True Facts About Chris Rea

[Dogtrousers]

Chris Rea has an unusual medical condition resulting in his left femur being 7cm longer than his right. Also his left tibia and fibula are 7cm shorter than his right. The result is that although his legs are the same length, his left knee is lower than his right, which is the cause of his rather unusual tap-dancing style.

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea's hit single, the Beach, was originally called the Bleach, a mournful ditty about cleaning toilets at the seaside as a summer job.

Unfortunately Domestos threatened to sue and Rea reluctantly changed the name of the song,

 

[Dogtrousers]

In an interview with Melody Maker in 1996 Chris Rea was asked to choose three guests, alive or from history, to invite to a dinner party. He choose Leo Sayer, John Craven and Rupert the Bear.

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea's hit single "Poo (when you think it's over)" was a comic ditty about following though on a fart and was written for Benny Hill.

Following the Shakespearean actors death Rea re wrote the lyrics as a more major mainstream song and released it under his own name.

 

[lazybloke]

Chris Rea's hit single, the Beach, was originally called the Bleach, a mournful ditty about cleaning toilets at the seaside as a summer job.

Unfortunately Domestos threatened to sue and Rea reluctantly changed the name of the song,

And the lyric 'down on the beach' refers to another summer job plucking geese, on a farm overlooking Runswick Bay

 

[Moon bunny]

On Sunday I cooked a chicken and left it by a window to stand, Chris Rea just happened to be passing and reached in and stole it, if that was not bad enough, on the way back from the pub he threw the bones into our garden, then knocked on the door and asked if we had any roast potatoes going spare.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chris Rea used to regularly choke his chicken outside Moon Bunny’s window. Then she got a restraining order in place.

 

[Seevio]

Chris Rea is finally housetrained.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Chris Rea has the world's largest collection of Raleigh Chopper bikes.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Chris Rea has remained tight lipped about rumours that he was one of the Wombles. The furry supergroup have always kept their identities a tightly guarded secret with Rea and little Jimmy Osmond being most frequently named. Chris does happily admit that he wrote the song Wombling Merry Christmas, "Yeah I wrote that. It's not bad isn't? Even if I do say so myself" he says.

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea's hit, Auberge, is a salutory tale about a night spent in Toulouse A&E waiting to have an aubergine removed from his bottom.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chris Rea has a black belt in Karate and teaches the martial art in his spare time. It’s rumoured he once took on Chuck Norris behind closed doors. The outcome isn’t known but Chuck gets touchy when asked about it.

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea is just old enough to have done National Service, but prior to call up he enlisted in the Royal Navy so he could keep his trademark beard.

 

[Dogtrousers]

In news that has shaken the footballing world to its core, Middlesbrough FC have announced that they are changing the name of the Riverside Stadium to Reaven Cottage in honour of Chris Rea.

 

[Seevio]

In the 1980s, it was looking like Chris Rea might have a career in horse racing, but despite some initial success, it soon became apparent that the horses were going to win every time.