“We Are the World” Becomes An Anthem for Charity - This Day in History – Jan 28th

“We Are the World” song's proceeds helps  International Charity 

Back in 1985, music entrepreneur and producer, Quincy Jones called upon numerous pop stars to join together to record a song for charity called, “We Are the World.”  This song, written, by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie raised more than $60 million for African famine relief.

According to history.com, “Among the 45 stars who sang on "We Are the World" that night were huge-in-the-80s figures like Cyndi Lauper and Huey Lewis; Country stars like Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson; pop icons like Smokey Robinson, Tina Turner and Paul Simon; and musical giants like Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and Bob Dylan. Also in the studio that night were half of the Jackson family, one Irishman (Bob Geldof, co-organizer of Band Aid) and one party-crashing Canadian, comedian Dan Aykroyd. Egos fully in check, the group laid down the chorus and solos before sunrise on the 29th, and "We Are the World" was in the stores and on the airwaves just five weeks later.”

A remake of “We Are the World,” has been used for Haiti relief back in 2010.

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