THE daughter of a former Barrow music legend is doing her bit to give her father the perfect send off.

Amy Elaine Davies, daughter of soul musician Allan Davies, who died this month, is raising money to pay for horses for a horse-drawn hearse at his funeral.

To do so she has started a Go Fund Me page to help raise the necessary funds.

Miss Davies said her father, who she described as 'devoted and the best one I could have ever hoped for', loved horses.

“We would just love to fulfill what we know was probably one of my dad’s wishes of having the horses,” she said.

The news of Mr Davies’ passing was mourned by many across the world, with floods of tributes coming in from places as far Holland, South Africa, Italy, Germany, Europe, Africa, Kenya and Australia.

At his final gig on February 2 at the Odd Frog, on Duke Street, Barrow he was playing with the band Soul Survivors - but 50 years ago he was a founding member of Barrow band Chapter 5.

Of the many Furness bands in the 1960’s who dreamed of cutting records and finding fame, Chapter Five got the closest to the big time.

They recorded hits such as Anything You Do Is Alright and You Can’t Mean It that reached the Radio London charts in 1966.

You Can’t Mean It later became a cult classic on the Northern Soul disco circuit and has been re-released in more recent years.

The group then went on to cut another record with CBS called One In A Million, which featured on the BBC’s Juke Box Jury and they also shared a stage with the likes of Ike and Tina Turner, Manfred Mann, Billy Fury and The Kinks.

Since his passing the Barrow community has continued to mourn sharing tributes over Facebook.

At the time of his death, best friend Dave McGerty described Mr Davies as one of his best and most loyal friends and an “excellent musician”.

As of yet no date has been set for when Mr Davies' funeral will take place. Visit www.gofundme.com/rip-allan-davies