Singing sensation Keedie Babb and her younger sister Nadine will turn the clocks back to the Swinging Sixties for charity.

The singing pair will visit South Devon's own nostalgia museum Bygones and the Yelloway Mobile Museum (which will be parked on the Model Village car park) to sign copies of a unique music album 'KN21' which has been specially created to raise vital funds to help children with life limiting illnesses. Bygones, based in Fore Street, St Marychurch, will let visitors in for free on May 23 but ask for kind donations for the Children's Hospice South West in lieu of an entry fee as part of it's 25th birthday celebrations.

In 1993 Keedie and Nadine, when Keedie was 11 and Nadine 10, began belting out sixties pop music in fantastic fashion to capacity audiences all over Devon.

The name they chose for their act was 'KN21' which was a mix of their initials and combined ages at that time. Also, Keedie and Nadine were born on the 21st day of different months so 'KN21' was very appropriate to launch their musical careers.

During 1993 their pulsating Swinging Sixties show was recorded live at the Great Western Hotel, Paignton, as a rare personal keepsake for the proprietors.

Some of the songs that Keedie and Nadine sang on that special occasion have been put on to CD to create the album 'KN21'.

Also on the album are two stunning bonus tracks by Keedie which she recorded in 2005.

Both these tracks, 'Would I Know' (original track penned by Diane Warren) and 'Nessun Dorma' are recordings that can only be found on this charity CD.

The album will be officially released and sold at Bygones on May 23 with all proceeds going to Children's Hospice South West.

The album can also be purchased at the Yelloway Mobile Motor Coach Museum whilst it is on display at the Livermead House Hotel, Torquay from May 24 until June 3 as part of it's 'Swinging Sixties Seaside Holidays' event.

Admittance to the Yelloway Museum is free but donations for Children's Hospice South West will be gratefully accepted.

South Devon singer Keedie Babb wowed iconic singing legend Tina Turner when she performed before her at a one-off charity gig on Friday May 18th.

And the 24-year-old, from Marldon, was 'sold' for a whopping £155,000 at the event.

The singer said the concert, Tina's first live appearance in seven years was simply 'mind-blowing'.

In a charity auction on the night, two incredible bids of £80,000 and £75,000 were made for Keedie by wealthy businessmen wanting her to sing at two private events.

Keedie was invited to join the diva for her first live appearance in seven years on Friday.

The concert, called The Bedrock Ball, was in aid of the charity Caudwell Children. Held at the Natural History Museum, London.

Tickets were selling for a minimum donation of £10,000 each and red carpet arrivals included Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, who led the proceedings, celebrity David Gest and Tara Palmer-Tompkinson.

Keedie said: "It was probably one of the most amazing nights I have ever seen. It was mind-blowing. I have never seen anything like it. There was so many celebrities there."

The former Whiterock Primary pupil sang four songs: O Mio Babbino Caro, Time to Say Goodbye, Il Mio Cuore Va, which means titanic in Italian, and the aria Nessan Dorma.

Keedie added: "When I performed I had a standing ovation and Tina's bouncer told me she had been watching me and had said I was phenomenal. It was really nerve-wracking."

Guests enjoyed a five-course meal before Tina Turner lit up the stage with a performance of such classics as What's Love Got to do With it and Private Dancer.

Keedie added: "When Tina walked down the stairs, she looked about 35 years old. Her legs are just amazing and she looked so beautiful. You would still think she is a teenager, the way she moves on the stage."

Keedie first shot to fame locally after winning Stairway to the Stars before being spotted by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Her duet with former Blue star Duncan James, I Believe My Heart, reached number two in the charts in October 2004.

Bigger and better prospects are still on the horizon for the Bay starlet, who revealed she's on the verge of signing for a big record label in the States.

She said: "People think I've been quiet for the past year but I've been really busy working on this big deal with an American record company.

"It's all really quite amazing how it's all coming together now. I've been over to America about 20 times in the past year and my music's been going down quite phenomenally."

An appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show is also on the horizon thanks to a collaboration with world-famous songwriter Diane Warren, who is penning a song for Keedie to sing on a forthcoming album.

Diane is responsible for hits such as Because You Loved Me, Un-break My Heart and How Do I Live.

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