDHAM - FORDHAM RE-RECORDS HAPPY EVER AFTER FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS

Pregnant British singer JULIA FORDHAM has re-recorded her 1988 hit HAPPY EVER AFTER with a children's choir to raise funds for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

The LOVE MOVES (IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS) hitmaker teamed up with an old school pal, who is now a teacher, to rework her original lyrics for the charity single.

She says, "The former African chant (on the record) is translated into spine-tingling Malaysian/Indonesian, which the children recorded at a local studio.

"I cried like a baby when I first heard the kids singing the new middle section."

The kids on the record are those taught by Fordham's old friend, CAROLINE JAMES.

All proceeds from sales of the record will go directly towards rebuilding the Panchayat (corr) Elementary Union School in the Tamil Nadu region of southern India.

The building and village was totally destroyed by the tsunami on 26 December (04), and 13 pupils were killed.

The new CD also features new tracks the California-based singer recorded with Indian Bollywood star AADESH SHRIVASTAVA (corr).