Sunday, August 4, 2013
USA for Africa - We Are the World
Bob Geldof's 1984 Band Aid also inspired the creation in 1985 of United Support of Artists for Africa, lead by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. Both supergroups directed raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia. USA for Africa featured 47 artists and this single together with the Hands Across America event raised almost $100 million.
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