A Sussex folk singer is rubbing shoulders with rock legends for a tribute to Bruce Springsteen.

Portslade-based singer-songwriter Mark Wright landed a surprise place on a charity album dedicated to The Boss with his version of Springsteen's Two Hearts.

For someone more accustomed to performing in Sussex pubs and London clubs, 30-year-old Mark is relishing the thought of reaching a wider American audience.

Other artists who feature on the charity album Light Of Day include Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg and former Sixties heart-throb Dion.

The album, featuring new versions of Springsteen classics, will raise funds for the Parkinson's Disease Foundation and the Kristen Ann Carr Fund.

Springsteen was a childhood friend of Kristen, who worked on some of his tours before dying from a sarcoma, a cancerous tumour.

The Kristen Ann Carr Fund helps train young doctors treating sarcoma sufferers.

Bob Benjamin, the album's producer, suffers from Parkinson's disease.

Mark said: "I put my version of Two Hearts on my first album, One Way Ticket.

"It was heard by Salvador Trepat, who runs a fan magazine for Bruce and asked if he could use that track on the Bruce Springsteen tribute album.

"As a great fan of The Boss, I was honoured and delighted, especially when I realised the select company I was in. I am also happy to do my little bit to help the charities."

He performed Two Hearts at his first gig in Brighton and describes the song as feeling "like an old friend".

All the artists featured on Light Of Day have agreed to waive their fees.

Mark, a former pupil of Portslade Community College and Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College, hopes it will also give his own album sales a boost.

He said: "It is a slow process but I am gradually getting there."

Information about charities helping sarcoma sufferers can be found at www.lightofday.org Mark's web site is www.markwright.co.uk