A HUSBAND and wife are hoping for chart success after releasing a single. Pippa and Tom Gearing, of Ringtale Place, Baldock, teamed up with vocal talent Karen Louise, of Welwyn, to produce the track Lost in U which is now available on digital download. Pi

A HUSBAND and wife are hoping for chart success after releasing a single.

Pippa and Tom Gearing, of Ringtale Place, Baldock, teamed up with vocal talent Karen Louise, of Welwyn, to produce the track Lost in U which is now available on digital download.

Pippa, a backing vocalist, and Tom, a songwriter and pianist, met Karen Louise in 2003.

Lost in U is one of 12 tracks on the album Bringing Me Home which is due for release in September, under Welwyn GC label Starfisch Records.

Pippa, 26, is the sole backing singer on 11 out of the 12 tracks.

She also arranged the strings and co-wrote three of the songs.

She said: "It's very exciting and it's been really fun for me. To have 90 per cent backing vocals on an album is virtually unheard of.

"As a relatively new person to the industry it's been very flattering for me and it's helped launch my career."

She added: "Obviously its early days, but when you believe in something and pour your heart and soul into it, something wonderful is bound to come out of it."

Tom, 26, co-wrote the album with Karen Louise, 24, and provided piano accompaniment.

He said: "I have been involved in music for quite a long time now but if this is successful it will be a great boost for our careers."

Pippa added: "You never know how these things are going to go. It can take years to get off the ground but Karen is so talented. It's a first class album.

"It's really taken off for us but it's still early days. Just to achieve this much is great but it will be ground-breaking for us if this goes big."

The release of Bringing Me Home will coincide with Karen and Tom supporting X-Factor finalist Journey South on a 39-date UK tour, starting on September 16.