Last night was a great night for music and philanthropy.. and I’m lying. Last night in LA and also in London musical genius flexed its muscle for Haiti. “We are the World” and Everybody Hurts” are in the can and ready for your listening pleasure….
We Are the Hurt
Performers for WATW include Jennifer Hudson, Pink, Dion and Wilson, Natalie Cole, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Usher, Katharine McPhee, Toni Braxton, Barbra Streisand, Harry Connick Jr., Jeff Bridges, Nick Jonas, Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden, Miley Cyrus, Josh Groban and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. Jason Mraz, Orianthi, Jamie Foxx, Sugarland, Earth, Wind & Fire, Indie.Arie, Julianne Hough, Mary Mary, Melanie Fiona, BeBe Winans, Mya, Gladys Knight, Heart, Brandy,Akon, Rob Thomas, Kid Cudi, The Fray’s Issac Slade, Drake, Robin Thicke, Enrique Iglesias, Zac Brown Band’s Zac Brown and Tony Bennett.The Black Eyed Peas front man and producer will.i.am wrote an interlude that features rappers including Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J and Wyclef Jean.Artists stopped by the studio to work on the tune for several hours while a number of soloists, including Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, stayed a bit longer to work with Richie and Jones and get those notes just right. Additional soloists include Streisand, Groban and Lil Wayne taking over Bob Dylan’s original part.
Not to be outdone Simon Cowell got his yap involved with the remake of REM’s” Everybody Hurts”
Apparently everyone was busy with We Are the Whatevers, as the performer list is much shorter for this ditty: The re-recording of “Everybody Hurts,” which was recorded in London and Los Angeles, features Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Susan Boyle, Robbie Williams, Rod Stewart, Michael Buble, Kylie Minogue and Cheryl Cole.