Forget Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne - the great and the good of Brighton and Hove are to be immortalised in our own Walk of Fame.

It will be styled on the Hollywood's tourist attraction, where the stars of stage and screen have plaques bearing their names embedded in the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard, California.

This week The Argus is giving its readers the opportunity to say who should have their name cast in stone in the walk, which will be created at Brighton Marina.

We want you to vote via a telephone hotline for the people you want to see immortalised in what is destined to become one of the South's top tourist attractions.

The walk is the brainchild of David Courtney, the Brighton-born and bred impresario and businessman who discovered singer Leo Sayer and has helped other stars on their first step to stardom.

His career in the music and media industry began as a musician at the age of 15 and has spanned more than 30 years.

He has the marina in his blood as he is the nephew of Henry Cohen, who started the multi-million-pound development project.

One of his ambitions after a lifetime of working with the stars is to see Brighton with its ever-increasing showbusiness links become the Hollywood of Britain.

He said: "While I was recording with Leo at the Sunset Studios in the early Eighties, I would walk each day along the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"It was visited by thousands of tourists and I thought it would be a great idea if we had something similar in Britain.

"I thought about venues then decided the best place was Brighton because of all its celebrity connections and its links with the rich and famous.

"Brighton and Hove is celebrity city and probably the place in Britain more like Hollywood than anywhere else.

"It was the best place for this country's Walk of Fame.

"Then there was the decision where to put it. With Brighton Marina taking off, it was an obvious candidate. When we realised how well the Walk of Fame would go throughout the marina, we knew we had hit upon the right city and right location."

The walk, which will have names added to it each year after its launch, will run the entire length of the marina, parallel with the yacht pontoons.

Unlike its famous Hollywood predecessor, which concentrates on the contribution to the film industry, the Brighton project will feature people past and present who have a close association with the city.

The plaques for the walk have been designed and each will bear the name of the chosen individual, details of their achievements and their association with Brighton and Hove.

This week in The Argus we will be publishing biographies of people for inclusion in the Walk of Fame and asking you to vote for the ones you think should be included.

Your votes will determine whether or not they are.

Southern FM presenter Dan Gasser will be featuring nominees on his programme The Big Drive Home between 4pm and 7pm this week.

Four years ago readers of The Argus nominated the first 46 names to make up the Walk of Fame and now the walk is ready to be launched we are asking you to vote to bring the list up to 100 names.

The last poll resulted in thousands of coupons printed in The Argus piling into our offices.

This time we want you to register your support via a telephone poll hotline.

Each vote will also boost The Argus Appeal, which each year distributes thousands of pounds to people in need in Sussex.

The Walk of Fame will be launched at a star-studded dinner at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton Marina on Friday, November 1.

A prize draw for free tickets for the launch will be held for those who voted.

For further details, see the Walk of Fame web site on www.walk-of-fame.co.uk