The Hartlepool Mail has been inundated with inquiries about a harmonica virtuoso - who just happens to be a retired photographer at the paper.

Harry Harland was featured in a column that said he was about to record his favourite tracks on a new CD.

But little did he know the interest it would create!

Both Harry, (68), and his former colleagues at the Mail have been fielding calls ever since the article appeared on Friday.

He said: "I have played for 60 years and I got a computer a year ago, mainly for the photo side but then I got some software for music and I got a CD writer as well.

"I thought I would have a go at making a CD and it took me about three afternoons of recording and multi-tracking to produce it.

"The next thing I knew I got a phone call off my son to tell me that it was being played on the radio!"

But Harry's an old hand when it comes to the music business - he was featured on a vinyl record as part of a group back in the 1950s.

And he's unlikely to be battling it out for the No1 spot - having made only a few copies of the recording, it won't be on general sale.