A musician is searching to find a homeless man in Chiswick who inspired him to record a heartbreaking Christmas song.

Joseph Baker a member of The Sticks from Chiswick is eager to locate the elderly man before the new single 'A Church on New Year's Day' is released next month.

He started writing the song after an unforgettable encounter on the streets of west London following a chance meet on a freezing December night last year.

The track, hoped to take the Christmas charts by storm, tells the story of 70-year-old homeless Harry's life on the streets, battle with alcohol addiction and dealing with heartbreak after his high school sweetheart left him.

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Mr Baker said: “This song is Harry’s story. It would not exist without him. My only wish is that I could find him again to say thank you.

"He was around 70 years old, with a grey beard and a small scar above his left eye.

"He also had the name Evie tattooed across his fingers.

"I’d love to play him the song. Fingers crossed, wherever he is this Christmas, he somehow gets to hear it.”

The 33-year-old, also a writer, was walking home from a Christmas party last year when he spotted a man sitting on the pavement and in the spirit of Christmas decided to stop and talk to Harry.

For more than an hour the musician listened to Harry's life story during which it transpired both men were originally from Dudley in the West Midlands.

“It was incredible,” added Mr Baker.

“Within less than a minute, he was telling me about his life on the street; his battle with alcohol addiction; but most of all, he waxed lyrical about the love of his life who had stuck by him through everything.

"They’d been together since they were teenagers and he spent his whole life promising to marry her, until 2012 when she finally left him.

"He was a lovely guy, but he had a very deep sadness about him.”

However after that night Harry was never seen again, but his story struck a chord with the artist, who has since recorded and is preapring to release the track on December 1, with 20 per cent of proceeds going to charity Crisis.