Today in Rock history ‘We Are The World” hits number one on the US charts.
Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie as a fundraising endeavor for relief of African famine.
This was basically the US’s answer to Band Aids, “Do They Know Its Christmas”.
In 1985 musicians got all cohesive for a cause, using their collective talents to earn money for international good, and oodles of publicity. This effort was pathetically replicated for Haiti but hmmm where is that song now.
Celebs- cut a check.